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.

Artwork by Graham Fowler, Torrential Study #5
GRAHAM FOWLER
Torrential Study #5

graphite
signed and dated 1984 lower right; titled on the reverse
22.5 x 30 ins ( 57.2 x 76.2 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Paul Duval “Ken Danby”; Ken Danby “Looking In” lithograph
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Paul Duval “Ken Danby”; Ken Danby “Looking In” lithograph

book with colour serigraph
Paul Duval, “Ken Danby”, Gallery Moos Limited, Toronto, 1974; includes “Looking In” (colour serigraph (20 colours), signed, dated 1974 and numbered 6/25 in pencil in the lower margin, 11.75 ins x 11.75 (sheet)); presented within the original slipcase; unframed
11.75 x 11.75 ins ( 29.8 x 29.8 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $250.00$150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Twenty-Seven Realist Art Reference Books
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Twenty-Seven Realist Art Reference Books

books
“Fred Ross” (Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, 1973);
“Christine Pflug” (Sarnia Public Library and Art Gallery, 1971);
“Christine Pflug” (The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1966);
“John Hall’s Imitations of Life” (Nancy Tousley, 1989);
“Michael Thompson” (Gallery Moos, 1988);
“Four Ontario Realists” (The Art Gallery of Brant, 1976);
“Ivan Zadok Bray: Poetry and Truth” (Goldfish Contemporary Fine Art);
“Tom Forrestall” (Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 1972);
“Ken Danby” (Gallery Moos, 1967) - 2 copies;
“Ivan Eyre” (Mira Godard Gallery, 1978);
“Danby” (Gallery Moos, 1979) - 2 copies;
“Ken Danby” (Gallery Moos, 1989) - 4 copies;
“Ken Danby: The Graphic Work” (Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1989);
“Valerie Palmer” (Loch Gallery, 2012);
“Barry McCarthy: The Inner Atlantic” (The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1995, one signed by the artist) - 2 copies;
“Christine Pflug” (The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1974);
“Christopher Pratt” (Galerie Godard Lefort, 1970);
“Hugh Mackenzie” (Morris Gallery, 1979);
“Richard Robertson: Works on Paper” (The Nickle Arts Museum of the University of Calgary, 1982);
“Aspects of Realism” (Rothmans, 1976);
“D.P. Brown, Ken Danby, Tom Forrestall, Christopher Pratt” (Pierre Boutin, 1974) - 2 copies



x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by Paul Duval, Farmhouse, Hogg’s Hollow, 1935
PAUL DUVAL
Farmhouse, Hogg’s Hollow, 1935

watercolour and book
signed “N. Droy” lower right; sold with a copy of “Berryman Street Boy” (Paul Duval, Von Lotz Publishing Inc., Whitby, Ontario, 2000)
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by Stanley Morel Cosgrove, Reclining Nude
STANLEY MOREL COSGROVE
Reclining Nude

conté on paper
signed and dated 1948 lower right; inscribed “To Paul Duval with Compliments of the Artist March 1952” lower left
9.25 x 14 ins ( 23.5 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $600.00$400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by Henri Leopold Masson, Portrait Study
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Portrait Study

ink and wash
signed and inscribed “To Paul Duval, a friend and real critic”; unframed
24.75 x 19 ins ( 62.9 x 48.3 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Fourteen Canadian Art Exhibition Books and Catalogues
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Fourteen Canadian Art Exhibition Books and Catalogues

fourteen books and catalogues
“Art Gallery of Ontario, the canadian collection” (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1970);
“The Act of Transformation” (The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, 1992);
“Victorian Painting in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery” (Kim Sloan, 1989);
“Everyman’s Canada: Paintings and Drawings from the McCord Museum of McGill University” (The National Gallery of Canada, 1962);
“Art Gallery of Hamilton Handbook, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1964);
“Eightytwenty, 100 Years of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design” (Robert Stacey and Liz Wylie, 1988);
“Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture at the Guild” (Sorel Etrog, 1982);
“Vincent Massey Bequest The Canadian Paintings” (National Gallery of Canada, 1968);
“The Hart House Collection of Canadian Paintings” (Jeremy Adamson, 1969);
“Toronto in Print: A Celebration of 200 Years of the Printing Press in Toronto, 1798-1998” (University of Toronto 1998);
“In Honour of Our Friends, A Celebration of Gifts to the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library 1995-1998” (University of Toronto, 1999);
“Cooper & Beatty Designers with Type: An Exhibition” (University of Toronto, 1996);
“Un autre XIX siècle Peintures et sculptures de la collection de M. et Mme Joseph M. Tanenbaum” (National Gallery of Canada, 1978);
“Artwork on Toronto” (Blantye Books, 1984);
with J.E.H. MacDonald “Beaver Pond, Algoma” reproduction print
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Thirteen Canadian Artist Books and J.E.H. MacDonald Reproduction
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Thirteen Canadian Artist Books and J.E.H. MacDonald Reproduction

