Past Auction Highlights

Artwork by Gordon Appelbe Smith, West Coast #2 (1974)
GORDON APPELBE SMITH
West Coast #2 (1974)

acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled, inscribed “April” and stamped with the artist’s name on the stretcher; dated 1974 on the gallery label on the reverse
56 x 65 ins ( 142.2 x 165.1 cms )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $40,120.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019

Artwork by Emily Carr, The Forest Edge, 1940
EMILY CARR
The Forest Edge, 1940

oil on paper on board
artist estate stamp lower left
18 x 12 ins ( 45.7 x 30.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $90,000.00$70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $168,000.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023

Artwork by Lawren Stewart Harris, Quiet Lake (Northern Painting 12), circa 1926-1928
LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Quiet Lake (Northern Painting 12), circa 1926-1928

oil on canvas
inscribed “Quiet Lake/Lawren Harris/Northern Painting XII 34 x 40” on a label on the reverse
34 x 40 ins ( 86.4 x 101.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $3,000,000.00$2,000,000.00 - $3,000,000.00
Price Realized $2,160,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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

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Artwork by Cornelius Krieghoff, Skinner’s Cave and Owl’s Head Mountain, Lake Memphremagog
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
Skinner’s Cave and Owl’s Head Mountain, Lake Memphremagog

oil on canvas
signed and inscribed “Quebec 1861” lower right; inscribed “Note on the original canvas: Skinners Cave, Owls Head Mtn. 2800 ft., Lake Memfremagog, Can., Orford M. in distance” on the reverse
13.25 x 18.25 ins ( 33.7 x 46.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $60,000.00$40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $47,200.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020

Artwork by Cornelius Krieghoff, Montmorency Falls in the Autumn
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
Montmorency Falls in the Autumn

oil on canvas
signed and dated “1860 Quebec” lower right
17 x 25 ins ( 43.2 x 63.5 cms ) ( oval )

Auction Estimate: $60,000.00$40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $96,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

Artwork by Frederick Horsman Varley, Spring Meadow, Don Valley
FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY
Spring Meadow, Don Valley

oil on canvas
titled and Varley Inventory Number 1044 stamped on the stretcher
9.25 x 13.25 ins ( 23.5 x 33.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $28,320.00
Sale date: May 28th 2019

Artwork by Lawren Stewart Harris, Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper Park. Mountain Painting XII
LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper Park. Mountain Painting XII

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1924 lower right; numbered 190 upon the “Lawren Harris LSH Holdings Ltd.” stamp and numbered 5015 upon a National Gallery of Canada stamp on the reverse; inscribed with the artist’s name, the title and “Mountain Paintings XII” on a label affixed to the reverse
48 x 59.5 in ( 121.9 x 151.1 cm )

Auction Estimate: $3,000,000.00$2,000,000.00 - $3,000,000.00
Price Realized $1,800,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024

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