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.
JAY ISAAC
Untitled Abstract
oil on photograph
6 x 4 ins ( 15.2 x 10.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
NOAH QINUAJUA
Sitting Figure with a Seal Float
stone
inscribed with disc number “E9-822” on the underside of the left foot
5.5 x 9.75 x 4.75 ins ( 14 x 24.8 x 12.1 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eighteen Canadian Art Reference Books
“Watercolour Painting in Saskatchewan 1905-1980” (Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, 1981); “Seven Saskatchewan Folk Artists: From the Permanent Collections of the Mendel Art Gallery and Saskatchewan Arts Board” (Ann Harbuz, Medndel Art Gallery, The Gallery, Saskatoon, 1983); “Tradition and Innovation: Saskatoon Art and the 1950s (Dan Ring, Mendel Art Gallery, The Gallery, Saskatoon, 1987); “From Regionalism to Abstraction: Mashel Teitelbaum and Saskatchewan Art in the 1940s” (Dan Ring, Matthew Teitelbaum, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, 1991); “Robert Ayre: The Critic and the Collection” (The Gallery, Montreal, 1992); “A Boundless Horizon: Visual Records of Exploration and Settlement in the Manitoba Region, 1624-1824 / The Winnipeg Art Gallery, September 15-October 30, 1983” (Virginia G. Berry, The Gallery, Winnipeg, c. 1983); “Modernism in Quebec Art, 1916-1946” (Jean-René Ostiguy, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1982); “Discerning Tastes: Montreal Collectors, 1880-1920” (Janet M. Brooke, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, c. 1989); “Achieving the Modern: Canadian Abstract Painting and Design in the 1950s” (Robert Stacey, WAG, Winnipeg, 1993); “The Winnipeg School of Art: The Early Years” (Marilyn Baker, University of Manitoba Press, Winnipeg, 1984); “White Winds of Dawn” (Frances Beatrice Taylor, J.E.H. MacDonald illus., McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1924); “Fires of Driftwood” (Isabel Ecclestone Mackay, J.E.H. MacDonald illus., McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1922); “Thorn Apple Tree” (Grace Campbell, Wm. Collins Sons & Co., Toronto, 1942); “The Downfall of Temlaham” (Marius Barbeau, The MacMillan Company of Canada, Toronto, 1929); “Cities of Canada: Reproductions from the Seagram Collection of Paintings” (Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Ltd., House of Seagram, Montreal, 1953); “Art Plastic Designed for Living” (Andrea DiNoto, Abbeville Press, New York, 1984); “The Lost Craft of Ornamented Architecture: Canadian Architectural Drawings, 1850-1930” (Jean B. Weir, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 1983); “Canadian Centre for Architecture: Building and Gardens” (Larry Richards, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, 1989)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Twelve Canadian Art Magazine Issues
includes October-November 1943, November 1946, Spring-Summer 1948, Christmas-New Year 1949-50, October 1951, Spring 1952, New Year 1955, Summer 1955, Winter 1956, Spring 1956, Autumn 1958, Spring 1957
10 x 7.5 ins ( 25.4 x 19.1 cms ) ( each )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
DORA DE PEDERY-HUNT
Nellie McClung
bronze pendant
signed with an etched initial lower left; sold together with “Medals” (Dora de Pédery Hunt & Elizabeth Frey, Toronto, 1973, signed by the artist)
2 x 2 x 0.25 ins ( 5.1 x 5.1 x .6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $75.00 - $100.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
PIERRE BÉDARD
La maison sous les arbres
oil on board
signed lower right; also signed, titled and dated indistinctly on the reverse
7 x 5 ins ( 17.8 x 12.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
HAROLD BARLING TOWN
New Town: Enigmas; Florence Vale: Recent Drawings & Collage
pair of posters
“New Town: Enigmas” (Mazelow Gallery, April 12-May 10, 1969, signed and dated “1-10-To-25-10-1969” upper left - sheet size 36 ins x 23.5 ins); sold together with “Florence Vale: Recent Drawings & Collage” (Mazelow Gallery, Toronto - sheet size 25 ins x 17 ins); both unframed
36 x 23.5 ins ( 91.4 x 59.7 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
HENRI LE RICHY
Notre Dame de Paris
etching
signed lower right; unframed (matted)
7 x 3.75 ins ( 17.8 x 9.5 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00
Price Realized $153.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
JOHN TURO
Canada Goose
acrylic on paper
signed and dated 1980 lower right
19 x 14.5 ins ( 48.3 x 36.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $50.00 - $100.00
Price Realized $153.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST
Narwhal
stone; bone
original igloo sticker tag intact on base; Condition Noted: Base is cracked and taped; tail is repaired
2.5 x 2.75 x 11.5 ins ( 6.4 x 7 x 29.2 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
THOMAS SHERLOCK HODGSON
Nude Studies
ink drawing
signed and dated 1969 lower right
10 x 14.5 ins ( 25.4 x 36.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
OWEN STAPLES
Portrait of a Gentleman
graphite drawing
signed and dated “October 11, 1915” lower left
12 x 9.5 ins ( 30.5 x 24.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
Previous Auctions
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- Past and Present: International Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- In the Eye of the Beholder: Photographs from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
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- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
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- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Abstract vs. Figural: Prints from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- A Modern Eye: Canadian Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Select Canadian Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Holiday Sale (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Photography from the Collection of Salah Bachir (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: November 27, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Works for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Canadian Abstraction (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)_
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Picasso & His Contemporaries (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Mousseau and Friends (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Grand Tour (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Works from the Estate of William Ronald (Part II) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Spring Live Auction (Session 1 & 2)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Group of Seven (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Works from the Estate of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Artwork of David Blackwood (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Modern Forms (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- International Prints, Multiples & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- 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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- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
- 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
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- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
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