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.
QAVAVAU ASHOONA
Bird Transformation (Standing Bird with Pants On)
stone sculpture
signed in Roman “Kavava Ashoona” on the underside
14.5 x 10 x 2 ins ( 36.8 x 25.4 x 5.1 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
CARL BEAM
Residential Schools: An Essential Component of Genocide
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 $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Fifteen Canadian Art Reference Books
“The Tranquility and the Turbulence” (Roger Boulet, M.B. Loates, Markham, Ont., c.1981); “The Group of Seven: Art for A Nation” (Charles C. Hill, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1995); “John Lyman, 1886-1967” (Louise Dompierre, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ont., c.1986); “André Biéler: An Artist’s Life and Times (Frances K. Smith, Firefly Books, Toronto, 2006); “The Art of Tom Thomson” (Joan Murray, AGO, Toronto, 1971); “David Milne: Painting Place = David Milne: un coin pour peindr” (Rosemarie L. Tovell, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1976); “Emily Carr” (Doris Shadbolt, Douglas & McIntyre, Toronto, 1990); “J.W. Morrice” (Lucie Dorais, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1985); “C.W. Jefferys” (Robert H. Stacey, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1985); “Bertram Brooker, 1885-1955” (Dennis Reid, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1979); “Jock Macdonald, 1897-1960” (Joyce Zemans, National Gallery of Canadam Ottawa, 1985); “Philip Surrey” (Jacques de Roussan, Lidec, Montreal, 1968); “Jock Macdonald: The Inner Landscape” A Retrospective Exhibition” (Joyce Zemans, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1981); “Jock Macdonald: Retrospective Exhibition” (National Hallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1969); “Walter J. Phillips: A Selection of His Works and Thoughts = un choix de son oeuvre et de ses réflexions” (Michael J. Gribbon, National Gallery of Canada for the Corporation of the National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, 1978)
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
ANTOINE BITTAR
Un dernier rayon
oil on board
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
BERT WEIR
Essex County
oil on board
signed on the reverse; unframed
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
EDMOND DYONNET
The Suitor
pencil on paper
initialed lower left; titled on a label on the reverse
2.5 x 3 ins ( 6.4 x 7.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
THOMAS HAROLD BEAMENT
The Blue Bowl
oil on board
titled on a gallery label on the reverse
8.75 x 6.75 ins ( 22.2 x 17.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
KAPIL HARNAL
Loose Laces
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on the stretcher; a preparatory pencil sketch is included with this work
12 x 9 ins ( 30.5 x 22.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Fifteen Canadian Art Reference Books
“Garry Neill Kennedy: Printed Matter, 1971-2009 = imprimés, 1971-2009” (Peter Trepanier, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2012); “FitzGerald as Printmaker: A Catalogue Raisonné of the First Complete Exhibition of His Printed Works” (Helen Coy, University of Manitoba Press, Winnipeg, 1982); “In Seclusion with Nature: The Later Work of L. LeMoine Fitzgerald, 1942-1956” (Michael Parke-Taylor, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1989); “Beauty in a Common Thing: Drawings and Prints by L.L. Fitzgerald” (Christine Lalonde, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2004); “Lionel LeMoine Fitzgerald, 1890-1956: The Development of An Artist” (The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1978); “Caroline and Frank Armington: Canadian Painter-Etchers in Paris” (Janet Braide and Nancy Parke-Taylor, Region of Peel Art Gallery, Brampton, Ont., 1989); “Franklin Carmichael: prints = gravures” (McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, Ont., 1984); “The Prints of Edwin Holgate = Les gravures d’Edwin Holgate” (Ian M, Thom, The Gallery, Kleinburg, Ont., 1989); “A New Class of Art: The Artists’s Print in Canadian Art, 1877-1920” (Rosemarie L. Tovell, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1996); “The Wood Engravings of Laurence Hyde” (Patyricia Ainslie, The Museum, Calgary, C. 1986); “Margaret Shelton: Block Prints, 1936-1984” (Patricia Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 1984); “Cecil Buller: Modernist Printmaker = graveur moderniste” (Patricia Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, c. 1989); “Walter J. Phillips, R.C.A.: Woodcuts and Watercolours” (Masters Gallery, Calgary, 1991); “Printmaking in British Columbia, 1889-1983 / Art Gallery of Greater Victoria: October 6 to November 27, 1983: (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, 1983); “Images of the Land: Canadian Block Prints, 1919-1945” (Patricia Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, c. 1984)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
ANTOINE PRÉVOST
Landscape with Three Figures
mixed media on paper
signed lower right
11 x 14 ins ( 27.9 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
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- The Grand Tour (Online Auction)
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- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
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