Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art (Live Auction) Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art (Live Auction) which concluded on May 25, 2017. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
DAVID ALEXANDER COLVILLE
Crow With A Silver Spoon
colour serigraph
signed, dated 1972 and numbered 15/70 in the lower margin
18 x 18 ins ( 45.7 x 45.7 cms ) ( diameter )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $10,350.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Wolf in Winter
gouache on card
signed lower right
8.5 x 10.25 ins ( 21.6 x 26 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $9,775.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
MAXWELL BENNETT BATES
Northern Painting
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1960 lower right; titled on the stretcher
36 x 48 ins ( 91.4 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $9,200.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
MARC-AURÈLE FORTIN
Paysage d’ete
oil on panel
signed lower left
6.25 x 9.25 ins ( 15.9 x 23.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $9,200.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
CHARLES FRASER COMFORT
Northern Silence
oil on canvas
signed lower right
20 x 26 ins ( 50.8 x 66 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $9,200.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
CLARENCE ALPHONSE GAGNON
Dover Mountains, Norway
oil on board
certified by Lucile Rodier Gagnon (no. 525) on a label the reverse
4.75 x 7 ins ( 12.1 x 17.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $8,625.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
FREDERICK WILLIAM HUTCHISON
Cutting the Mid Summer Hay
oil on canvas
17 x 101 ins ( 43.2 x 256.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $8,050.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
MAXWELL BENNETT BATES
House by the Sea
oil on board
signed and dated 1952 lower right
24 x 20 ins ( 61 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $8,050.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
MAUD LEWIS
Children Walking in the Snow
mixed media on beaver board
signed lower right
12 x 15.75 ins ( 30.5 x 40 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $8,050.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
HENRIETTA MABEL MAY
Shoreline Landscape / Farm Scene
double-sided oil on panel
signed lower left; an unsigned farm landscape on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $9,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $8,050.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
JEAN LEFÉBURE
La fille du briquetier
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1963 lower right; signed, titled and dated 1963 on the stretcher
31.75 x 39 ins ( 80.6 x 99.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $8,050.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
MAUD LEWIS
Winter Sleighing Scene
mixed media on masonite
signed lower right
12 x 15.75 ins ( 30.5 x 40 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $7,475.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
ILLINGWORTH HOLEY KERR
Little Farm, Qu’Appelle Valley, Lumsden, Saskatchewan
oil on canvas
signed with monogram lower left; signed, titled and dated 1973 on the stretcher
24 x 34 ins ( 61 x 86.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $6,900.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
WILLIAM HENRY CLAPP
Misty Summer Morning, St. Eustache
oil on board
signed and dated 1914 lower left
10.5 x 13.75 ins ( 26.7 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $6,900.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- Select Masterworks of Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2025
- British & Continental Artworks (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- The Chaki Collection: A Collector’s Dialogue (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- 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
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- 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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- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
- 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
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