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.
WILLIAM SCOTT
XIV/L
gouache
signed and dated 1974 upper right; numbered on the reverse; sold together with the lot is the signed and numbered corresponding copy of “William Scott: drawings”, edited by Lou Klepac, David Anderson, New York, 1975, in which the gouache was issued
8.27 x 10.24 ins ( 21 x 26 cms )
Sold for $24,000.00
Sale date: June 24th 2021
LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Algoma (Algoma Sketch 48)
oil on panel
inscribed “Lawren Harris” and “Algoma Sketches XL VIII” by Doris Mills on a label on the reverse
10.5 x 14 ins ( 26.7 x 35.6 cms )
Sold for $977,500.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Conroy Marsh
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “Sept. 1964” on the reverse
11.75 x 15 ins ( 29.8 x 38.1 cms )
Sold for $21,240.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Autumn Woodland, Combermere
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )
Sold for $21,240.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019
MAUD LEWIS
Cow in Springtime
mixed media on board
signed lower right
11.5 x 11 ins ( 29.2 x 27.9 cms )
Sold for $26,550.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
WILLIAM KURELEK
Haystacks and Ducks (Ukrainian Series)
mixed media on board
signed with the artist’s monogram and dated 1977 lower right; inscribed “JK” on the reverse; titled on a label on the reverse
20 x 16.5 ins ( 50.8 x 41.9 cms )
Sold for $55,200.00
Sale date: June 9th 2021
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
The Broken Window
oil on masonite
signed and dated 1950 upper left; “Jack Bush Art Estate” and “Jack Bush Heritage Corporation” labels attached to the reverse
26 x 20 ins ( 66 x 50.8 cms )
Sold for $23,600.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
HAROLD BARLING TOWN
Tyranny of the Corner (Hypothesis Set)
oil and lucite on canvas
signed (twice), titled and dated 1962 (twice) on the reverse
81 x 74 ins ( 205.7 x 188 cms )
Sold for $20,700.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2016
JAMES EDWARD HERVEY MACDONALD
A Hill Path, High Park
oil on board
signed and dated 1907 lower right
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Sold for $27,600.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2016
WILLIAM KURELEK
Yelling at Young Mosquitos in Rain Barrel
mixed media on board
signed with monogram and dated 1967 lower right; titled on the reverse of the framing
16.5 x 20.75 ins ( 41.9 x 52.7 cms )
Sold for $23,600.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Prints & Works on Paper
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Auction of International Art
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring 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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