Lot 1
William Kurelek
Arrived Too Early, 1974
mixed media on board
signed and dated 1974 lower right; titled on the reverse
12.25 × 12.25 in (31.1 × 31.1 cm)
Estimate
$10,000 - $15,000
Sold
$29,900
November 23, 2017
Sale 1041 • 106 lots
95 lots
Lot 1
Arrived Too Early, 1974
mixed media on board
signed and dated 1974 lower right; titled on the reverse
12.25 × 12.25 in (31.1 × 31.1 cm)
$10,000 - $15,000
$29,900
Lot 2
Pot
painted ceramic
incised on underside “Klee Wyck”
1 × 2.75 × 2.75 in (2.5 × 7.0 × 7.0 cm) (overall)
$2,000 - $3,000
$2,300
Lot 3
Old Mill Salmon River
oil on canvas
signed lower right
28 × 36 in (71.1 × 91.4 cm)
$8,000 - $12,000
$8,050
Lot 4
Fall River Landscape
oil on canvas board
signed lower right
12 × 16 in (30.5 × 40.6 cm)
$1,500 - $2,000
$2,990
Lot 5
Village in Winter
oil on panel
signed lower right
8.25 × 10.5 in (21.0 × 26.7 cm)
$25,000 - $35,000
$34,500
Lot 6
Sans titre, 1946
ink and watercolour
signed and dated 1946 lower right
5 × 6.75 in (12.7 × 17.1 cm)
$10,000 - $15,000
$11,500
Lot 7
Abstraction, 1959
ink on paper; laid onto the cover of a Christmas Card
signed and dated 1959 lower centre; the Christmas card signed “Barbara & Jock” with a handwritten letter from the artist to Clement Greenberg on the reverse of the card
3.5 × 5 in (8.9 × 12.7 cm)
$800 - $1,200
$1,380
Lot 8
Rituel, 1985
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1985 lower right; signed, titled, dated and inscribed “huile 80F” on the reverse
58 × 45 in (147.3 × 114.3 cm)
$20,000 - $30,000
$19,550
Lot 10
Contexts: Variations on Primavera Theme
acrylic on poster
signed and titled on the reverse
20 × 26 in (50.8 × 66.0 cm)
$2,000 - $3,000
$2,070
Lot 11
AC-78-20, 1978
acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1978 on the reverse
24.75 × 54 in (62.9 × 137.2 cm)
$15,000 - $20,000
$27,600
Lot 14
Bed and Breakfast at Cashel, Connemara, 1999
watercolour
signed lower right
15 × 22 in (38.1 × 55.9 cm)
$2,500 - $3,500
$3,220
Lot 15
Sunset Landscape
oil on board
signed lower right; artist’s studio label on the reverse
7 × 8.75 in (17.8 × 22.2 cm)
$3,000 - $5,000
$3,450
Lot 17
Farm, Washago, 1873
watercolour
signed (twice) and dated 1873
10.5 × 19.75 in (26.7 × 50.2 cm) (sight)
$3,000 - $4,000
$3,450
Lot 18
Misty Morning, Clam Diggers St. Lawrence, circa 1912
oil on board
signed lower right
18.5 × 13.75 in (47.0 × 34.9 cm)
$6,000 - $8,000
$4,600
Lot 19
Louise and Emilie (Portrait of the Artist’s Wife and Daughter), 1845
oil on board
signed and dated 1845 lower right
12.5 × 9.5 in (31.8 × 24.1 cm)
$20,000 - $30,000
$16,100
Lot 20
Dimanche matin, rue St. Olivier entre côte St. Augustin et côte Ste. Geneviève, Quebec, 1976
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1976 on the stretcher
24 × 30.25 in (61.0 × 76.8 cm)
$15,000 - $20,000
$14,950
Lot 21
The Brickworks, Toronto
oil on board
signed lower right; artist estate stamp and inscribed “Brickworks” on the reverse
8.5 × 10.5 in (21.6 × 26.7 cm)
$3,000 - $4,000
$4,140
Lot 22
Winter Street Scene, circa 1975
oil on canvas
signed to the left
18 × 24 in (45.7 × 61.0 cm)
$10,000 - $15,000
$14,950
Lot 23
Algonquin Park, 1943
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1943 on the reverse
9.25 × 11.25 in (23.5 × 28.6 cm)
