July Auction of Works on Paper, Prints, Books (Online Auction) Highlights

This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our July Auction of Works on Paper, Prints, Books (Online Auction) which concluded on July 16, 2019. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.

Artwork by Gordon Appelbe Smith, PEI
GORDON APPELBE SMITH
PEI

colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 1/50 in the lower margin
10.75 x 15 ins ( 27.3 x 38.1 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $200.00$150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by Doris Jean McCarthy, Iceberg #4; Fool’s Paradise; Holy Family Scene
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Iceberg #4; Fool’s Paradise; Holy Family Scene

three prints
“Iceberg #4” (aquatint; signed and titled in the lower margin, mounted to the cover of a Christmas card which is inscribed and signed by the artist inside); “Fool’s Paradise” (lithograph; mounted within a Christmas card which is signed, inscribed and addressed by the artist); “Holy Family Scene” (screenprint on the cover of an unused card); each unframed
4 x 5 ins ( 10.2 x 12.7 cms ) ( each subject )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Selection of 6 Books on Canadian Art
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of 6 Books on Canadian Art

six books
“Christopher Pratt: Personal Reflections on a Life in Art” - signed by the artist on the title page (Christopher Pratt and David Silcox, Key Porter Books, 1995); “Christopher Pratt”- signed by the artist and authors on front cover page (David P. Silcox and Meriké Weiler, Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1982); “The Group of Seven” (Peter Mellen, McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1970); “Gershon Iskowitz: Painter of Light”- signed by the artist on title page, signed by the author on inside title page (Adele Freedman, Merritt Publishing Company Limited, 1982); “Ken Danby”- signed by the author on front title page (Paul Duval, Clarke, Irwin and Company Limited, 1976); “David Milne” (Ed. Ian M. Thom, Douglas and McIntyre, 1991)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Selection of Books on Historical Canadian Art
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of Books on Historical Canadian Art

six books
“The Tranquility and the Turbulence: The Life and Work of Walter J. Phillips” (Roger Boulet, M.B. Loates Publishing, 1981); “Paul Kane’s Frontier” (J. Russell Harper, The National Gallery of Canada, 1971); “Miller Brittain: When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears” (Tom Smart, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 2007); “Krieghoff” (J. Russell Harper, Key Porter Books, 1999); “The Tangled Garden: The Art of J.E.H. MacDonald”- signed by the author on title page (Paul Duval, Cerebrus/ Prentice-Hall, 1978); “Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm”- signed by the authors and dated 1978 on front cover page (David Silcox and Harold Town, McClelland and Stewart, 1977)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $350.00$250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by Jack Reid, Winter Evening
JACK REID
Winter Evening

watercolour
signed and titled lower right; unframed
22.5 x 30 ins ( 57.2 x 76.2 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by Diana Dabinett, Winter Figment 3
DIANA DABINETT
Winter Figment 3

watercolour
signed, titled and dated 1986 lower left
22.75 x 16.5 ins ( 57.8 x 41.9 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by Georges Rouault, Jongleur
GEORGES ROUAULT
Jongleur

colour lithograph
12.25 x 7.75 ins ( 31.1 x 19.7 cms ) ( plate size )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$400.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by Ernest Lindner, Bare Trees
ERNEST LINDNER
Bare Trees

woodblock
signed and numbered 100/100 in the lower margin
5 x 6 ins ( 12.7 x 15.2 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by Anthony Morse Urquhart, Tree
ANTHONY MORSE URQUHART
Tree

ink drawing
signed and dated “12.8.56” upper right; within a frame created by William Kurelek (a Greenwich Gallery label signed by Kurelek on the reverse)
12.5 x 10.75 ins ( 31.8 x 27.3 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Canadian National Exhibition Catalogue of the Arts
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Canadian National Exhibition Catalogue of the Arts

five catalogues
includes catalogues for 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
8 x 5.5 ins ( 20.3 x 14 cms ) ( each )

Auction Estimate: $225.00$175.00 - $225.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by Norval Morrisseau, Raven Speaking on Awareness of Middle Path
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Raven Speaking on Awareness of Middle Path

colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 34/56 in the lower margin
29 x 20 ins ( 73.7 x 50.8 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $125.00$75.00 - $125.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by Jack Reid, Gwai Hanis Totems
JACK REID
Gwai Hanis Totems

watercolour
signed and titled lower right
9.25 x 13.25 ins ( 23.5 x 33.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $175.00$125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by Norval Morrisseau, Ojibway Medicine Man
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Ojibway Medicine Man

colour screenprint
signed, titled and numbered 14/98 in the lower margin
28.5 x 23.75 ins ( 72.4 x 60.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by Harold Elmer Feist, In the Eye
HAROLD ELMER FEIST
In the Eye

acrylic on paper
signed and dated 2004 lower right; titled lower left
29.75 x 22 ins ( 75.6 x 55.9 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

Artwork by Thomas Mower Martin, Path through the Countryside
THOMAS MOWER MARTIN
Path through the Countryside

watercolour
signed lower left
8.5 x 13 ins ( 21.6 x 33 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019

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