Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art which concluded on December 3, 2020. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
The Laurentians
oil on board, laid on board
signed lower right
24 x 36 ins ( 61 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $8,400.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Self Portrait
oil on board
signed lower right; Roberts Inventory No. 2192 inscribed on the reverse
48 x 36 ins ( 121.9 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $8,400.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
EMILY CARR
Klee Wyck Pot
painted ceramic
incised “Klee Wyck” and inscribed “Jasper Park Lodge” on underside
2.75 x 4.25 x 2.75 ins ( 7 x 10.8 x 7 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $7,800.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
JOSEPH DRAPELL
Life Fulfilled
acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1988 on the reverse
71 x 78 ins ( 180.3 x 198.1 cms ) ( overall (polygonal shape) )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $7,800.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
JOHN GEOFFREY CARUTHERS LITTLE
Dimanche matin, rue de Bullion, Montreal
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1970 on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $7,800.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
RONALD YORK WILSON
The Bull Fight
mixed media on board
signed lower left
42 x 67.25 ins ( 106.7 x 170.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $7,200.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
DOROTHY ELSIE KNOWLES
The Noon Sun
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1973 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
34 x 54 ins ( 86.4 x 137.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $7,000.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
JAMES WILLIAMSON GALLOWAY MACDONALD
Untitled (Two Creatures)
watercolour
signed and dated 1947 lower right
7 x 10 ins ( 17.8 x 25.4 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $6,600.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
WASHINGTON FRIEND
City of Montreal, Canada
watercolour
signed lower left; framed as an oval
14 x 21.25 ins ( 35.6 x 54 cms ) ( overall (oval sight) )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $6,000.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
KAZUO NAKAMURA
Darkening Clouds
watercolour
signed and dated 1958 lower right
14.75 x 21.25 ins ( 37.5 x 54 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $6,000.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
Forest Clearing
oil on board
signed lower left
6 x 7.75 ins ( 15.2 x 19.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $5,760.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
CHARLES FRASER COMFORT
Yarmouth Light
oil on board
signed and inscribed “To Ruth and Fritz Martin, Sept. 18 1931” on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $5,040.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
JEAN-PAUL MOUSSEAU
Sans titre
coloured inks on textured watercolour paper
signed and dated 1948 lower left
11.5 x 9 ins ( 29.2 x 22.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $4,560.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
ALAN CASWELL COLLIER
Tangled Woods
oil on canvas on board
signed lower right; titled and dated 1966 to a label on the reverse; also titled on the artist’s label on the reverse
8 x 24 ins ( 20.3 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $3,840.00
Sale date: December 3rd 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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