December Online Auction of Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction) Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our December Online Auction of Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction) which concluded on December 12, 2019. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
GERARDO RAMIREZ
Tropical Forest
acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1985 on the reverse
89 x 52 ins ( 226.1 x 132.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $413.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
JOHN SCOTT
Three Figures
ink on paper
signed and dated 1994 lower right
18 x 23.75 ins ( 45.7 x 60.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $413.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
THOREAU MACDONALD
Red Fox in Vaughan; Strawberry Roam
2 drawings
Red Fox in Vaughan: pencil drawing, initialed to the right, signed lower left (4 ins x 6.75 ins, sight); Stawberry Roam: mixed media drawing, initialed and titled lower right (5 ins x 7 ins, sight)
5 x 7 ins ( 12.7 x 17.8 cms ) ( (largest piece) )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $413.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
THOREAU MACDONALD
Aurora, Black Rays
mixed media on paper
initialed and dated 79 to the right; titled lower right
6.25 x 8 ins ( 15.9 x 20.3 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $413.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
THOREAU MACDONALD
Anemones; Mountain Cloud
ink, watercolour, woodcut
“Anemones” (ink and watercolour on paper, signed with initials and titled in pencil in the lower margin, 5.25 x 5 inches); “Mountain Cloud” (woodcut on paper, signed with initials and titled in pencil in the lower margin, sight 5 x 5.5 inches)
5 x 5.5 ins ( 12.7 x 14 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $413.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Collection of Canadian National Exhibition Catalogues
eleven exhibition catalogues
includes 1913, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $384.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
GATHIE FALK
Centerpiece part 1, Foot with Flying Butresses
ceramic sculpture
5.75 x 11.25 x 4.5 ins ( 14.6 x 28.6 x 11.4 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $384.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
LÉON BELLEFLEUR
Untitled Abstraction
etching
signed, dated 1958 and numbered “épreuve d’artiste 3/5” in the lower margin
5 x 4 ins ( 12.7 x 10.2 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Fifteen Canadian Art Reference Books
“Impressionism in Canada: A Journey of Rediscovery” (A.K. Prakash, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2015); “Architects & Artisans: Canadian Art 1890-1918” (Charles C. Hill, National Gallery Artistsof Canada, Ottawa, 2013); “Painting in Canada: A History” (John Russell Harper, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1966); “Treasures of The National Gallery of Canada” (David Franklin, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2003); “Canadian Art - Volumes 1 A-F and II G-K” (Charles C. Hill and Pierre B. Landry, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1988-1994); “The National Gallery of Canada” (Jean Sutherland Boggs, Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1971); “Index to Art in Canada to 1930” (Electronic resource, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa); “A Place for Art: The Architecture of the National Gallery of Canada” (Witold Rybczynski, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1993); “The Contemporary Arts Society: Montréal, 1939-1948 = La Société d’art Contemporain: Montréal, 1939-1948” (Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, c. 1980); “The Flat Side of the Landscape: The Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops” (John O’Brian, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, 1989);
“Canadian Art: It’s Origin & Development” (William G. Colgate, The Ryerson Press, Toronto, c. 1943); “Saskatchewan: Art and Artists” (Terry Fenton and Wayne Morgan, Regina, s.n., 1971); “Our Own Country Canada: Being An Account of the National Aspirations of the Principal Landscape Artists in Montreal and Toronto 1860-1890” (Dennis Reid, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1979); “The True North: Canadian Landscape Painting 1896-1939” (Barbican Art Gallery, Lund Humphries, London, 1991); “Abstraction West: Emma Lake and after = Abstraction dans l’ouest le lac et après” (Terry Fenton, National Gallery of Canada Journal No. 11, 1 March 1976)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $350.00 - $450.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
ESTELLE MURIEL KERR
The Patchwork Quilt
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1916 lower right
18 x 22 ins ( 45.7 x 55.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
ANTOINE DUMAS
Hivernement
acrylic on paper
signed, dated 1979 and titled in the lower margin
16.5 x 23 ins ( 41.9 x 58.4 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Team of Horses; House by a Pond
two pencil sketches on paper
“Team of Horses” (pencil on paper, 5.75 x 7.25 ins); “House by a Pond” (pencil on paper, signed lower right, sight 8.25 x 10.5 inches)
8.25 x 10.5 ins ( 21 x 26.7 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
PAUL FOURNIER
Collection of Eleven Works
gouache and etchings
eleven works including:
-“Untitled Abstract” (gouache on paper, signed, dated “81-5” and inscribed “To Jack - Love & Prayers” in pencil in the lower margin; also signed on the reverse, 8.75 x 6 inches);
-“Bat #1” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘68 and numbered AP, sheet 7.5 x 5 inches);”
-Bat #2” (etching, signed, dated ‘68 and numbered 16/50 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 11 x 7.75 inches);
-“Bat #3” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘68 and numbered AP in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 8 x 5 inches);
-“Mouse Skull” (etching, signed, titled and dated ‘68 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 8.75 x 6.75 inches);
-“Prophet Emerging” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘68 and numbered 38/40 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 7 x 9 inches);
-“Mole #3” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘68 and numbered 25/50 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 7.5 x 10.25 inches);
-“Crow Claws” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘68 and numbered 14/25 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 12.5 x 11 inches);
-“Landscape 67” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘67 and numbered 73/100 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 11 x 19.75 inches);
-“Shell Ensemble” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘83 and numbered 12/100 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 11.5 x 18.5 inches);
-“Paul Fournier” (signed, titled, dated ‘67 and numbered 21/35 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 13.5 x 19 inches);
all unframed
13.5 x 19 ins ( 34.3 x 48.3 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $330.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
CARL BEAM
Ultrasound
mixed media on paper
signed lower right; artist’s seal lower left; unframed
15 x 12 ins ( 38.1 x 30.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
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