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.
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eighteen Canadian Art Reference Books
eighteen books
- “People and Places of New Brunswick: Molly Lamb Bobak and Bruno Bobak” (Gallery 78, Fredericton);
- “F. H. Varley: Paintings 1915-1954” (The Art Gallery of Toronto, traveling exhibition, 1954-55);
- “Jack Weldon Humphrey” (Heffel Gallery, Vancouver, 1999);
- “Kathleen Daly, George D. Pepper” (McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, 1999);
- “Charles Lawrence Katz: Paintings and Works on Paper” (Duncannon Press, 2009);
- “Tom Thomson: Design for a Canadian Hero” (Joan Murray, Dundurn Press, Toronto and Oxford, 1998);
- “Northern Belle: The Life Story of Haliburton’s Ethel Curry” (Robert Popple, RTP Publications, 2003);
- “E. Grace Coombs Artist” (Lorne Pierce, Ryerson Press, 1949) - signed by the artist on the titlepage;
- “Souvenir Viewpoints: Watercolours by Franklin Arbuckle” (Megan Bice, The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1996);
- “William Berczy: The Wollsey Family” (Jean Trudel, The National Gallery of Canada, 1976);
- “Quiet Harmony: The Art of Mary Hiester Reid” (Brian Foss and Janice Anderson,Art Gallery of Ontario, 2000;
- “A Grand Eye for Glory: A Life of Franz Johnston” (Roger Burford Mason, Dundurn Press, 1998);
- “William Berczy: Man of Enlightenment” (Katerina Atanassova, Varley Art Gallery, 2004); sold together with a cd-rom;
- “Printmaking in Canada: The Earliest Views and Portraits” (Mary Allodi, Royal Ontario Museum, 1980);
- “W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana: Paintings, Watercolours and Paintings” (W. Martha E. Cooke, Public Archives Canada, 1983);
- “Two Artists Time Forgot: Frances Jones (Bannerman) and Margaret Campbell MacPherson” (Mora Dianne O’Neill and Caroline Stone, The Rooms, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2006);
- “Paul Kane 1810-1871” (J. Russell Harper, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art and The National Gallery of Canada, 1971);
- “When Winter was King: The Image of Winter in 19th Century Canada” (Edward Cavell and Dennis Reid, Altitude Publishing in Association with The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, 1988)
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Thirteen Canadian Art Reference Books
thirteen books
- “L’Âge de Pierre la Lithographie Canadienne depuis ses débuts” (Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, 2000);
- “To the Totem Forests, Emily Carr Contemporaries Interpret Coastal Villages” (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1999);
- “Canadian Treasures 25 Artists Paintings Years” (Kitchener- Waterloo Art Gallery, 1981);
- “Forgotten Graces: Travel Sketchbooks of a Victorian Gentlewoman” (Carolyn Gossage, 2006);
- “Tom Roberts Perspectives on a Canadian Artist” (Celia Roberts, 2000);
- “Augustus Kenderdine” (Maeve Spain, 1986);
- “William G.R. Hind 1833-1889” (J. Russell Harper, 1976);
- “Murals from a Great Canadian Train” (Ian Thom, 1986);
- “Sculpteurs en art Populaire au Quebec” ( Adrien Levasseur, 2008);
- “The Artists’ Mecca Canadian Art and Mexico” (Christine Boyanoski, 1992);
- “Don Li-Leger Paintings” (Matt Petley-Jones, 2005);
- “A Grand Eye for Glory: A Life of Franz Johnston” (Roger Burford Mason, 1998);
- “Charles Comfort” (Margaret Gray, Margaret Rand, Lois Steen, 1976);
- “Exhibition of Prints in Honour of C. Krieghoff” (Isabel Barclay Dobell, 1972)
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Fourteen Canadian Art colour lithographs
14 colour lithographs
issued by the National Gallery of Canada, each unframed
- “Spring Ice” (Tom Thomson);
- “Algoma Lake” (A. Y. Jackson, 2 copies);
- “September Gale” (Arthur Lismer);
- “Winter Landscape” (Cornelius Krieghoff);
- “Oxen Drinking” (Horatio Walker);
- “A Canadian Gunner” (Lilias Torrance Newton);
- “Northern River” (Tom Thomson, 2 copies);
- “The Solemn Land” (J.E.H. MacDonald);
- “The Beach, St. Kitt’s” (Franklin Brownell);
- “The Ferry, Quebec” (James W. Morrice);
- “Village in the Laurentian Mountains” (Clarence Gagnon);
- “The Flood Gate” (Homer Watson)
15 x 12.75 ins ( 38.1 x 32.4 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
GEORGE HENRY GRIFFIN
Bringing the Cows Home
oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed lower right
8 x 6 ins ( 20.3 x 15.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL
The Dead Spruce; Bolton, Ontario; Evening; La Cloche No. 1; July Afternoon; Summer Day, Orillia
6 colour lithographs
each unframed
15 x 17.25 ins ( 38.1 x 43.8 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
GRAHAM NOBLE NORWELL
Winter Landscape with Cabin
watercolour
signed lower right
7.75 x 12.25 ins ( 19.7 x 31.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
G. BLAIR LAING
Memoirs of an Art Dealer (Volumes 1& 2)
books
-“Memoirs of an Art Dealer” Vol. 1 & 2 (G. Blair Laing, McLelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1979 - signed by the author on the title page of Vol. 2); Volume 1 without the original dustjacket; Volume 2 within the original dustjacket
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
EUGENIA BERLIN
Landscape with Trees
mixed media on paper
signed lower left
11 x 8 ins ( 27.9 x 20.3 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
TIBOR NYILASI
House on Baldwin Street
woodblock print
signed, titled, dated ‘69 (identified as an error by the estate) and numbered 1/10 in the lower margin; signed by the artist’s spouse on a label on the reverse
12.25 x 15.25 ins ( 31.1 x 38.7 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
JEAN CONSTANTINEAU
Une vue de St-Irene par le Rang St Antoine
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1985 lower right; signed, titled and dated 1985 on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
ROBERT THOMSON
The House of Usher
copperplate etching
signed and numbered 40/100 in the lower margin
12.25 x 9 ins ( 31.1 x 22.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
GYRTH RUSSELL
Untitled (Estaminet)
etching
signed in the lower right margin
7.5 x 9.5 ins ( 19.1 x 24.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
OCTAVIUS WHITE
Canoeing in the Mountains
oil on board
signed lower left
18 x 28.25 ins ( 45.7 x 71.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
ERNEST SAWFORD DYE
Landscape with House
watercolour
signed lower right
5.5 x 7 ins ( 14 x 17.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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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