$30,000 - $40,000
$29,900
Lot 25
Off Minor, 1958
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1958 upper left; signed, titled and inscribed “Completed April 1958” on the reverse
60 × 36 in (152.4 × 91.4 cm)
$40,000 - $60,000
$57,500
Lot 27
Village on the St. Lawrence River
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1937 on the stretcher; an unfinished portrait of two girls on the reverse
26.25 × 28.25 in (66.7 × 71.8 cm)
$20,000 - $30,000
$32,200
Lot 28
Bridge over Humber River , 1916
oil on board
signed and dated 1916 lower right; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
9.25 × 11.25 in (23.5 × 28.6 cm)
$20,000 - $30,000
$32,200
Lot 29
The Valley of the Don, 1925
oil on board
signed and dated 1925 lower left; Varley Inventory Number 673
11.5 × 15.75 in (29.2 × 40.0 cm)
$70,000 - $90,000
$48,300
Lot 30
Envers de Paysage, 1981
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1981 lower left; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
71 × 71 in (180.3 × 180.3 cm)
$20,000 - $30,000
$27,600
Lot 31
Spring Yellows - B, 1982
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1982 on the reverse
39 × 34 in (99.1 × 86.4 cm)
$18,000 - $22,000
$18,400
Lot 32
Baking Bread, 1974
oil on board
signed and dated 1974 lower right
16 × 24 in (40.6 × 61.0 cm)
$30,000 - $40,000
$31,050
Lot 33
Lake Superior (I.D. 463)
pencil sketch
inscribed “39” (striked), “40” and “1925” in the upper left margin
8.5 × 10.75 in (21.6 × 27.3 cm) (sheet)
$20,000 - $30,000
$161,000
Lot 34
Indian Church, Tadoussac, Quebec, 1947
oil on board
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated April 29, 1947 on the reverse; a sketch of a cottage landscape on the reverse
12 × 14 in (30.5 × 35.6 cm)
$9,000 - $12,000
$10,350
Lot 36
Neil’s Harbour, Cape Breton Island, 1946
oil on board
incised signature and dated 1946 lower right; signed, titled and dated July 1946 on the reverse
12 × 16 in (30.5 × 40.6 cm)
$25,000 - $35,000
$21,850
Lot 37
Recording Zero Line, Near Nijmegen, 1944
watercolour
signed lower left; titled and inscribed “Lt. D.A. Colville, 4 Dec 44 (painted 6,8,12 Dec 44), ‘E’ Troop, 43 BTY, 12 FD REGT RCA, 3 CDN INF DIV, 15” x 22”, For Reference Only” on the reverse
15 × 22 in (38.1 × 55.9 cm) (sight)
$30,000 - $40,000
$34,500
Lot 38
Lookout (Moose Proud), 2015
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 2015 lower right; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
36 × 60 in (91.4 × 152.4 cm)
$20,000 - $30,000
$19,550
Lot 39
Cold Lake #7, 1999
chemical patina on bronze
signed, dated 1999 and inscribed “AP II” and “7”
12.75 × 13.5 × 2.5 in (32.4 × 34.3 × 6.3 cm)
$4,000 - $6,000
$6,900
Lot 40
I Hate Water (A Cat’s Loss of Dignity)
mixed media on board
signed with monogram lower right; titled on the frame and on the reverse
7.75 × 11.5 in (19.7 × 29.2 cm)
$14,000 - $18,000
$25,300
Lot 45
Donna, 1975
pencil drawing
signed and dated 1975 lower right
11.5 × 11.5 in (29.2 × 29.2 cm) (diameter)
$6,000 - $8,000
$7,475
Lot 46
Self Portrait, 1987
charcoal
signed and dated 1987 lower right
14 × 12.75 in (35.6 × 32.4 cm) (sheet)
$5,000 - $7,000
$5,750
Lot 47
The Game, 1961
oil and lucite on canvas
