From the Collection of Paul Duval (Online Auction) Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our From the Collection of Paul Duval (Online Auction) which concluded on January 28, 2020. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Fifteen Canadian Artist Reference Books
books
“Emily Carr: Her Paintings and Sketches” (Oxford University Press, 1945);
“Emily Carr, a centennial exhibition” (The Vancouver Art Gallery, 1971);
“Dennis Burton Retrospective” (The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 1977, signed by the artist on the frontispage);
“Borduas 1905-1960” (Stedelijk museum amsterdam, 1961);
“Fritz Brandtner: 1896-1969” (Kastel Gallery, 1969);
“Artist at War” (Charles Comfort, 1956);
“E. Grace Coombs Artist” (Lorne Pierce, 1949);
“Jack Chambers Retrospective” (London Regional Art Gallery, 1988);
“The Brave New World of Fritz Brandtner” (Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1982);
“The Life and Work of Alexander Bercovitch” (Robert Adams, 1988, signed by the author on the frontispage);
“Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith (1846-1923)” (Roger Boulet, 1977);
“Paul-Émile Borduas Writings 1942-1958” (François Marc-Gagnon, 1978);
“Walter Bachinski” (Galerie de Bellefeuille, 1996, signed by the artist on the frontispiece);
“Colville” (David Burnett, 1983);
“Andre Bieler: An Artist’s Life and Times” (Frances K. Smith, 1980)
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Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eighteen Artist Handbooks
eighteen books
“The Crossing Point: Selected Talks and Writings” (M.C. Richards, 1966);
“The Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art” (H.J. Plenderleith, 1956);
“Calligraphy Now: New Light on Traditional Letters” (Margaret Shepherd, 1984);
“The Artist’s Handbook of Materials and Techniques” (Ralph Mayer, 1981);
“Artists’ Techniques” (Dr. Kurt Herberts, 1958);
“The Artist’s Methods and Materials” (Maria Bazzi, 1960);
“The Artist’s Studio Handbooks” (Richard Seddon, 1984);
“Glossary of Print Techniques” (National Gallery of Canada, n.d.);
“Handbook for Museum Curators Part B” (The Museums Association, 1954);
“Paper Sculpture” (Paul McPharlin, 1944);
“Paper Making as an Artistic Craft” (John Mason, 1959);
“Methods and Techniques for Gouache Painting” (Arnold Blanch, 1946);
“A Book of Sample Scripts” (Edward Johnston, 1983);
“Paint and Painting” (The Tate Gallery, 1982);
“Enameling Principles & Practice” (Kenneth F. Bates, 1951);
“Painting the Figure in Watercolour” (Herb olsen, 1958);
“The Complete Printmaker” (John Ross, Clare Romano, 1972);
“Handbook of Type and Lettering” (Hildegard Korger, 1992)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
JOHN GODFREY
Standing Figure
oil on canvas
signed upper right; dated “Feb. 1974” on the reverse; unframed
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
PAUL DUVAL
Collection of Ten Silver Gelatin Prints and Photographs
each unframed; condition noted - some creasing/bending present on each (sold “as is” and not subject to return):
“Contact sheet of six photographs of Lawren and Bess Harris” (black and white photograph, overall 8.5 x 6.25 inches);
“Portrait of a Woman” (silver gelatin print, image size 17.75 x 17.75 inches);
“Gordon Smith, circa 1953” (silver gelatin print, image size 17.75 x 17.75 inches);
“Lawren and Bess Harris, circa 1953” (silver gelatin print, image size 17.75 x 17.75 inches);
“Portrait of a Woman Lying on the Sand” (silver gelatin print, image size 17.75 x 17.75 inches);
“Portrait of a Woman” (silver gelatin print, image size 17.75 x 17.75 inches);
“B.C. Binning at the BC Hydro Building, Vancouver” (silver gelatin print, image size 17.75 x 17.75 inches);
“Portrait of Vincent Price” (silver gelatin print, image size 13.75 x 13.75 inches) - two copies;
sold together with “Portrait of A.J. Casson painting ‘Tank Manoeuvres, Camp Borden, 1943’” (black and white photograph, signed by A.J. Casson on the reverse, 10.25 x 8 inches);
