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

This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our February Auction of Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction) which concluded on February 18, 2020. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.

Artwork by Yousuf Karsh, Vincent Massey
YOUSUF KARSH
Vincent Massey

gelatin silver print
signed and autographed by the sitter in black ink in the lower margin; with studio stamp on the reverse
16.75 x 13.5 ins ( 42.5 x 34.3 cms ) ( plate/sheet )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $885.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by Harry Britton, Moncton
HARRY BRITTON
Moncton

watercolour
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
5.5 x 5.25 ins ( 14 x 13.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,000.00$800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $767.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by Anne Meredith Barry, Conception Bay Waterfall; Change Islands, Summer
ANNE MEREDITH BARRY
Conception Bay Waterfall; Change Islands, Summer

two colour lithographs
“Conception Bay Waterfall” (signed, titled, dated 1992 lower right and numbered 16/20 in pencil in the lower margin, 19.5 x 27.25 inches); “Change Islands, Summer” (signed, titled, dated 1992 lower right and numbered 14/30 in pencil in the lower margin, 17.75 x 23.5 inches)
19.5 x 27.25 ins ( 49.5 x 69.2 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $767.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by Victor Vasarely, Rubin (from Lapidaire)
VICTOR VASARELY
Rubin (from Lapidaire)

colour serigraph
signed and numbered 103/150 in pencil in the lower margin; titled to gallery label on the reverse
32.5 x 29 ins ( 82.6 x 73.7 cms ) ( sheet sight )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $767.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by Doris Jean McCarthy, Sailboats (Riding at St. Tropez)
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Sailboats (Riding at St. Tropez)

watercolour and marker
signed lower right; dated “51224” (February 24, 1951) on the reverse; inscribed “Riding at St. Tropez” on the reverse of the original matting included with this lot; sketching in marker visible within the composition; unframed
15 x 22 ins ( 38.1 x 55.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $767.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by John Scott, Standing Figure
JOHN SCOTT
Standing Figure

ink on paper
35.75 x 24 ins ( 90.8 x 61 cms )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by Stanley Francis Turner, A Selection of Six Works
STANLEY FRANCIS TURNER
A Selection of Six Works

six etchings
Western University (signed and titled, 7 ins x 5.5 ins plate size); Lower Town, Quebec “No. 5” (signed, 8.25 ins x 6 ins plate size); Timber Line, Banff (signed, titled, dated 1924 and numbered 1/50, 7 ins x 6.25 ins); St. Anne de Beaupré (signed, titled and numbered 39/50, 11 ins x 8 ins); sold together with two additional signed, untitled etchings (3 ins x 3 ins; 4 ins x 5 ins)
10.75 x 8 ins ( 27.3 x 20.3 cms ) ( largest (subject) )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, Limehouse Hole
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Limehouse Hole

watercolour
signed lower right; titled lower left; inscribed “ Foggy Day on the Thames” top right
7 x 9.75 ins ( 17.8 x 24.8 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by Albert  Dumouchel, Les remparts d’Avila
ALBERT DUMOUCHEL
Les remparts d’Avila

etching
signed, titled, inscribed “epreuve d’etat no. 6” and dated 1961 in pencil in the lower margin
19.5 x 12.5 ins ( 49.5 x 31.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $900.00$700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by Marc Chagall, Les Deux Chèvres (The Two Goats), Les Fables de la Fontaine, 1952 [plate 98, Cramer 22]
MARC CHAGALL
Les Deux Chèvres (The Two Goats), Les Fables de la Fontaine, 1952 [plate 98, Cramer 22]

etching and aquatint
signed and numbered 98 in pencil in the lower margin
12.75 x 10.5 ins ( 32.4 x 26.7 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $600.00$400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by Paul-Vanier Beaulieu, Still Life
PAUL-VANIER BEAULIEU
Still Life

watercolour
signed and dated 1958 lower centre
19.5 x 25.5 ins ( 49.5 x 64.8 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton, Windswept
LAWRENCE ARTHUR COLLEY PANTON
Windswept

silkscreen
Sampson Matthews; artist name, title and “Issued by the National Gallery of Canada” printed in the margin; a Sampson Matthews label on the reverse, unframed
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms ) ( card )

Auction Estimate: $900.00$700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by Joyce Wieland, Self Portrait
JOYCE WIELAND
Self Portrait

ink on paper
signed lower right; unframed; Condition Noted: tears, creases and folds are present, sold “as is” and not subject to return (full condition report available upon request)
13.25 x 18.75 ins ( 33.7 x 47.6 cms ) ( largest )

Auction Estimate: $250.00$150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by Edwin Headley Holgate, Snow Clouds
EDWIN HEADLEY HOLGATE
Snow Clouds

colour silkscreen
15 x 20 ins ( 38.1 x 50.8 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $590.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Artwork by Alfred Joseph Casson, Autumn Landscape
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Autumn Landscape

colour silkscreen on canvas, laid on card
unframed
15.25 x 15.75 ins ( 38.7 x 40 cms ) ( card )

Auction Estimate: $900.00$700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $590.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020

Previous Auctions

Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.

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
( Download PDF )
 
Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
( Download PDF )
 
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
 
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
 
Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
 
Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
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
 
Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
 
Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
( Download PDF )
 
An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
( Download PDF )
 
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
 
Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
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
 
Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: December 13, 2022
 
An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
( Download PDF )
 
Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art (Session 1)
Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
( Download PDF )
 

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