Past Auction Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold through past Cowley Abbott Canadian Art auctions or through the private sale process. Select an artwork for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
ANDY WARHOL
Mammy (from the Myth Series) (F&S II.262)
colour screenprint with diamond dust on Lenox Museum Board
signed and numbered 124/200 lower right; with Andy Warhol copyright stamp 1981 on the reverse. Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. Publisher: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc., New York
38 x 38 ins ( 96.5 x 96.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $35,000.00 - $50,000.00
Price Realized $36,000.00
Sale date: November 30th 2021
WILLIAM KURELEK
Arrived Too Early
mixed media on board
signed and dated 1974 lower right; titled on the reverse
12.25 x 12.25 ins ( 31.1 x 31.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $29,900.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Summer Gone
acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated “Aug. 1976” on the reverse (also titled on the stretcher)
28.5 x 61.5 ins ( 72.4 x 156.2 cms ) ( overall, triangular )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $90,000.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
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: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $18,530.00
Sale date: September 24th 2015
GUIDO MOLINARI
Tri-sériel rouge
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1964 on the reverse
46.75 x 23.5 ins ( 118.7 x 59.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $82,600.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
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: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $42,000.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017
PETER CLAPHAM SHEPPARD
The General Store
oil on canvas
signed lower right
29 x 40 ins ( 73.7 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $31,200.00
Sale date: June 9th 2021
EDWARD RUSCHA
Mocha Standard
colour screenprint
signed, dated 1969 and numbered 15/100 in the margin
19.5 x 37 ins ( 49.5 x 94 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $21,850.00
Sale date: September 17th 2014
TOM THOMSON
Near Owen Sound
oil on board
6.75 x 10 ins ( 17.1 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $80,000.00 - $140,000.00
Price Realized $80,500.00
Sale date: November 29th 2013
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- Works on Paper, Books & Tapestries (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Holiday Charm (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Fall Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Auction to Benefit the Art Gallery of Alberta (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2021
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- October Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- Indigenous & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Art of Quebec: La belle province (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Prints of Sampson Matthews (& Related Work) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- Books & Reference (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- People & Places (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Prints & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: June 9, 2021
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- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 1, 2021
- From the Estate of William Ronald (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 1, 2021
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 27, 2021
- April Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 27, 2021
- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 30, 2021
- Indigenous & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 30, 2021
- Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 23, 2021
- From the Archives of Sampson-Matthews Ltd. (& Related Material) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 23, 2021
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 2, 2021
- Artwork from a Canadian Private Collection (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 15, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 15, 2020
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: December 3, 2020
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- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 17, 2020
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 27, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 29, 2020
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 11, 2020
- Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 14, 2020
- Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 23, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 2, 2020
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 12, 2020
- Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 14, 2020
- Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 18, 2020
- From the Collection of Paul Duval (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2020
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2019
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2019
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 20, 2018
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 29, 2018
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 23, 2017
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 25, 2017
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2016
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 31, 2016
- Fall Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 25, 2015
- Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2015
- Fall Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 28, 2014
- Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 29, 2014
- Fall Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 29, 2013
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