December Auction of Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction) Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our December Auction of Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction) which concluded on December 12, 2018. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Delphiniums and Daisies
colour silkscreen
signed within the plate lower right
10.5 x 8.75 ins ( 26.7 x 22.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $384.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
MARMADUKE MATTHEWS
Cattle Watering
watercolour
signed lower left
14.5 x 21 ins ( 36.8 x 53.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
ATTRIBUTED TO FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Floral Still LIfe
watercolour
12.5 x 9.25 ins ( 31.8 x 23.5 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
PETER MAXWELL EWART
Lake of the Woods
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Jack Pine
sampson matthews silkscreen
unframed; some moisture damage present along the lower portion of the artwork - sold “as is” and not subject to return
30 x 4 ins ( 76.2 x 10.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
JOSEPH ERNEST SAMPSON
Veterans of the Sea
sampson matthews silkscreen
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
JOSEPH FRANCIS PLASKETT
Parisian Scene
pastel
signed and dated 1961 lower right
18.5 x 24 ins ( 47 x 61 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Cineplex Odeon-The First Ten Years; Maurice Cullen-1866-1934; Colville; Homer Watson-The Man of Doon; Jack Bush-A Retrospective; Hidden Values-Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections; Joe Fafard; Iskowitz; The Art of Betty Goodwin
nine books
“Cineplex Odeon: The First Ten Years” (David Burnett, Toronto, 1989); “Maurice Cullen: 1866-1934” (Sylvia Antoniou, Queen’s University, 1982); “Colville” (David Burnett, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983); “Homer Watson: The Man of Doon” (Muriel Miller, Toronto, 1988); “Jack Bush: A Retrospective” (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1976); “Hidden Values: Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections” (Robert Swain, Vancouver/Toronto, 1994); Joe Fafard (Terrence Heath, National Gallery of Canada, 2007); Iskowitz (David Burnett, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982); “The Art of Betty Goodwin” [Jessica Bradley & Matthew Teitelbaum (eds.), Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998]
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century; The Ontario Community Collects; Agnes Etherington Art Centre-Permanent Collection 1968; A Concise History of Canadian Painting; Art Gallery of Ontario-The Canadian Collection; Joan Murray-Confessions of a Curator
six books
“Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century” (Joan Murray, Toronto, 1999); “The Ontario Community Collects” (William C. Forsey, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1975); “Agnes Etherington Art Centre: Permanent Collection 1968” (Queen’s University, 1968); “A Concise History of Canadian Painting” (Dennis Reid, Don Mills, 2012, Third Edition); “Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection” (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1970); “Confessions of a Curator: Adventures in Canadian Art” (Joan Murray, Oshawa, 1984)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
THOMAS KEITH ROBERTS
Main Street
sampson matthews silkscreen
unframed
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
JAMES FENWICK LANSDOWNE
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon Pyrrhonota)
graphite drawing
8.5 x 8 ins ( 21.6 x 20.3 cms ) ( Overall sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
CARL BEAM
Portrait and two Fish
mixed media print
signed lower right; unframed
15.25 x 11.75 ins ( 38.7 x 29.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
THOMAS ALBERT STONE
Winter Road
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled and inscribed “early 1930s” on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
HAROLD BARLING TOWN
Verticle Cyclist
lithograph
signed, dated 1971 and numbered 6/64 in pencil in the lower margin; titled on a gallery label on the reverse.
This lot includes a book, signed by the artist: Harold Town, Silent Stars, Sound Stars, Film Stars, Toronto/Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1971.
19.5 x 14 ins ( 49.5 x 35.6 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
Previous Auctions
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- 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
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- 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
- Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- The Art of Europe (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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- 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
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