signed and dated 1961 upper left; signed, titled (twice) and dated on the reverse
10 × 14 in (25.4 × 35.6 cm)
$6,000 - $8,000
$8,050
Lot 48
Un homme et une femme, 1959
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1959 lower right; unframed
24.5 × 18.25 in (62.2 × 46.4 cm)
$8,000 - $12,000
$7,475
Lot 49
Sans titre
acrylic on canvas (diptych)
signed and dated 1987 lower right
24 × 40 in (61.0 × 101.6 cm) (overall)
$7,000 - $9,000
$8,625
Lot 52
Lac St-Joseph
double-sided oil on board
signed lower left; a landscape of trees painted on the reverse (signed lower right)
10.25 × 13.75 in (26.0 × 34.9 cm)
$4,000 - $6,000
$3,450
Lot 53
Going to Market
oil on canvas
signed lower right
13.25 × 11.75 in (33.7 × 29.8 cm)
$15,000 - $20,000
$25,300
Lot 54
European Street Scene, 1911
watercolour
signed and dated 1911 lower left
15 × 10.75 in (38.1 × 27.3 cm)
$150,000 - $175,000
$276,000
Lot 55
Pornographic Reading (Temptations in the Desert Series), 1975
mixed media on board
signed with initials and dated 1975 lower right
20 × 16 in (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
$12,000 - $15,000
$18,400
Lot 56
Ivory Point, Low Tide
oil on canvas
signed and titled on the stretcher
51 × 69 in (129.5 × 175.3 cm)
$10,000 - $15,000
$14,950
Lot 57
Abstraction, 1964
oil on card
signed and dated 1964 lower left
6.25 × 8.25 in (15.9 × 21.0 cm)
$1,500 - $2,000
$1,150
Lot 58
The Couple Study, 1965
bronze
13.5 × 2.75 × 2.5 in (34.3 × 7.0 × 6.3 cm) (overall)
$7,000 - $9,000
$17,250
Lot 59
Parvis et Portail #27, 2005
polished bronze
each piece signed (two with initials), dated 2005 and editions (two “5/12”; one “4/12”); with an acrylic base
4.5 × 4 × 1.75 in (11.4 × 10.2 × 4.4 cm) ((largest piece))
$1,500 - $3,000
$1,380
Lot 61
October Snow, St. Agnès, Quebec, 1936
oil on canvas
signed and indistinctly dated lower left; titled and dated 1936 on the reverse
18.25 × 22 in (46.4 × 55.9 cm)
$8,000 - $10,000
$12,650
Lot 62
Bridge near Orangeville
oil on card
signed lower right
16 × 20 in (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
$4,000 - $6,000
$7,475
Lot 65
Indian Encampment on the Lower St. Lawrence
oil on canvas
signed lower right
12.25 × 16.25 in (31.1 × 41.3 cm)
$25,000 - $35,000
$17,250
Lot 66
Gatineau, 1960
oil on board
signed lower centre; titled and dated “April 16th, 1960” on the reverse
10.5 × 13.5 in (26.7 × 34.3 cm)
$15,000 - $20,000
$17,250
Lot 68
Fraser Bay from the Mustard Cut (Looking West on Baie Fine toward Fraser Bay)
watercolour
signed lower right and titled “Fraser Bay from the Mustard Cut”; also titled “Looking West on Baie Fine toward Fraser Bay” on the reverse of the framing
10.75 × 13.75 in (27.3 × 34.9 cm)
$25,000 - $35,000
$23,000
Lot 69
Tinker, 1980
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1980 lower left; titled and dated “March 1980” on the reverse
20 × 20 in (50.8 × 50.8 cm)
$6,000 - $8,000
$5,750
Lot 71
Clandeboy Reprise, 1959
oil and lucite on board
signed and dated 1959 upper centre; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
$15,000 - $20,000
$13,800
Lot 75
In the Woods - Wild Ridges, 1976
watercolour
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated on the artist’s label on the reverse
10.75 × 13.75 in (27.3 × 34.9 cm)
$15,000 - $20,000
$17,250
