Past Auction Highlights

Artwork by Alfred Joseph Casson, Morning Mist - September
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Morning Mist - September

oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $20,700.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015

Artwork by Maurice Galbraith Cullen, Winter, Mont Tremblant
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN
Winter, Mont Tremblant

oil on canvas
signed lower right; Cullen inventory no. 1603
24 x 32 in ( 61 x 81.3 cm )

Auction Estimate: $60,000.00$40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $36,000.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024

Artwork by Rita Letendre, Abstraction
RITA LETENDRE
Abstraction

acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1974 lower right; signed, titled indistinctly and dated on the reverse; unframed
40 x 60 ins ( 101.6 x 152.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $20,000.00$15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $25,960.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020

Artwork by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, Sledding
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Sledding

watercolour
signed and dated 1879 lower left
5.75 x 9.5 ins ( 14.6 x 24.1 cms )

Auction Estimate: $6,000.00$4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $20,400.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

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Artwork by Arthur Lismer, Lake Superior-Pic Island
ARTHUR LISMER
Lake Superior-Pic Island

oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and inscribed “$75” on the reverse
12.5 x 16 ins ( 31.8 x 40.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $90,000.00$70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $312,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

Artwork by Frank Hans Johnston, Sombre Reflections
FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
Sombre Reflections

oil on board
titled and inscribed “35” on the reverse
10.5 x 13.25 ins ( 26.7 x 33.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $20,000.00$15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $36,000.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023

Artwork by Jean Albert McEwen, Auto-portrait ocre et rouge #6
JEAN ALBERT MCEWEN
Auto-portrait ocre et rouge #6

oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1980 on the reverse
70 x 50 ins ( 177.8 x 127 cms )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $21,240.00
Sale date: June 15th 2022

Artwork by Peleg Franklin Brownell, Les devoirs (Homework)
PELEG FRANKLIN BROWNELL
Les devoirs (Homework)

oil on canvas
signed upper left
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )

Auction Estimate: $9,000.00$7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $28,800.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

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