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.
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: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
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: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
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: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
ARTHUR LISMER
Isles of Spruce
silkscreen
Sampson-Matthews label on the reverse; condition noted as the work has been trimmed
19.75 x 26.5 ins ( 50.2 x 67.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
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: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
ROBERT GENN
Coppice, Creek, Kwakiutl and Watchers
four colour serigraphs
“Coppice” (colour serigraph, signed, titled and numbered 62/90 in pencil in the lower margin, 13.5 x 17.5 inches); “Creek” (signed, titled and numbered 7/34 in pencil in the lower margin, 13.5 x 17.5 inches); “Kwakiutl” (signed, titled and numbered 55/85 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 19 x 22 inches, unframed); “Watchers” (signed, titled and numbered 41/95 in pencil in the lower margin, sheet 19 x 22 inches, unframed)
19 x 22 ins ( 48.3 x 55.9 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
EDWIN HEADLEY HOLGATE
Snow Clouds
colour silkscreen
15 x 20 ins ( 38.1 x 50.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $590.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
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: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $590.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
KAKULU SAGGIAKTOK, ULAYU PINGWARTOK, EEGYVUDLUK POOTOOGOOK
Faces; Woman Sewing Kamiks; Young Bears at Play
three stonecuts
“Faces” (stonecut, signed, titled, dated 1976 and inscribed 7/50 in pencil in the lower margin, 22.5 x 33 inches sight); “Woman Sewing Kamiks” (stonecut, signed, titled, dated 1976 and numbered 27/50 in pencil in the lower margin, 24 x 31.75 inches sight); “Young Bears at Play” (stonecut; signed, titled, dated 1978 and numbered 39/50 in pencil in the lower margin, 11.75 x 33 inches sight)
24 x 31.75 ins ( 61 x 80.6 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $590.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
GORDON APPELBE SMITH
Winter Sea
colour silkscreen
signed, titled and inscribed “A/P” in the lower margin; unframed
13.5 x 14.75 ins ( 34.3 x 37.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $590.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
HERBERT SIDNEY PALMER
Seated Nude, Side Facing
pastel
signed, titled and dated on a Roberts Gallery label affixed to the reverse
11.25 x 8.5 ins ( 28.6 x 21.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $531.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
LILLIAN FREIMAN
Woman with Bonnet
pastel
signed lower right
14 x 13 ins ( 35.6 x 33 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $531.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
CLARENCE ALPHONSE GAGNON
Village in Winter
sampson-matthews silkscreen
condition noted: damage to image layer at lower edges of the artwork; unframed
19.5 x 28.5 ins ( 49.5 x 72.4 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $531.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
LOUIS MUHLSTOCK
Reclining Figure; Portrait of a Man
two charcoal drawings
“Reclining Figure” (charcoal on paper, signed lower left, sight 5.25 x 9.75 inches); “Portrait of a Man” (charcoal on paper, signed and dated 1943 to the right, sight 15 x 12.75 inches)
15 x 12.75 ins ( 38.1 x 32.4 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $525.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
- Cities & Towns (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
- Spring Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
- From the Estate of Robert Markle (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: June 15, 2022
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- Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- 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
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 22, 2022
- Canada & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
- Post War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
- Canadian Winter (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
- Works on Paper, Books & Tapestries (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Holiday Charm (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Fall Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Auction to Benefit the Art Gallery of Alberta (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2021
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- October Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- Indigenous & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Art of Quebec: La belle province (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Prints of Sampson Matthews (& Related Work) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- Books & Reference (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- People & Places (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Prints & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: June 9, 2021
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- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 1, 2021
- From the Estate of William Ronald (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 1, 2021
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 27, 2021
- April Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 27, 2021
- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 30, 2021
- Indigenous & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 30, 2021
- Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 23, 2021
- From the Archives of Sampson-Matthews Ltd. (& Related Material) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 23, 2021
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 2, 2021
- Artwork from a Canadian Private Collection (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 15, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 15, 2020
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: December 3, 2020
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- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 17, 2020
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 27, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 29, 2020
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 11, 2020
- Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 14, 2020
- Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 23, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 2, 2020
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 12, 2020
- Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 14, 2020
- Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 18, 2020
- From the Collection of Paul Duval (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2020
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2019
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2019
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 20, 2018
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 29, 2018
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 23, 2017
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 25, 2017
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2016
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 31, 2016
- Fall Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 25, 2015
- Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2015
- Fall Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 28, 2014
- Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 29, 2014
- Fall Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 29, 2013
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