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 28, 2015. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
EMILY CARR
Arbutus Trees
watercolour
signed and dated 1908 lower left
14.5 x 10.75 ins ( 36.8 x 27.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $50,000.00 - $70,000.00
Price Realized $52,900.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Quarter Moon
gouache on paper
signed and dated 1975 lower right; signed and inscribed “Jack Bush – Toronto”, titled and dated June 1975 on the reverse
29 x 21 ins ( 73.7 x 53.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $41,400.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Morning Mist - September
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $20,700.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Shoreline, Lake Kamaniskeg
oil on board
signed lower right
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $18,400.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
ALBERT HENRY ROBINSON
Misty Morning, Quebec
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
11.25 x 13 ins ( 28.6 x 33 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $11,500.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
MAUD LEWIS
Winter Sleighing Scene
oil on board
signed lower right
12 x 13.75 ins ( 30.5 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $10,925.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Logging Scene
oil on board
signed lower left
10 x 23.25 ins ( 25.4 x 59.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $9,775.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
JOHN WILLIAM BEATTY
Beaver Lake, Parry Sound
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the artist’s label on the reverse
10.5 x 13.75 ins ( 26.7 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $7,590.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
MAUD LEWIS
Oxen in Winter
oil on board
signed lower right
14.5 x 20.75 ins ( 36.8 x 52.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $7,475.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
THOMAS DE VANY FORRESTALL
The Falling Lamp, 1969
egg tempera on panel
signed lower right
31.5 x 48 ins ( 80 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $7,475.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
JOHN KASYN
Sunday Morning, Adeline Street, Ottawa
oil on board
signed and dated 1975 lower right; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
24 x 20 ins ( 61 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $7,475.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Arcane sonore
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1978 lower right; signed and titled on the stretcher
51 x 63 ins ( 129.5 x 160 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $10,000.00
Price Realized $7,475.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
JOHN WILLIAM BEATTY
Late Afternoon
oil on board
signed lower right
9.5 x 11.75 ins ( 24.1 x 29.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $6,900.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
September Glow, Georgian Bay
oil on board
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $6,900.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
ALLEN SAPP
A Nice Day for Playing Hockey
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right
30 x 48 ins ( 76.2 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $6,900.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
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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