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 29, 2018. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
MAUD LEWIS
Oxen in Winter
mixed media on board
signed lower right
11.75 x 13.25 ins ( 29.8 x 33.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $14,160.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
ULYSSE COMTOIS
Lumière d’été X
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1976 lower right; titled on the stretcher
24 x 30 ins ( 61 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $14,160.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
BERTRAM RICHARD BROOKER
Tree Trunks
oil on board
signed lower left; titled, numbered 166 and marked with the Estate stamp on the reverse
11.5 x 15 ins ( 29.2 x 38.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $12,980.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
HORTENSE MATTICE GORDON
Votive Lights
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,500.00 - $4,500.00
Price Realized $11,210.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
KENNETH DANBY
Sharpshooter
egg tempera on board
signed and dated 1971 lower right
20.25 x 30 ins ( 51.4 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $10,620.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY
Grosvenor Hill, Montreal
oil on board
signed lower right
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $8,850.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
CLARENCE ALPHONSE GAGNON
The Doctor
drawing and gouache
signed, titled “Etude pour Maria Chapdelaine”, inscribed “page 170” and certified by Lucile Rodier Gagnon (no. 794) on a label on the reverse
7.25 x 8.75 ins ( 18.4 x 22.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $8,260.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
JOHN MCEWEN
Maquette for Boat Sight
steel and wood sculpture
accompanied by a limited edition copy of “John McEwen: Public Work” (Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1988) which was published in an edition of 50 copies, contained within a presentation stand designed and fabricated by the artist
25.5 x 17.75 x 8.75 ins ( 64.8 x 45.1 x 22.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $7,670.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
WILLIAM RONALD
Abstraction
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1988 lower right; unframed
48 x 48 ins ( 121.9 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $7,670.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
JAMES WILLIAMSON GALLOWAY MACDONALD
Abstract - Lines and Spaces (1946)
watercolour
signed lower right
6.5 x 9.75 ins ( 16.5 x 24.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $7,670.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
MARC-AURÈLE DE FOY SUZOR-COTÉ
Le vieux pionnier canadien
bronze sculpture
incised signature, date (1912) and inscription (”Copyrighted - Canada 1914” and “USA”) on the base; stamped “Roman Bronze Works N.Y.” on the reverse side of the base
15.75 x 16.25 x 9 ins ( 40 x 41.3 x 22.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $7,080.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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
- 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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