17.75 x 17.75 ins ( 45.1 x 45.1 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Paul Duval, “A.J. Casson: My Favourite Watercolours 1919 to 1957”; A.J. Casson “Sunlit Isle” lithograph
book with lithograph
“A.J. Casson: My Favourite Watercolours 1919 to 1957” (Paul Duval, Cerebus/Prentice Hall, Toronto, 1982); includes A.J. Casson “Sunlit Isle” (lithograph, signed and numbered 23/25 in pencil in the lower margin, titled on the plastic cover sheet, 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (plate size)); presented within the original slipcase; unframed
8.75 x 10.25 ins ( 22.2 x 26 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of Fourteen Canadian Art Reference Books
fourteen books
“Paul-Émile Borduas” (François-Marc Gagnon, 1988);
“Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art” (Elizabeth Kilbourn, 1966);
“Visions of Light and Air: Canadian Impressionism, 1885-1920” (Musée du Québec, Québec, 1995);
“Home Truths: A Celebration of Family Life by Canada’s Best-Loved Painters” (Joan Murray, 1997);
“Impressionism in Canada: 1895-1935” (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1974);
“The McMichael Conservation Collection” (Paul Duval, 1970; possible working copy with notations by author within text);
“The Tangled Garden” (Paul Duval, 1978, signed and inscribed by Paul Duval to Alfred and Margaret Casson on inside cover with accompanying note on editorial corrections);
“Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art - An Exhibition Arranged in Celebration of the Centenery” (National Gallery of Canada, 1967);
“Georgian Canada: Conflict and Culture 1745-1820” (Donald Blake Webster, 1984);
“Lasting Impressions: Celebrated Works from the Art Gallery of Hamilton” (Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2005);
“The Arts of French Canada 1613-1870” (The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1946);
“A People’s Art: Primitive, Naïve, Provincial, and Folk Painting in Canada” (J. Russell Harper, 1974);
“Fortin” (Guy Robert, 1982, inscribed and signed by the author on the inside cover page)
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Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Twenty Quebec Artist Reference Books
books
“Alfred Pellan” (National Gallery of Canada, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Le Musée de la Province de Québec, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1960);
“Pellan” (Donald Buchanan, 1962);
“Jean McEwen” (cette étude a paru dans cimaise, 1965);
“Riopelle: Sculpture, Paintings” (Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1963);
“Riopelle: Paintings from the Fifties” (Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1989);
“Riopelle: Sculpture, Paintings, Aquarelle” (Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1965);
“Jean-Paul Riopelle” (Galerie Claude Lafitte, 1987);
“Riopelle: Les oies sauvages” (Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1985);
“Riopelle” (The National Gallery of Canada, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1962);
“Jean-Paul Riopelle” (Galerie Claude Lafitte, 1989);
“Jean-Paul Riopelle” (Mourlot, Paris);
“The Automatistes: Then and Now” (Galerie Dresdnere, 1986);
“Philip Surrey: La peintre dans la ville” (Musee d’art Contemporain, Montreal, 1971, signed by the artist on the title page);
“Rita Letendre” (Palm Springs Desert Museum);
“Adrien Hébert: Thirty Years of His Art” (The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1971);
“Quebec Artists: Then and Now“ (Roberts Gallery, 2008);
“Marcelle Ferron” (Édition Simon Blais, 2008);
“Clarence Gagnon” (René Boissay, 1988);
“Riopelle” (par Pierre Schneider, 1972);
“Pellan” (Germain Lefebvre,1973)
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Historical Canadian Art Reference Books
four books
“Horatio Walker” (F. Newlin Price, 1928);
“Braves and Buffalo: Watercolours of Alfred. J. Miller” (University of Toronto Press, 1973);
