August Auction of Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction) Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our August Auction of Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction) which concluded on August 11, 2020. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
REGINA SEIDEN
Three Nudes
graphite
signed lower right; titled on a label on the reverse
9.5 x 7.75 ins ( 24.1 x 19.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $350.00 - $550.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
GEORGE HENRY GRIFFIN
Cows Going to Pasture
oil on canvas, laid down on board
8 x 6 ins ( 20.3 x 15.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
ARNOLD SHIVES
Taiya River IV
etching
signed, titled, dated 1993 and numbered “A.P” in the lower margin
9.75 x 6.75 ins ( 24.8 x 17.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
JOHN GODFREY
Fish Below the Surface
oil on canvas
signed upper left
28 x 20 ins ( 71.1 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
ROBERT HEDRICK
Abstraction
oil on shaped canvas
signed and dated 1986 on the reverse; sold with a photograph of the artist holding “Abstraction”
13.25 x 9.25 x 0.75 ins ( 33.7 x 23.5 x 1.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Visionaire 28 Bible
mixed media
limited edition book enclosed within the original molded-plastic “energy sphere” case; number 2117 in an edition of 6000 (Summer 1999)
16 x 12 x 2.5 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 x 6.4 cms ) ( case )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
THOMAS KEITH ROBERTS
Main Street
sampson matthews silkscreen
signed within the plate; unframed
19.75 x 26.75 ins ( 50.2 x 67.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
RETA MADELINE COWLEY
Summer Landscape
watercolour
signed and dated “30-9-90” lower right
15 x 22.5 ins ( 38.1 x 57.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
25 Canadian Art Reference Books and Materials
25 books and publications
-”Cornelius Krieghoff” (Albert H. Robson);
-”Cornelius Krieghoff: The Habitant Farm” (J. Russell Harper, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1977);
-”Louis Muhlstock: The Draftsmen” (Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, 1989)
-”Eric Freifeld: An Exhibition of Drawings at the Yaneff Gallery” (Yaneff Gallery, Toronto, 1980);
-”A.C. Leighton” (The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, 1981);
-”Sophia Theresa Pemberton (1869-1959)” (Nicholas Tuele, The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1978);
-”Painting in Montreal 1915-1930” (Galerie de L’UQAM, Montreal, 1996);
-”Drawings by Charles W. Jefferys” (Discoverers and Explorers in Canada 1497-1763);
-”Mary Riter Hamilton 1873-1954” (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1978);
-”Augustus Kenderine” (Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 1986);
-”W. J. Wood: Paintings and Graphics” (Christine Boyanoski and John Hartman, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1983);
-”Fantin-Latour and Dalou” (The Toledo Museum of Art);
-“Thomas W. Fripp 1864-1931” (Nicholas Tuele, The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, 1983);
-”William St. Thomas Smith” (Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, 2002);
-”Paul Kane: Sketchpad” (Charles J. Musson Ltd., Toronto, 1969);
-”Scenes in Canada: C. Krieghoff Lithograph Drawings after his Paintings of Canadian Scenery, 1848-1862” (McCord Museum, Montreal, 1972);
-”Military Munnings: The Canadian War Art of an Equestrian Painter 1917-1918” (Canadian War Museum, 1993);
-”Emily Coonan (1885-1971)” (Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal, 1987);
-”The Watercolours of David Milne” (Gwendolyn Owens, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, 1984);
-“L.M. Kilpin 1855-1919” (Roger Boulet, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1979);
-”David Milne: Painting Place” (Rosemarie L. Tovell, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1976);
-”New Perspectives on Modernism in Canada: Kathleen Munn, Edna Taçon” (The Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, 1988);
-”Paul Rand” (Roger Boulet, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, 1980);
-”Kurelek’s Vision of Canada” (The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, 1982);
-”William McElcheran: Humanism in Bronze” (Kinsman Robinson Galleries, Toronto, 2010);
“Tom Forrestall: Retrospective Exhibition: 1957-1978” (Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, 1978)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eleven Canadian Art Reference Books
eleven books
- “Sunday Mornings with Cass” (Ted Herriott, 1993);
- “Bellefleur: The Fervour of the Quest” (Guy Robert, 1988);
- “Cosgrove Natures Mortes Arbes et Portraits” (Jacques de Roussan, 1994);
- “F.S. Coburn Beyond the Landscape” (Evelyn Lloyd Coburn, 1996);
- “Frederick H. Varley” (Peter Varley, 1983);
- “Art actuel au Quebec depuis 1970” (Guy Robert, 1983);
- “The Art of Tom Thomson” (Joan Murray, 1971);
- “Jean Paul Riopelle force de la nature” (John K. Grande, 2005);
- “Norval Morrisseau Shaman Artist” (Greg A. Hill, 2006);
- “Edwin Holgate” (Rosalind Pepall and Brian Foss, 2005);
- “La peinture au Quebec depuis ses origines” (Guy Robert, 1978)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Relaxation; Lillies; From the Routing House; Haystack; Adirondack Camp; Boston Corners
6 colour lithographs
each unframed
15 x 17.25 ins ( 38.1 x 43.8 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Visionaire 27 Movement
book
limited edition publication with three-dimensional images of Kate Moss on the front and back covers; number 697 in an edition of 6000 (Spring 1999)
12.5 x 9.75 x 0.75 ins ( 31.8 x 24.8 x 1.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
MARJORIE PIGOTT
Winter Series #1
watercolour
signed lower right
9.25 x 11 ins ( 23.5 x 27.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
ALEXIS ARTS
Working by the Shore
oil on canvas
signed lower left
24 x 36 ins ( 61 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
Previous Auctions
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- 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
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- 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
- 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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- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (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
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