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

This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our July Auction of Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction) which concluded on July 14, 2020. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.

Artwork by Horace Champagne, The Old Homestead, Court St., Alymer, Que.
HORACE CHAMPAGNE
The Old Homestead, Court St., Alymer, Que.

pastel
signed lower right; titled and dated “Feb 2/84” on the reverse
11.5 x 14.5 ins ( 29.2 x 36.8 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $900.00$700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $826.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by Aaron Allan Edson, Crossing the Stream
AARON ALLAN EDSON
Crossing the Stream

watercolour on paper, laid on card
signed lower left: inscribed “Painted by Mr. Edson” and indistinctly with the name of the original owner on a piece of the original frame backing (which is attached to the reverse)
20.25 x 27 ins ( 51.4 x 68.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,000.00$800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $826.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by Michael Thompson, Study for Uncertain Smile
MICHAEL THOMPSON
Study for Uncertain Smile

pencil drawing
22.5 x 16 ins ( 57.2 x 40.6 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $900.00$700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by André Charles Biéler, La Chapelle Famille
ANDRÉ CHARLES BIÉLER
La Chapelle Famille

woodblock
signed and titled in the lower margin
7.5 x 7.5 ins ( 19.1 x 19.1 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $600.00$400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by Alfred Joseph Casson, White Pine; Above La Cloche; Northern Church
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
White Pine; Above La Cloche; Northern Church

three colour serigraphs
each signed by the estate of the artist, titled and numbered in the lower margin

“White Pine” (numbered AP 18/60);
“Above La Cloche” (numbered AP 19/60);
“Northern Church” (numbered AP 19/60);
each unframed
27.5 x 32 ins ( 69.9 x 81.3 cms ) ( each sheet )

Auction Estimate: $650.00$450.00 - $650.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by William Kurelek, The Barn Dance
WILLIAM KURELEK
The Barn Dance

colour lithograph
signed and numbered 238/300 in the lower margin
13.25 x 8.25 ins ( 33.7 x 21 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by Robert Wakeham Pilot, Paris
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Paris

pencil
signed, titled and dated 1921 along the lower edge
10.75 x 8.25 ins ( 27.3 x 21 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by Benjamin  Chee Chee, Bird in Flight
BENJAMIN CHEE CHEE
Bird in Flight

photolithograph
signed and dated 1974 lower left
15.5 x 22.25 ins ( 39.4 x 56.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $590.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by Henri Leopold Masson, The Violin Player
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
The Violin Player

pastel on paper
signed lower right
12.25 x 7.25 ins ( 31.1 x 18.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $531.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by Gordon Appelbe Smith, Seascape; Three Apples; Two Apples on Plate
GORDON APPELBE SMITH
Seascape; Three Apples; Two Apples on Plate

portfolio of three lithographs
-“Seascape” (lithograph, 16 x18 ins. [sheet], signed and numbered 76/100 in the lower margin);
-“Three Apples” (lithograph, 16 x18 ins. [sheet], signed and numbered 76/100 in the lower margin);
-“Two Apples on Plate” (lithograph, 16 x18 ins. [sheet], signed and numbered 76/100 in the lower margin);
in a portfolio sleeve, all unframed
16 x 18 ins ( 40.6 x 45.7 cms ) ( each sheet )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $531.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by William Notman, Glimpses Along the Canadian Pacific Railway, Indian Series A
WILLIAM NOTMAN
Glimpses Along the Canadian Pacific Railway, Indian Series A

twelve photogravures
“Mustatem Montiapec, Cree Indian, Calgary”
“A Cree Family at Home”
“A Cree Family and Travois Ready for a Journey, Calgary”
“Blackfoot Camp, Near Gleichen”
“Young Blackfoot Brave, Near Gleichen”
“Pasqapita, Cree Indian and Tepee, Calgary”
“Blackfoot Soldier Clan Dance, Near Gleichen”
“Blackfoot Festival, Near Gleichen”
“A Frosty Morning Blackfoot Camp, Near Gleichen”
“Squaw Spectators, Soldier Clan Dance, Near Gleichen”
“Blackfoot Brave, Near Gleichen”
“Siwash Indians, Fraser River”

each with a type-set title and “Canadian Pacific Railway” within the plate; each unframed
9.75 x 11.75 ins ( 24.8 x 29.8 cms ) ( each sheet )

Auction Estimate: $600.00$400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $531.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by Frederick Arthur Verner, Burnham Beeches; Burnham Beeches
FREDERICK ARTHUR VERNER
Burnham Beeches; Burnham Beeches

two watercolours
signed and dated 1916 lower right, watercolour on paper, mounted to card, titled on gallery label on the reverse, 7.25 x 5.25 inches (sight);
signed and dated 1917 lower right, watercolour on paper, titled on gallery label on the reverse, 8.5 x 6.5 inches (sight)
8.5 x 6.5 ins ( 21.6 x 16.5 cms ) ( largest sight )

Auction Estimate: $600.00$400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $531.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by William Kurelek, Caribou Hunting
WILLIAM KURELEK
Caribou Hunting

colour lithograph
signed and numbered 124/300 in the lower margin
15.25 x 12.5 ins ( 38.7 x 31.8 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $472.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by William Kurelek, Sky Tossing
WILLIAM KURELEK
Sky Tossing

colour lithograph
signed and numbered 116/300 in the lower margin
13.25 x 10.5 ins ( 33.7 x 26.7 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $472.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Artwork by Rudolph Carl Gorman, Masa
RUDOLPH CARL GORMAN
Masa

colour lithograph
signed and dated 1987 lower left; numbered 170/200 lower right; unframed
36 x 29.5 ins ( 91.4 x 74.9 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $472.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020

Previous Auctions

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Past and Present: International Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
In the Eye of the Beholder: Photographs from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
Artwork from the Estate of Jaan Poldaas (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
Abstract vs. Figural: Prints from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
A Modern Eye: Canadian Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
 
Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
 
The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
 
The Academy (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
 
Select Canadian Prints (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
 
Holiday Sale (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
 
Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
 
Photography from the Collection of Salah Bachir (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
 
Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
Sale Closed: November 27, 2024
 
Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Works for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
 
Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
 
British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
 
The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
 
First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
 
Canadian Abstraction (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
 
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
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Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
 
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
 

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