December Auction of Canadian & International Art (Online Auction) Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our December Auction of Canadian & International Art (Online Auction) which concluded on December 14, 2016. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
CHARLES PAUL GRUPPE
Pastoral Landscape with Sheep
watercolour
signed lower right
13.75 x 19.5 ins ( 34.9 x 49.5 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $288.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
GORDON MCKINLEY WEBBER
Shoreline Landscape
oil on board
signed and dated 1927 on the reverse
9.25 x 13 ins ( 23.5 x 33 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $288.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
WILLARD MORSE MITCHELL
Old Mill, Lambert, P.Q.; Habitant Home, St. Eustache, P.Q.
two miniature watercolours
the first signed with initials lower right; signed, dated 1944 and inscribed “This 200-Year-Old Mill on the Levis St., Lambert, P.Q. Highway Still Grinds Grain” on the reverse of the framing; the second signed with initials lower left; signed, dated 1944 and inscribed “An Old French Habitant Home on the Montreal Oka Highway, at St. Eustache, P.Q.-Canada” on the reverse of the framing; both insribed “This is a Genuine Watercolour and a Hand Carved Frame” on the reverse of the framing
2 x 2.25 ins ( 5.1 x 5.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $288.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
ALBERT HENRY ROBSON
Pulling a Sleigh
pencil drawing
signed with initials upper right; titled and dated 1903 along lower edge; unframed (matted)
8.25 x 4.75 ins ( 21 x 12.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $288.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
CANADIAN SCHOOL
The Locks, Ottawa
watercolour
10.75 x 16.75 ins ( 27.3 x 42.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $259.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
FREDERICK BOURCHIER TAYLOR
Indians in the Market; Three Men Chatting/Landscape
assorted media on paper (2)
“Indians in the Market (studies in pencil on paper, titled and inscribed “5 am Cristobal, 2.V.62, Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico” along the lower edge - 11 ins x 8.5 ins); “Three Men Chatting (study in watercolour and pastel, signed and dated 1962 lower left; dated “July 1962” with size notations in lower right margin; on the reverse “Landscape” in watercolour - 13 x 19.5 ins) unframed
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $275.00 - $325.00
Price Realized $259.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
RON SIMPKINS
Ausable River Through the Trees
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “Feb. 83” on the reverse
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $230.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
MARJORIE PIGOTT
Meadow at Evening
watercolour
signed lower right; titled and dated on the reverse
13.75 x 20.5 ins ( 34.9 x 52.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $230.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
RONALD WILLIAM BOLT
Rocky Mountain Suite #2
lithograph
signed, titled and numbered “7/25” in the lower margin; unframed
22.25 x 26.25 ins ( 56.5 x 66.7 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $230.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
CARL BEAM
Two Kinds of Power
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 194/200 in the lower margin; unframed
30 x 22 ins ( 76.2 x 55.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $230.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
ART THOMPSON
Thunder Bird; Humpback Whale
colour serigraph
“Thunder Bird”- signed, titled, dated “10/80” and numbered 78/200 lower right; “Humpback Whale”- signed, titled, dated “10/80” and numbered 166/200 in the lower margin
10.75 x 21 ins ( 27.3 x 53.3 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $230.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Books
“The Tangled Garden: The Art of JEH MacDonald” (Paul Duval, 1978); “The 19th Century Journals & Paintings of William Pope” (Harry B. Barrett, Toronto, 1976); “Group of Seven Drawings” (Paul Duval, 1965); “Canadian Art Today” (William Townsend, ed., 1970); “The Art of Alex Colville” (Helen J. Dow, 1972); “The Arts in Canada” (Malcolm Ross, ed., 1958); “The Face of Early Canada” (F. St. George Spendlove, 1958); “Pictures from the Douglas M. Duncan Collection” (Frances Barwick, 1975); “Set of Six Filmstrips: Artists of Canada” (Pamphlet); Three Volumes of “Here and Now” (Volumes 2, 3 and 4); “Canadian Art Magazine” (Winter 1963 Issue); “Tom Thomson (Canadian Artists Series)” (Albert H. Robson, The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1939); “David Milne: The Toronto Year 1939-1940” (Marlborough Godard, 1976) (Six Copies); “Poems of Infinitum” (De Silaghi, 1975); “Fences” (Harry Symons, drawings by C.W. Jefferys, 1958); “An Anthology of Canadian Art” (R.H. Hubbard, ed., 1960); “Emily Carr: The Untold Story” (Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher, 1978); “The J.S. McLean Collection of Canadian Painting” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1968); Eight Volumes of “Canadian Art Sales Index” (Wesbridge; 1977-80; 1980-81; 1983-84; 1984-85; 1986-87; 1991-92; 1996-96 and 1999-2000)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $230.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
STEPHEN SNAKE
Children's Portraits
oil on canvas
signed and dated 89 left; unframed
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $230.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
RITA BRIANSKY
Art Class; Yankel; Friends; Hop Scotch/Untitled
assorted media on paper (4)
“Art Class” (ink and watercolour on paper, signed, titled and dated 1949 in the lower margin - 6.75 x 9 ins); “Yankel” (watercolour on paper, signed, titled and dated 1950 in the lower margin - 9.25 x 6.75 ins); “Friends” (ink on paper, signed, titled and dated 1955 in the lower margin - 9.25 x 7.25 ins); “Hop Scotch/Untitled” (double sided ink on paper, signed, titled and dated 1952 in the lower margin; signed, dated 1952 lower right on the reverse - 9.25 x 7 ins); unframed
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $225.00 - $275.00
Price Realized $224.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
RITA BRIANSKY
Joseph Sketching; Shoppers; Checkers; The Field
assorted media on paper (4)
“Joseph Sketching” (ink and watercolour on paper, signed, titled and dated 1949 in the lower margin - 9.25 x 6.75 ins); “Shoppers” (ink on paper, signed, titled and dated 1952 in the lower margin - 9.25 x 7 ins); “Checkers” (signed, titled and dated 1959 in the lower margin - 7.25 x 9.25 ins); “The Field” -(ink and watercolour on paper, signed, titled and dated 1957 in the lower margin - 7.25 x 9.25 ins); unframed
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $225.00 - $275.00
Price Realized $219.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
Previous Auctions
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- Past and Present: International Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- In the Eye of the Beholder: Photographs from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
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- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Artwork from the Estate of Jaan Poldaas (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Abstract vs. Figural: Prints from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- A Modern Eye: Canadian Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Select Canadian Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Holiday Sale (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Photography from the Collection of Salah Bachir (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: November 27, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Works for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Canadian Abstraction (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- 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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- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
- 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
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- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
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- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
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