books and a reproduction print
“Henry Wanton Jones” (Galerie Kastel Inc., 1994);
“Gordon Smith New Paintings” (Equinox Gallery, 1996);
“E.J. Hughes” (Galerie Dominion, 1991);
E.J. Hughes” (The Vancouver Art Gallery, 1967);
“Toni Onley, a partial retrospective, September 18, 1967” (Memorial University Art Gallery, 1967);
“The House of Heydenryk” (New York, n.d.);
“Toni Onley (Canada)” (Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, 1965);
“The McMichael Conservation Collection” (Paul Duval, 1967);
Carl Beam: The Columbus Bus” (The Power Plant, 1992);
“Sentimental Bodies: Régine Lhéritier” (Odon Wagner Gallery, 2001);
“Renoir à Riopelle” (Galerie Claude Lafitte, 1989);
“Hagan: The Mind and the Hand” (Grimsby Public Library and Art Gallery, 1976; inscription to Paul Duval from Fred Hagan on the inside front cover; includes letter from Dennis Burton on Fred Hagan);
sold with J.E.H. MacDonald “Beaver Pond, Algoma” reproduction print
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Canadian School, Mount Fitzwilliam, B.C.
CANADIAN SCHOOL
Mount Fitzwilliam, B.C.

oil on canvas board
bears initials “F.M.B” lower right; unframed
5.5 x 4 ins ( 14 x 10.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,200.00$800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by John Godfrey, New York
JOHN GODFREY
New York

oil on canvas
signed upper right; titled and dated “Sept. 1974” on the reverse; unframed
32 x 40 ins ( 81.3 x 101.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Books and Reference, A Selection of Canadian Art Reference Books
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
A Selection of Canadian Art Reference Books

nine books
“Scottie Wilson: The Canadian Drawings” (Helen Marzolf, 1989);
“R. Tait McKenzie: The Sculptor of Athletes” (Andrew J. Kozar, 1975);
Two copies of “Glorious Visions: Peter Haworth, Studies for Stained Glass Windows” (The Art Gallery of Windsor, 1985);
“History of the Book in Canada, Volume One Beginnings to 1840” (Patricia Lockhart Fleming, 2004);
“A Splendid Harvest: Germanic Folk and Decorative Arts in Canada” (Michael Bird & Terry Kobayashi, 1981);
“Toronto, We Love You...’ The Brunswick House’” (Heritage Press Company Limited, n.d., inscriptions from Deborah J. Godin and Robert McInnis);
“A Collection of Cartoons” (Duncan MacPherson, n.d.);
Macpherson’s Canada” (Toronto Daily Star, 1969);
sold with J.E.H. MacDonald “beaver Pond, Algoma” reproduction print

x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by John Godfrey, Paris
JOHN GODFREY
Paris

oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled and dated “April 1974” on the reverse
21 x 25.5 ins ( 53.3 x 64.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by Norman Laliberté, Untitled (Still Life)
NORMAN LALIBERTÉ
Untitled (Still Life)

colour etching
signed and inscribed “To Paul Duval in Gratitude” in the lower margin; unframed
47.5 x 31.25 ins ( 120.7 x 79.4 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by John Godfrey, Dinner
JOHN GODFREY
Dinner

oil on canvas
signed lower left; dated “Dec 1973” on the reverse
32 x 40 ins ( 81.3 x 101.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by Evangeline (Eva) Bell-Smith Hills, Selection of Four Works
EVANGELINE (EVA) BELL-SMITH HILLS
Selection of Four Works

oils on artist board
“Still Life” (signed lower left, 9 x 11 ins);
“River Landscape” (signed lower left, 6 x 8 ins);
“Cottage Landscape” (signed lower left, 5 x 7 ins);
“Mountain Landscape” (signed and titled (indistinctly) on the reverse (6 x 8 ins);
each unframed
9 x 11 ins ( 22.9 x 27.9 cms ) ( largest )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

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