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 Marc Chagall, Les Deux Chèvres (The Two Goats), Les Fables de la Fontaine, 1952 [plate 98, Cramer 22]](https://conimg.imgix.net/157910849034354_B.jpg?h=350&ixlib=php-1.2.1&w=300&s=dea611f52ea2683262d5ca2e06472ff7)
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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