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.
JAMES KEIRSTEAD
House; Barn
ink and wash
two works: each signed and dated 1966
8 x 12 ins ( 20.3 x 30.5 cms ) ( each (sight) )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $384.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eight Indigenous Art Reference Books
eight books
- “Pictographs: The Graphic Art of James Simon Mishibinijima” (The Porcupine’s Quill, Erin, Ontario, 1987);
- “Raven’s Cry” (Christie Harris, Bill Reid [illustrations], Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver and Toronto, 1992);
- “The Elders are Watching” (Dave Bouchard, Roy Henry Vickers [illustrations], Eagle Dancer, Tofino, 1990);
- “The Sound of the Drum: The Sacred Art of the Anishnabec” (Mary E. Southcott, Boston Mills Press, 1985 - signed by the author on the title page);
- “Cedar” (Hilary Stewart, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver & Toronto, 1984);
- “Norval Morrisseau and the Emergence of the Image Makers” (Elizabeth McLuhan and Tom Hill, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1984);
- “A Cree Life: The Art of Allen Sapp” (John Anson Warner, Thecla Bradshaw, J.J. Douglas Ltd., Vancouver, 1977 - signed by the artist on the title page);
- “Norval Morrisseau” (Key Porter Books, Toronto, 1997)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
HERBERT RAINE
Craig Street, Montreal
etching
signed and titled in the lower margin
7 x 9 ins ( 17.8 x 22.9 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
THOREAU MACDONALD
Eleven Books designed or illustrated by Thoreau MacDonald
- “Notebooks” (Thoreau MacDonald; Penumbra Press, 1980)
- “Thoreau’s Tales” (David McCabe, Thoreau MacDonald and Susan MacDonald; The Woodchuck Press, 2002)
- “The Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books; The Sea is Our Doorway” (Michael Harrington; Cover design by J.E.H. and Thoreau MacDonald; The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1947) (Chap-Book Number 124)
- “Hurt not the Earth” (E. Newton-White, drawings by Thoreau MacDonald; The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1958)
- “A Canadian Nation” (Lorne Pierce, Designed by Thoreau MacDonald; The Ryerson Press, 1960)
- “The Woodcarver’s Wife” (Marjorie L. C. Pickthall with decorations by J.E.H. MacDonald; McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1922)
- “A Word to Us All” (J.E.H. MacDonald with a note by Robert Stacey; McBurnie Cutler Editions, Toronto, 1996) (limited edition keepsake on the occasion of the publication of “J.E.H. MacDonald: Designer”; No. 434 of 500 copies) (signed by Robert Stacey on title page)
- “The Rocking Chair and Other Poems” (A.M. Klein with drawings by Thoreau MacDonald; The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1966)
- “The Group of Seven: Thoreau MacDonald” (Canadian Art Series; The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1944
- “South of North: Images of Canada” (Richard Outram, drawings by Thoreau MacDonald; The Porcupine’s Quill, Erin) (signed and inscribed by Rosemary Kilbourn
- “The Songs of Wade Hemsworth” (illustrations by Thoreau MacDonald; Penumbra Press, Waterloo, 1990)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
NICHOLAS HORNYANSKY
Quebec from the Citadel
colour etching
signed, titled and numbered 97/150 in the lower margin
8 x 6.75 ins ( 20.3 x 17.1 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
ROD PROUSE
Island Flowers, St. Lucia
pastel and watercolour
signed and titled in the lower margin
18.75 x 24 ins ( 47.6 x 61 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
ELENE GAMACHE
Bird’s Song
mixed media on paper
signed lower right
20 x 19.5 ins ( 50.8 x 49.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
JOSEPH DRAPELL
Untitled Abstraction
oil on paper
signed and dated 2000 lower left; unframed
30 x 22.5 ins ( 76.2 x 57.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
RAYMOND VICTOR CATTELL
Abstraction
watercolour
signed lower right
19.5 x 29 ins ( 49.5 x 73.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
GORDON APPELBE SMITH
Homage to Bill Skow ‘47
colour lithograph
signed, titled, dated 1993 and inscribed “Original drawing made in 1947 at Alert Bay - When Chief Bill Scow (sic) took me to Gwayasdums in his fish boat”; unframed
30.25 x 22.5 ins ( 76.8 x 57.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
WALTER COUCILL
Hallmark Christmas Card Illustration #2
tempera
signed in the lower right margin; signed, titled and dated “circa 1970” on a label affixed to the reverse of the framing
14.25 x 9.25 ins ( 36.2 x 23.5 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
RODOLPHE DUGUAY
L’épouvantail; Le four
pair of woodblock prints
each signed and titled within the margin of the plate; each unframed (affixed to supports)
7.5 x 8.25 ins ( 19.1 x 21 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $350.00 - $450.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: July 14th 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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