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.
GRAHAM NOBLE NORWELL
Rural Home; Cabin by the River
pair of watercolours
each signed with initials
4 x 5 ins ( 10.2 x 12.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
CHARLES WALTER SIMPSON
La Carriole
etching
signed, titled and dated 1929 in the lower margin
3 x 3.5 ins ( 7.6 x 8.9 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
DAVID THAUBERGER
Whale Print
colour lithograph
signed, titled, dated 1979 and numbered 35/150 in the lower margin; unframed (shrinkwrapped)
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eleven Art Books
books
“The First One Hundred Years” (Edward J. Nicholson, Brigdens Limited, 1970);
“Art, the Art Community and the Law: A legal and business guide for artists, collectors, gallery owners and curators” (Stephen B. Smart, with Mary Baxter, International Self Counsel Press Ltd., Canada, 1994);
“E. Grace Coombs Artist” (Lorne Pierce, The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1949);
“Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives through the Secret World of Stolen Art” (Joshua Knelman, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, 2011); “Art Fakes in America: The Lively Business of Making, Buying and Selling Fraudulent Art from Colonial Times to the Present, with Advice on Avoiding Swindles” (David L. Goodrich, The Viking Press, New York, 1973);
“Leonard and Reva Brooks: Artists in Exile in San Miguel de Allende” (John Virtue, McGill Queen’s University Press, Montreal & Kingston, 2001);
“Tom Thomson: Design for a Canadian Hero” (Joan Murray, Dundurn Press, Toronto, 1998); “Jewish Life in Canada” (William Kurelek & Abraham Arnold, Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton, 1976);
“E.J. Hughes” (Ian M. Thom, Vancouver Art Gallery, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto,2002);
“William Kurelek: The Messenger” (Tobi Bruce, Mary Jo Hughes, Andrew Kear, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2011);
“Lawren Harris” (Bess Harris and R.G.P. Colgrove, Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, Toronto, 1969)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
ANN BEAM
Two Studies for the Motherline
mixed media on paper
each signed lower right; titled lower left; each unframed
15 x 12 ins ( 38.1 x 30.5 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
MICHAEL SNOW
The Meeting
lithograph, laid down on card
signed, dated 1972 and numbered 133/150 in the lower margin; signed, titled and dated 1956 within the plate; unframed
31.25 x 21.5 ins ( 79.4 x 54.6 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Three Portraits
“Portrait of a Child Sitting” (signed, dated 1972, 11.75 x 18 inches); “Young Boy in a Parka” (signed, dated 1971, 18 x 12 inches) and “Portrait of a Girl” (signed, dated 1972, 11 x 8.25 inches)
18 x 12 ins ( 45.7 x 30.5 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
RODOLPHE DUGUAY
Pecheur au clair de lune
woodblock, hinged to card
signed, titled and numbered 28/275 on card support
7 x 9.25 ins ( 17.8 x 23.5 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
JOSEPH ERNEST SAMPSON
Veterans of the Sea
silkscreen
signed lower left; Sampson Matthews label on the reverse
29.25 x 39.75 ins ( 74.3 x 101 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
CARL BEAM
Three B.C. Schools
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: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
CARL BEAM
Fin Whale at The Bluff, Durban
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: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Tirage Etutin
etching
signed and numbered 11/18 in the lower margin
17.25 x 12.5 ins ( 43.8 x 31.8 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
SERGE TOUSIGNANT
Environment Transformé No. 3 - Terrace Outremont
colour lithograph
signed, titled, dated 1976 and numbered 2/100 in the lower margin
17.75 x 24 ins ( 45.1 x 61 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $236.00
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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