Past Auction Highlights

Artwork by Marc Chagall, Le Cirque (M. 527)
MARC CHAGALL
Le Cirque (M. 527)

colour lithograph on arches wove paper
signed lower right and numbered 18/24 lower left
20.25 x 14.75 in ( 51.4 x 37.5 cm ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $26,400.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024

Artwork by Cornelius Krieghoff, Going to Market
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
Going to Market

oil on canvas
signed lower right
13.25 x 11.75 ins ( 33.7 x 29.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $20,000.00$15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $25,300.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017

Artwork by David Brown Milne, Young Cedars (1919)
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Young Cedars (1919)

oil on canvas
signed and dated “Dec. 25, ‘19” lower right; titled and inscribed “Loaned by Mrs I.H. Weldon” on the stretcher (by Douglas Duncan); Milne catalogue raisonné no. 201.10
18 x 22.25 ins ( 45.7 x 56.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $350,000.00$250,000.00 - $350,000.00
Price Realized $792,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

Artwork by Cornelius Krieghoff, The Mid-day Halt, circa 1860
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
The Mid-day Halt, circa 1860

oil on canvas
signed lower left
13 x 18 ins ( 33 x 45.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $60,000.00$40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $60,000.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023

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Artwork by Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Maisons, Ste-Rose
MARC-AURÈLE FORTIN
Maisons, Ste-Rose

oil on canvas
signed lower right
15.5 x 23.25 ins ( 39.4 x 59.1 cms )

Auction Estimate: $50,000.00$30,000.00 - $50,000.00
Price Realized $28,800.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2021

Artwork by Ambera Wellmann, Hound
AMBERA WELLMANN
Hound

acrylic on canvas
signed and dated “10.01.2017” on the reverse; unframed
17.75 x 18.5 ins ( 45.1 x 47 cms )

Auction Estimate: $3,000.00$2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $38,400.00
Sale date: November 30th 2021

Artwork by Maud Lewis, Schoolhouse in Winter
MAUD LEWIS
Schoolhouse in Winter

mixed media on board
signed lower right; dated 1968 on the reverse
12 x 14 ins ( 30.5 x 35.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $28,800.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023

Artwork by Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, Pastoral Landscape, circa 1914-1917
LIONEL LEMOINE FITZGERALD
Pastoral Landscape, circa 1914-1917

oil on canvas
titled and dated "c. 1919" to a label on the reverse
35 x 47 in ( 88.9 x 119.4 cm )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $26,400.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024

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