Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art Highlights

This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art which concluded on May 29, 2014. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.

Artwork by Jack Hamilton Bush, Summer Lake
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Summer Lake

acrylic on canvas
signed “Jack Bush - Toronto”, titled and dated January 1973 on the reverse
49.75 x 68.25 ins ( 126.4 x 173.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $150,000.00$100,000.00 - $150,000.00
Price Realized $310,500.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by Jack Hamilton Bush, Pink on Red (Thrust)
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Pink on Red (Thrust)

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1961 lower left; signed “Jack Bush - Toronto”, titled and dated on the reverse
79 x 79.25 ins ( 200.7 x 201.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $225,000.00$175,000.00 - $225,000.00
Price Realized $299,000.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by Alfred Joseph Casson, Afterglow, Moose Lake
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Afterglow, Moose Lake

oil on canvas
signed lower right
24 x 30 ins ( 61 x 76.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $90,000.00$70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $63,250.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by Gershon Iskowitz, October #2
GERSHON ISKOWITZ
October #2

oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1976 on the reverse
55 x 47 ins ( 139.7 x 119.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $40,000.00$30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Price Realized $48,300.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by William Perehudoff, AC-78-33
WILLIAM PEREHUDOFF
AC-78-33

acrylic on canvas
signed, dated 1978 and inscribed “AC-78-33” on the reverse
41 x 136 ins ( 104.1 x 345.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $46,000.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by Yves Gaucher, Gris et Bleu
YVES GAUCHER
Gris et Bleu

acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated Nov/Dec 1972 on the reverse
80 x 90 ins ( 203.2 x 228.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $50,000.00$30,000.00 - $50,000.00
Price Realized $46,000.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by Robert Wakeham Pilot, Hart House
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Hart House

oil on canvas
signed lower left
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )

Auction Estimate: $50,000.00$30,000.00 - $50,000.00
Price Realized $27,600.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by Alexander Young Jackson, Ripon on the Road to Chenville, Quebec
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Ripon on the Road to Chenville, Quebec

oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “Probably 1962” on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $18,000.00$15,000.00 - $18,000.00
Price Realized $16,100.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by Ted Harrison, Walking Home
TED HARRISON
Walking Home

acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1983 on the reverse
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $12,000.00$8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $14,950.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by Frank Hans Johnston, Woodland Stream
FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
Woodland Stream

oil on board
signed lower left; titled on the artist’s label on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms ) ( overall )

Auction Estimate: $20,000.00$15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $13,800.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by Léon Bellefleur, Sausset Les Pins
LÉON BELLEFLEUR
Sausset Les Pins

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1959 lower left; initialed, titled and inscribed “Aix-en-Provence” on the reverse
24 x 19.5 ins ( 61 x 49.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $15,000.00$12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $12,650.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by Takao Tanabe, Summer Foothills (4/79 Evening)
TAKAO TANABE
Summer Foothills (4/79 Evening)

acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 4/79 on the reverse
66 x 45 ins ( 167.6 x 114.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $18,000.00$15,000.00 - $18,000.00
Price Realized $11,500.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by Alexander Young Jackson, Morning Light, Combermere
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Morning Light, Combermere

oil on board
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated October 1963 on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $15,000.00$12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $11,500.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by William Perehudoff, AC-79-9
WILLIAM PEREHUDOFF
AC-79-9

acrylic on canvas
signed and inscribed “AC-79-9” on the reverse
32 x 62 ins ( 81.3 x 157.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $8,000.00$6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $10,925.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Artwork by Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, Le vieux pionnier canadien
MARC-AURÈLE DE FOY SUZOR-COTÉ
Le vieux pionnier canadien

bronze
signed, titled and inscribed “1912”, “Copyright Canada 1914”, “Roman Bronze Works Inc. N.Y.” and “No. 11”
16 x 16 x 8.75 ins ( 40.6 x 40.6 x 22.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $12,000.00$8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $8,625.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014

Previous Auctions

Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.

Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)_
Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
 
Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
 
The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
 
Capture (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
 
The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
 
Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
 
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
 
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
 
Picasso & His Contemporaries (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
 
International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
 
Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
 
Mousseau and Friends (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
 
Canadian Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
 
En plein air (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
 
Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
 
Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
 
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
 
Works on Paper (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
 
Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
 
The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
 
The Grand Tour (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
 
Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
 
British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
 
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
 
First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
 
Works from the Estate of William Ronald (Part II) (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
 
The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
 
Spring Live Auction (Session 1 & 2)
Sale Closed: May 30, 2024
 
Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
 
The Group of Seven (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
 
Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
 
Works from the Estate of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
 
The Artwork of David Blackwood (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
 
Capture (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
 
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
 
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
 
Modern Forms (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
 
Works on Paper (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
 
The Academy (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
 
International Prints, Multiples & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
 
Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
 
La belle province (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
 
Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
 
Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Artwork for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
 
Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
 
En plein air (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
 
Watercolours & Drawings (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
 
Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
 
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
 
20th Century Works on Paper (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
 
The Academy (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
 
Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
 
The Collection of Joe & Anita Robertson (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
 
Bidding in a Winter Wonderland (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
 
An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
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Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
( Download PDF )
 
Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
 
British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
 
Toronto: Represented and Abstracted (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
 
Auction to Benefit NSCAD (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
 
Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
 
Artwork from a Private Collection (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
 
Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
 
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
 
Little Pictures (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
 
Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
 
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
 
Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
 
Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
 
Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
 
Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
 
Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
 
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
 
Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
 
The Art of Europe (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
 
Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
 
Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
( Download PDF )
 
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
 
Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
 
The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
 
April Abstractions (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
 
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
 
Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
 
Select Canadian Prints (Online Auctions)
Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
 
Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
 
Peaks to Prairies: Art of Western Canada (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
 
Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
 
Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
 
Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
 
Canada & Abroad (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
 
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
 
Canadian Winter (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
 
Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
 
Books & Reference (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
 
From the Estate of William Ronald (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
 
Holiday Charm (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: December 13, 2022
 
Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: December 13, 2022
 
An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
( Download PDF )
 
Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art (Session 1)
Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
( Download PDF )
 

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