Lot 76
Winter Landscape
tempera on card
3.5 × 6.75 in (8.9 × 17.1 cm) (subject)
$3,000 - $4,000
$4,600
Lot 77
Fine Weather
oil on board
signed lower left; titled on the artist label on the reverse
16 × 20 in (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
$10,000 - $15,000
$18,400
Lot 78
Mullein
oil on board
signed lower right; inscribed with the artist’s name on the reverse
12 × 14 in (30.5 × 35.6 cm)
$6,000 - $8,000
$7,475
Lot 80
Three Black Cats
mixed media on board
signed to the right
9 × 12 in (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
$10,000 - $15,000
$20,700
Lot 81
The White Cat
mixed media on board
signed to the right
11.75 × 13.75 in (29.8 × 34.9 cm)
$10,000 - $15,000
$16,100
Lot 82
Horse-Drawn Carriage
mixed media on board
signed lower right
9 × 11 in (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
$12,000 - $15,000
$25,300
Lot 83
Harbour Scene
mixed media on board
signed lower right
9 × 12 in (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
$7,000 - $9,000
$19,550
Lot 84
Winter Sleighing Scene
mixed media on board
signed lower right
11.75 × 13.75 in (29.8 × 34.9 cm)
$7,000 - $9,000
$17,250
Lot 85
Fishing Boats and Lobster Traps, circa 1947
oil on board
signed lower right
9 × 12 in (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
$8,000 - $12,000
$27,600
Lot 86
Untitled
oil on board
36 × 48 in (91.4 × 121.9 cm)
$10,000 - $15,000
$8,050
Lot 87
Proxima #6, 1972
liquitex and acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1972 on the reverse
18 × 19 in (45.7 × 48.3 cm)
$3,000 - $4,000
$2,990
Lot 89
Quiet Zone, 1964
oil and collage on board
signed and dated 1964 lower left; titled on the reverse
20 × 25 in (50.8 × 63.5 cm)
$3,000 - $5,000
$6,325
Lot 90
Stage Fright, 1984
acrylic on canvas
signed lower left; titled and dated 1984 on the reverse
16 × 12 in (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
$8,000 - $12,000
$7,475
Lot 91
Resurrection
mixed media on canvas
signed and dated 2009 lower right; titled on the reverse
24 × 24 in (61.0 × 61.0 cm)
$2,500 - $3,500
$2,760
Lot 92
Old Gun Shop, Dawson, 1972
acrylic on canvas board
signed and dated 1972 lower right; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
18 × 24 in (45.7 × 61.0 cm)
$12,000 - $15,000
$17,250
Lot 93
Street Scene in Winter
oil on canvas
signed lower right
5 × 8 in (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
$2,500 - $3,500
$2,760
Lot 94
Tangled Woods, Autumn, Hollow Lake Ontario , circa 1930
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled and dated circa 1930 on the reverse
8.5 × 10.5 in (21.6 × 26.7 cm)
$2,000 - $3,000
$3,220
Lot 95
White Waters in September
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
30 × 36 in (76.2 × 91.4 cm)
$4,000 - $6,000
$6,900
Lot 96
Au Crépuscule, Baie St. Paul, 1924
oil on board
signed, titled, dated “vers 1924” and certified by Lucile Rodier Gagnon (no. 617) on a label on the reverse
4.75 × 7 in (12.1 × 17.8 cm)
$10,000 - $12,000
$14,950
Lot 97
Casson Lake , 1976
pencil sketch
signed, titled and dated 1976 lower right
9 × 11 in (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
$2,000 - $3,000
$4,370
Lot 99
Pastureland, Avoca, Que. , 1971
pencil sketch
signed, titled and dated 1971 lower edge
