Past Auction Highlights

Artwork by William Kurelek, Streets Pier, Worthing, circa 1957
WILLIAM KURELEK
Streets Pier, Worthing, circa 1957

gouache
signed lower left
30 x 21.5 ins ( 76.2 x 54.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $144,000.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023

Artwork by Jack Hamilton Bush, Bas Continuo #1
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Bas Continuo #1

acrylic polymer on canvas
signed, titled, dated “May 1976” and inscribed “Toronto” on the reverse
49.25 x 54.25 in ( 125.1 x 137.8 cm )

Auction Estimate: $225,000.00$175,000.00 - $225,000.00
Price Realized $216,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024

Artwork by James Wilson Morrice, Venice Night, circa 1906
JAMES WILSON MORRICE
Venice Night, circa 1906

oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled "Moonlight, Venice" on a gallery label on the reverse
19.75 x 24 in ( 50.2 x 61 cm )

Auction Estimate: $600,000.00$400,000.00 - $600,000.00
Price Realized $792,000.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024

Artwork by James Edward Hervey MacDonald, Gull River in Coboconk
JAMES EDWARD HERVEY MACDONALD
Gull River in Coboconk

oil on board
signed with initials and dated 1924 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse and on a label on the reverse; a landscape with trees on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $20,400.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

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Artwork by William Brymner, Longings / At the Window
WILLIAM BRYMNER
Longings / At the Window

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1887 lower right; titled on an exhibition label on the reverse
18 x 14 ins ( 45.7 x 35.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $8,000.00$6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $28,800.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2021

Artwork by Maud Lewis, The Blacksmith Shop
MAUD LEWIS
The Blacksmith Shop

mixed media on board
signed lower left
11.5 x 16 ins ( 29.2 x 40.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $15,000.00$12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $20,060.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018

Artwork by Alexander Young Jackson, Sun and Fog, Great Bear Lake
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Sun and Fog, Great Bear Lake

oil on board
signed lower right; titled, dated 1938 and inscribed “J.S. McLean” on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $20,060.00
Sale date: May 28th 2019

Artwork by James Wilson Morrice, Study for “Neige, Canada”
JAMES WILSON MORRICE
Study for “Neige, Canada”

oil on board
signed lower left
9.25 x 13 ins ( 23.5 x 33 cms )

Auction Estimate: $70,000.00$50,000.00 - $70,000.00
Price Realized $408,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

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