Past Auction Highlights

Artwork by Sorel Etrog, Standing Family Group Study
SOREL ETROG
Standing Family Group Study

bronze sculpture
stamped signature and numbered 8/9
16.5 x 5.5 x 3.25 ins ( 41.9 x 14 x 8.3 cms ) ( overall )

Auction Estimate: $18,000.00$14,000.00 - $18,000.00
Price Realized $23,600.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018

Artwork by Frederick Horsman Varley, The Valley of the Don
FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY
The Valley of the Don

oil on board
signed and dated 1925 lower left; Varley Inventory Number 673
11.5 x 15.75 ins ( 29.2 x 40 cms )

Auction Estimate: $90,000.00$70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $42,000.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017

Artwork by Robert Harris, The Unruly Guest (Portraits of Children of G. Stethem, Esq.), 1880
ROBERT HARRIS
The Unruly Guest (Portraits of Children of G. Stethem, Esq.), 1880

oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on a label on the stretcher on the reverse
36 x 48 ins ( 91.4 x 121.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $31,200.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023

Artwork by Jean Paul Riopelle, Sans titre
JEAN PAUL RIOPELLE
Sans titre

oil on paper on canvas
catalogue raisonné no. 1958.038P.1958
22.25 x 30.5 in ( 56.5 x 77.5 cm )

Auction Estimate: $50,000.00$30,000.00 - $50,000.00
Price Realized $28,800.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024

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Artwork by Lawren Stewart Harris, Lake Superior Sketch no. 3
LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Lake Superior Sketch no. 3

oil on beaverboard
signed, titled and dated c.1926 on a label on the reverse: inscribed “This is an authentic sketch by Lawren Harris made at Lake Superior about 1926. A.J. Casson May 8, 1973” and “4/3” on the reverse
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )

Auction Estimate: $500,000.00$300,000.00 - $500,000.00
Price Realized $624,000.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023

Artwork by Jack Hamilton Bush, Pink on Red (Thrust)
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Pink on Red (Thrust)

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1961 lower left; signed “Jack Bush - Toronto”, titled and dated on the reverse
79 x 79.25 ins ( 200.7 x 201.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $225,000.00$175,000.00 - $225,000.00
Price Realized $299,000.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by Andy Warhol, The Shadow
ANDY WARHOL
The Shadow

screenprint on lenox museum board
signed and numbered 9/200 in pencil lower right; stamped “Copyright Andy Warhol 1981, Publisher Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc., New York” on the reverse; Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York
38 x 38 ins ( 96.5 x 96.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $18,530.00
Sale date: September 24th 2015

Artwork by Edwin Headley Holgate, Madeleine, 1937
EDWIN HEADLEY HOLGATE
Madeleine, 1937

oil on board
signed with initials lower left
16 x 12.5 in ( 40.6 x 31.8 cm )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $43,200.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024

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