7.5 × 10.5 in (19.1 × 26.7 cm) (sight)
$2,000 - $3,000
$4,025
Lot 100
Team of Oxen Ploughing
mixed media on board
signed lower right
15.75 × 20.75 in (40.0 × 52.7 cm)
$10,000 - $15,000
$32,200
Lot 101
Sans titre, 1949
oil on board
signed and dated 1949 lower left; signed lower right; monogrammed, dated and verified by the artist (”17 janv. 1970”) on the reverse
7.25 × 9.5 in (18.4 × 24.1 cm)
$4,000 - $6,000
$8,050
Lot 102
Tango (Espagne), 1962
oil on canvas
signed and titled 1962 lower left; inscribed “Espagne” on the stretcher
18 × 21.5 in (45.7 × 54.6 cm)
$5,000 - $7,000
$5,520
Lot 104
Abstraction, 1948
oil on board
signed and dated 1948 lower right
24 × 20 in (61.0 × 50.8 cm)
$4,000 - $6,000
$5,520
Lot 105
Oeil de Chimère II, 1985
acrylic on paper
signed, titled and dated 1986
20 × 26 in (50.8 × 66.0 cm)
$5,000 - $7,000
$5,750
Lot 106
Lumière, 2005
oil on canvas
signed, indistinctly titled and dated 2005 on the reverse
24 × 30 in (61.0 × 76.2 cm)
$6,000 - $8,000
$7,475
Lot 108
Arcturus #32, 1973
acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1973 on the reverse
36 × 28 in (91.4 × 71.1 cm)
$6,000 - $8,000
$14,950
Lot 109
Autumn in the Sheep Pasture, Medonte, Ontario
oil on board
signed lower left
6 × 8.5 in (15.2 × 21.6 cm)
$1,500 - $2,000
$1,725
Lot 110
River Landscape, Port Hope, 1940
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1940 lower left; a forest landscape on the reverse, with the artist’s estate stamp and inscribed indistinctly (”Spring on the...”)
10.5 × 13.75 in (26.7 × 34.9 cm)
$1,200 - $1,500
$1,150
Lot 112
Paysage
oil on canvas
signed lower right
12 × 26 in (30.5 × 66.0 cm)
$18,000 - $22,000
$18,400
Lot 113
Summer Twilight, South Shore, 1996
oil on canvas
signed and dated “96-8” upper right; signed, titled and dated 1996 on the reverse
32 × 35 in (81.3 × 88.9 cm)
$3,000 - $5,000
$4,600
Lot 114
Logging Camp, British Columbia
oil on canvas
signed lower right
27 × 40 in (68.6 × 101.6 cm)
$12,000 - $15,000
$11,500
Lot 115
Georgian Bay
oil on board
signed lower right; Roberts Inventory No. 894 on the reverse
20 × 24 in (50.8 × 61.0 cm)
$4,000 - $6,000
$9,200
Lot 116
Beige Metropolis (Satellite Cities Series)
acrylic on canvas
24 × 36 in (61.0 × 91.4 cm)
$6,000 - $8,000
$10,350
Lot 117
Exshaw Near Banff, 1976
acrylic on board
signed lower right; titled on gallery label on the reverse; inscribed “760928B” on the reverse (indicating the artist’s date of September 28, 1976)
12 × 16 in (30.5 × 40.6 cm)
$2,500 - $3,500
$2,990
Lot 118
St. Paul’s Dome, London
watercolour
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
11.75 × 8.25 in (29.8 × 21.0 cm)
$1,500 - $2,000
$2,070
Lot 119
Old Street, Coventry
watercolour
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
12.5 × 17.25 in (31.8 × 43.8 cm) (sight)
$1,800 - $2,200
$2,300
Lot 123
Self Portrait
oil on board
signed lower right
48 × 32 in (121.9 × 81.3 cm)
$8,000 - $12,000
$12,650
Lot 124
Portrait of Leslie Charles Wookey, 1930
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1930 lower left
28 × 23 in (71.1 × 58.4 cm)
$5,000 - $7,000
$4,600
Lot 125
The Aviator
oil on board
a signed sketch of a village on the reverse
10.5 × 8.5 in (26.7 × 21.6 cm)
$2,000 - $3,000
$1,725