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.
HENRY JOHN SIMPKINS
Summer Landscape with House
watercolour
signed and dated lower left, unframed
10.75 x 14.75 ins ( 27.3 x 37.5 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Village Scene
watercolour on board
unsigned; unframed
7.25 x 10.5 ins ( 18.4 x 26.7 cms ) ( board )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
FRANK MILTON ARMINGTON
Meditation
etching
signed, dated 1913 and inscribed “Special print for my dear Carrie from Frank” in pencil in the lower margin; signed, titled and dated within the print top left; with Janet Braide and Nancy Parke-Taylor, “Caroline and Frank Armington: Canadian painter-etchers in Paris”, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario, 1990.
9.25 x 7 ins ( 23.5 x 17.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
FRANK MILTON ARMINGTON
La Pluie, Place de la Concorde, Paris
etching
signed, titled and dated 1924 in the plate
8.25 x 11.25 ins ( 21 x 28.6 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $89.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Three books devoted to the artist and her work
three books
“Celebrating Life: The Art of Doris McCarthy” (The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Canada, 2002 - reprint of the 1999 publication); “Doris McCarthy: Feast of Incarnation Paintings 1929-1989” (the Gallery/Stratford, 1991); “Doris McCarthy: The View from Here” (Art Gallery of Mississauga, 1999)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $50.00 - $75.00
Price Realized $89.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
DONALD APPELBE SMITH
Farm, Winter
watercolour
signed and dated 1961 lower left
9 x 11.5 ins ( 22.9 x 29.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $89.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
MATHIAS MULEME
The Flutist
colour etching
signed, titled and dated 1995 in the lower margin
11.5 x 3.5 ins ( 29.2 x 8.9 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $25.00 - $35.00
Price Realized $86.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
MAURICE ESTÈVE
Estève, Peintures 1935-1947, Galerie Louis Carré
poster
exhibition poster printed by Mourlot Imprimeur, Paris, unframed
30.5 x 20.5 ins ( 77.5 x 52.1 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $83.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Collection of Canadian Art Reference Materials
five catalogues/books
“Catalogue of the Fiftieth Annual Exhibition of The Ontario Society of Artists, 1922”; “Painters of Quebec” (Marius Barbeau, Canadian Art Series, Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1945); “The Rebel Princess, Watercolour by HRH The Princess Louise” (The Bermuda National Gallery, Bermuda, January 24-April 11, 1998); “Nicholas Hornyansky Retrospective 1926-1965”; “Côté The Wood Carver” (Marius Barbeau, Canadian Art Series, Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1943)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $71.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
FRANK MILTON ARMINGTON
Now the Day is Over
etching
an illustrated poem/prayer by Sabine Baring-Gould (British, 1834-1924), illustrated by Frank Armington; inscribed within the plate “Sabine Baring-Gould” and “Etched by Frank Armington, 1911”
13.25 x 10.5 ins ( 33.7 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $75.00 - $125.00
Price Realized $59.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
VERA FRENKEL
Window View with Paths
lithograph, laid down on board
signed twice, titled, dated 1970 and 1972 and numbered 133/150 in the lower margin; unframed
21.5 x 31.25 ins ( 54.6 x 79.4 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $59.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
ROBERT MARKLE
Reclining Nude
lithograph laid down on card
signed and dated 1971 upper left; signed, dated 1972 and numbered 133/150 lower right; unframed
21.5 x 32.25 ins ( 54.6 x 81.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $59.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
BARKER FAIRLEY
Shoreline Landscape
lithograph, laid down on board
signed, dated 1972 and numbered 136/150 in the lower margin; unframed
21.5 x 24.5 ins ( 54.6 x 62.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $59.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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
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- Artwork from an Important Private Collection (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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- 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
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- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
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- Canadian Group of Painters (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
- Fall Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
- Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
- Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
- October Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
- La belle province (Art of Quebec) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
- Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- Prints & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- The Art of Barbara Mercer (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- 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
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