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.

Artwork by Qavavau Ashoona, Bird Transformation (Standing Bird with Pants On)
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: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by Thoreau MacDonald, Six Works
THOREAU MACDONALD
Six Works

six linocuts framed together
each signed lower right in pencil in the margin; the six works displayed in a single frame
6.25 x 7.5 ins ( 15.9 x 19.1 cms ) ( each )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by Carl Beam, Residential Schools: An Essential Component of Genocide
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: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Fifteen Canadian Art Reference Books
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)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by Antoine Bittar, Un dernier rayon
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: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by Harold Barling Town, Chaplin
HAROLD BARLING TOWN
Chaplin

lithograph
signed, dated 1971 and numbered “113-160” lower right; unframed
20 x 14 ins ( 50.8 x 35.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by Bert  Weir, Essex County
BERT WEIR
Essex County

oil on board
signed on the reverse; unframed
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by Edmond Dyonnet, The Suitor
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: $250.00$150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by Robert Houle, Obsession
ROBERT HOULE
Obsession

etching
signed, dated 1975, titled and numbered 4/10 in the lower margin; unframed (matted)
12.5 x 7.75 ins ( 31.8 x 19.7 cms ) ( plate size )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by Thomas Harold Beament, The Blue Bowl
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: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by Kapil Harnal, Loose Laces
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: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by Robert Kakegamic, Canoeing
ROBERT KAKEGAMIC
Canoeing

acrylic on paper
signed and dated 1969 lower right
17 x 23.25 ins ( 43.2 x 59.1 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Fifteen Canadian Art Reference Books
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)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by Antoine Prévost, Landscape with Three Figures
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: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Artwork by Serge Tousignant, Braises
SERGE TOUSIGNANT
Braises

etching
signed, titled, dated 1964 and numbered 4/10 in the lower margin
11.5 x 10 ins ( 29.2 x 25.4 cms ) ( plate size )

Auction Estimate: $350.00$250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019

Previous Auctions

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Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
 
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Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
 
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Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
 
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Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
 
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Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
 
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Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
 
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Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
 
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Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
 
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Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
 
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Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
 
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Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
 
The Collection of Joe & Anita Robertson (Online Auction)
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Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
 
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Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
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Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
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Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
 
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Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
 
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Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
 
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Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
 
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Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
 
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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
 
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Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
 
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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
 
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Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
 
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Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
 
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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
 
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Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
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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
 
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Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
 
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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
 
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Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
 
Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
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Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
 
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Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
 
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Sale Closed: June 15, 2022
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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
 
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Sale Closed: March 22, 2022
 
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Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
 
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Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
 
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