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.
HENRY JOHN SIMPKINS
Market Scene
watercolour
signed lower right
19 x 26 ins ( 48.3 x 66 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
JOHN CARL HEYWOOD
Still Life with Glass Bottle and Guitar (A Study in Surfaces)
screenprint
signed, titled, dated 1999 and numbered 10/50 in pencil in the lower margin
27.5 x 35.5 ins ( 69.9 x 90.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Six Group of Seven Art Reference Books
six books
-“A.J. Casson: His Life and Works, A Tribute” (Paul Duval, Cerebrus/Prentice-Hall, Toronto, 1980), signed by A.J. Casson on the title page;
- “The Tangled Garden: The Art of J.E.H. MacDonald” (Paul Duval, Cerebrus/Prentice-Hall, Toronto, 1978);
- “Frederick H. Varley” (Peter Varley, Key Porter Books, Toronto, 1983), signed by the author;
- “F.H. Varley: Portraits into the Light” (Katerina Atanassova, Dundurn Press, Toronto, 2007);
- “F.H. Varley: A Centennial Exhibition” (The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1981);
- “The Group of Seven in Western Canada” (Catharine M. Mastin (ed.), Key Porter Books, Toronto, 2002, 2008)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Picasso 347
two oblong folios
Contains 347 black and white illustrations by the artist. Random House/Maecenas Press, New York (1970); First Edition; folios contained within original clamshell box
17.5 x 12.5 ins ( 44.5 x 31.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
GRAHAM NOBLE NORWELL
Winter, Laurentians
watercolour
signed lower right
12.5 x 16 ins ( 31.8 x 40.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
HERBERT RAINE
Notre Dame, Montreal, PQ
etching
signed and titled in the lower margin
8 x 8.75 ins ( 20.3 x 22.2 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Standing Female Nude
pencil drawing
14 x 10 ins ( 35.6 x 25.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $207.00
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 ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Six Canadian Art Reference Books
six books
- ”Painting Place: The Life and Work of David B. Milne” (David P. Silcox, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1996);
- “Reflections in a Quiet Pool: The Prints of David Milne” (Rosemarie Tovell, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1980);
- “Jock Macdonald” (Joyce Zemans, Canadian Artist Series, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1985);
- “Paul-Émile Borduas” (François-Marc Gagnon, Canadian Artist Series, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1976);
- “The Logic of Ecstasy: Canadian Mystical Painting, 1920-1940” (Ann Davis, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1992);
- “Alex Colville: Diary of a War Artist” (Graham Metson and Cheryl Lean [compiled], Nimbus Publishing Ltd., Halifax, 1981)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $183.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Landscape; Ice Skaters; Six Girls at the Lake
three lithographs
-”Landscape” (lithograph, signed lower right and numbered 88/100 lower left)
-”Ice Skaters” (lithograph, signed lower right and numbered 88/100 lower left)
-”Six Girls at the Lake” (lithograph, signed lower right and numbered 88/100 lower left)
14.25 x 21.5 ins ( 36.2 x 54.6 cms ) ( each sheet - sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
HERBERT RAINE
Chateau de Ramezay, Montreal, PQ
lithograph
signed and titled in the lower margin
9 x 7.75 ins ( 22.9 x 19.7 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Nine Books
nine books
“Reflected Lights: Frank Panabaker - His Story in Words and Pictures” (Frank Panabaker, The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1957);
“Firestone Art Collection” (Ontario Heritage Foundation, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Limited, Canada, 1978);
“Atma Buddhi Manas: The Later Work of Lawren S. Harris” (Dennis Reid, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1985); “David Milne” (ed. Ian Thom, Douglas & McIntyre, 1991);
“The McMichael Canadian Collection” (McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, 1979);
“A.J. Casson (Canadian Artists 1)” (Margaret Gray, Margaret Rand, Lois Steen, Gage Publishing, 1976);
“A to Z of Canadian Art, Artists & Art Terms” (Blake McKendry, Kingston, 1997);
“The History of Painting in Canada: Toward a People’s Art” (Barry Lord, NC Press, Toronto, 1974);
“Contemporary Canadian Painting” (William Withrow, McLelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto, 1972)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Paul Duval “Leo Mol”; Leo Mol “Judy” and “Lora” lithographs
book with two prints
Paul Duval, “Leo Mol”, Loch Gallery, Winnipeg, 1982; signed by the author and artist on the frontispage, with inscription from Leo Mol; includes
“Judy” (print, signed, titled and numbered 117/165 in pencil in the lower margin, 11.5 x 9 inches sheet size);
“Lora” (print, signed, titled and numbered 117/165 in pencil in the lower margin, 11.5 x 9 inches); both in original case; both unframed
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Sixteen Group of Seven Art Reference Books
sixteen books
- “An Evening with Members of the Group of Seven” (Ontario Society for Education through Art, Toronto, 1965);
- “National Gallery of Canada, Bulletin” (23/1974, Ottawa);
- “Saguenay” (Blodwen Davies, McLelland Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1930);
- “Silver Light” (Theresa E. and Don W. Thomson, Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1955) -signed and inscribed by the author on the title page);
- “Atma Buddhi Manas: The Later Work of Lawren S. Harris” (Dennis Reid, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1985);
- “J.E.H. MacDonald: A Biography & Catalogue of his Work” (E.R. Hunter, Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1940);
- “The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson” (Anne Newlands, Firefly Books, Willowdale, 1995);
- “The Group of Seven: Revelations by Members of The Arts and Letter Club” (Toronto);
- “Flowers: J.E.H. MacDonald, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven” (Joan Murray, McArthur and Co., Toronto, 2002);
- “F.H. Varley” (Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, 1981);
- “Tom Thomson: The Last Spring” (Joan Murray, Dundurn Press, Toronto, Oxford, 1994);
- “J.E.H. MacDonald” (Bruce Whiteman, Quarry Press, Kingston, 1995);
- “Tom Thomson: The Jack Pine” (Dennis Reid, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1975);
- “A Hiker’s Guide to the Rocky Mountain Art of Lawren Harris” (Lisa Christensen, Fifth House Ltd., Calgary, 2000) -signed by the author on the title page;
- “Seven Years with the Group of Seven” (Joyce Putnam, Quarry Press, Kingston, 1991);
- “Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm” (Harold Town and David P. Silcox, McClelland and Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1977) -signed by the authors on the title page
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
Previous Auctions
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- Select Masterworks of Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2025
- British & Continental Artworks (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- The Chaki Collection: A Collector’s Dialogue (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- 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
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