“Paul Peel” (Victoria Baker, 1986);
“Canadian Watercolours and Drawings in the Royal Ontario Museum” (Mary Allodi, 1974)
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Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
ABA BAYEFSKY
Figural Works
four graphite drawings and book
“Fruit Vendor” (signed and dated 1990 lower right, 5.75 ins x 8 ins)“Shopkeeper” (signed lower right, 7.75 ins x 5.25 ins);
“Woman with Fruit Baskets” (signed and dated 1990 lower left adhered to reverse of matting, 8 ins x 5.75 ins);
“Profile of a Man” (signed and dated 1976 lower right, 8 ins x 5.25 ins);
each unframed (laid down and matted);
sold with a copy of “Aba Bayefsky in Kensington Market” (Paul Duval [introduction] and Ben Lappin (A Memoir),Mosaic Press, Oakville, 1991, signed and dated by the artist on the titlepage)
8 x 5.75 ins ( 20.3 x 14.6 cms ) ( largest sheet )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Canadian Artist Reference Books and Periodicals
twenty books and periodicals
“Helen McNicoll 1879-1915” (Morris Gallery, 1974);
“David Milne” (Alan Jarvis, 1962);
“Daffodils in Winter: The Life and Letters of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, 1904-1949” (Joan Murray, 1984);
“Emily Carr A Biography” (Maria Tippet, 1979);
“Anne Savage: The Story of a Canadian Painter” (Anne McDougall, 1977);
“A.Y. Jackson: Paintings 1902-1953” (The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1953);
“J.E.H. MacDonald, R.C.A., 1973-1932” (The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1965);
“Lawren Harris: Paintings 1910-1948” (The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1848);
“Lemoine FitzGerald” (Morris Gallery, 1973);
“The Group of Seven Why Not Eight or Nine or Ten: Revelations by Members of The Arts and Letters Club” (The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, n.d., signed by Ray Cattell on the titlepage);
“F.H. Varley: Paintings 1915-1954” (The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1954);
“The McMichael Conservation Collection” (Paul Duval, 1967);
“F.H. Varley” (The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1981);
“The Group of Seven: Canadian Landscape Painters” (McMichael Canadian Collection, 1977);
“The Tangled Garden: The Art of J.E.H. MacDonald” (Paul Duval, n.d.);
“Reflections in a Quiet Pool: The Prints of David Milne” (Rosemarie L. Tovell, 1980);
“Canadian Painting in the Thirties” (Charles C. Hill, 1975; with inscribed stationery from the author);
“Helen McNicoll: A Canadian Impressionist” (Natalie Luckyj, 1999);
“Canadian Impressionsim” (Paul Duval, 1990);
“The Story of the Group of Seven” (Dr. A.Y. Jackson, June 1956)
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Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Alone La Cloche; White Forest; Northern Church
three colour serigraphs
”Alone La Cloche” (titled and numbered AP 60/60 in the lower margin);
”Northern Church” (titled and numbered AP 57/60 in the lower margin);
”White Forest” (titled and numbered AP 60/60 in the lower margin);
each unframed
27.5 x 31.75 ins ( 69.9 x 80.6 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
RUDOLF STÜSSI
Figural Study
watercolour
signed and dated 1984 lower right; unframed
21.75 x 29 ins ( 55.2 x 73.7 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
JOHN GODFREY
Cabinet of Curiosties
oil on canvas
signed lower right; dated “Sept 1973” on the reverse; unframed
42 x 48 ins ( 106.7 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Five Indigenous and Inuit Art Reference Books
five books
“Singing Songs to the Spirit” (Heritage Stamp Collection, Canada Post, 1980);
“Eskimo - Plastik” (Henry Schaefer-Simmern, 1968);
“Indian Painting” (Philip S. Rawson, 1961);
“Early Indian Village Churches” (John Veillette, Gary White, 1977);
“Indian Art in America” (Frederick J. Dockstader, 1961)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020
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