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Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art Highlights

This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art which concluded on May 31, 2016. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.

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Artwork by Lawren Stewart Harris, Algoma (Algoma Sketch 48)

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 )

Auction Estimate: $600,000.00$400,000.00 - $600,000.00
Price Realized $977,500.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by Lawren Stewart Harris, House, Toronto

LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
House, Toronto

oil on panel
titled and inscribed “Lawren Harris” on the reverse; titled “Houses, Group No. XIV” and inscribed “Lawren Harris” by Doris Mills on a label; inscribed “property of Bess Harris 1942”; typed “Howard K. Harris Estate” on a label (titled “House Toronto”)
10.5 x 14 ins ( 26.7 x 35.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $120,000.00$90,000.00 - $120,000.00
Price Realized $115,000.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by Lawren Stewart Harris, Shacks

LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Shacks

oil on panel
signed lower right
10 x 13 ins ( 25.4 x 33 cms )

Auction Estimate: $80,000.00$60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $103,500.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by Jean Paul Riopelle, Petite Californie, 1962

JEAN PAUL RIOPELLE
Petite Californie, 1962

oil on canvas
signed lower right
23.75 x 23.75 ins ( 60.3 x 60.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $80,000.00$60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $70,000.00
Sale date: June 1st 2016

Artwork by Jack Hamilton Bush, Five Colour Prints (1965 Portfolio)

JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Five Colour Prints (1965 Portfolio)

complete set of five colour serigraphs
“Red Sash- New York 1962”, “Red Stripes- New York 1962”, “Red Orange Green- 1963”, “Nice Pink- 1965”, “Stripes to the Right- 1965”; each signed, dated 1965 and numbered 57/100, housed in the original portfolio
26 x 20.5 ins ( 66 x 52.1 cms ) ( each )

Auction Estimate: $20,000.00$15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $57,500.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by Frank Hans Johnston, A Rocky Corner - Bryce’s Island, Lake of the Woods

FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
A Rocky Corner - Bryce’s Island, Lake of the Woods

oil on panel
signed with initials lower right; titled on the reverse
5.75 x 8 ins ( 14.6 x 20.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $40,000.00$30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Price Realized $48,300.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by William Kurelek, Stop Thief!

WILLIAM KURELEK
Stop Thief!

mixed media on board
signed with monogram and dated 1974 lower right; titled on the reverse
7.25 x 8.75 ins ( 18.4 x 22.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $18,000.00$14,000.00 - $18,000.00
Price Realized $34,500.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by Robert Wakeham Pilot, Cottage with Cross, Newfoundland

ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Cottage with Cross, Newfoundland

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1938 lower left
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )

Auction Estimate: $40,000.00$30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Price Realized $34,500.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by Alfred Joseph Casson, Jackknife Bay

ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Jackknife Bay

oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “September ‘82” on the reverse
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )

Auction Estimate: $25,000.00$20,000.00 - $25,000.00
Price Realized $34,500.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by Ted Harrison, Bennett Walk

TED HARRISON
Bennett Walk

acrylic on canvas board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1982 on the reverse
36 x 24 ins ( 91.4 x 61 cms )

Auction Estimate: $18,000.00$15,000.00 - $18,000.00
Price Realized $29,900.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by Ivan Kenneth Eyre, Cairn

IVAN KENNETH EYRE
Cairn

oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed on the reverse
27 x 33 ins ( 68.6 x 83.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $15,000.00$10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $25,300.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by William Kurelek, Snow Showers and Horses Foraging

WILLIAM KURELEK
Snow Showers and Horses Foraging

gouache
signed with monogram and dated 1966 lower right
14 x 18.75 ins ( 35.6 x 47.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $25,000.00$20,000.00 - $25,000.00
Price Realized $23,000.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by Rita Letendre, Rencontre

RITA LETENDRE
Rencontre

oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1964 on the reverse
18 x 20 ins ( 45.7 x 50.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $23,000.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by Bertram Richard Brooker, Creation

BERTRAM RICHARD BROOKER
Creation

oil on board
titled and the estate stamp on the reverse
24 x 17 ins ( 61 x 43.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $23,000.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by Alexander Young Jackson, Southern Alberta Town

ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Southern Alberta Town

oil on board
signed and inscribed indistinctly lower left
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $23,000.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

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Previous Auctions

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

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
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Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art (Session 1): Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
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Canadian Group of Painters (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
Fall Auction of International Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
October Abstractions (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
Little Pictures (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
La belle province (Art of Quebec) (Online Auction): Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction): Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction): Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
Prints & Works on Paper (Online Auction): Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction): Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
The Art of Barbara Mercer (Online Auction): Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
Cities & Towns (Online Auction): Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction): Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
Spring Auction of International Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
From the Estate of Robert Markle (Online Auction): Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art: Sale Closed: June 15, 2022
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Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: May 31, 2022
Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: May 31, 2022
April Abstractions (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
Inuit and First Nations Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 22, 2022
Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 22, 2022
Canada & Abroad (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
Three Dimensions (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
Post War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
Canadian Winter (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
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
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
Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction): Sale Closed: June 23, 2020
Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction): Sale Closed: June 2, 2020
Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 14, 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

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