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 #4
GRAHAM FOWLER
Torrential Study #4

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 $148.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by John Godfrey, Studio Interior
JOHN GODFREY
Studio Interior

acrylic on canvas
dated “July 1973” on the reverse; unframed
60 x 48 ins ( 152.4 x 121.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $148.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by John Godfrey, Early Winter
JOHN GODFREY
Early Winter

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1979 lower right; signed, titled and dated on the reverse; unframed
22 x 26 ins ( 55.9 x 66 cms )

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

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Twenty-Eight Exhibition Catalogues
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Twenty-Eight Exhibition Catalogues

exhibition catalogues
“Fred Ross” (Galerie Dresdnere, 1973);
“Hans Hofmann: Drawings” (André Emmerich Gallery, 1977);
“A Few Reflections from 1984” (Auu Bowman, 1984);
“More Reflections (Auu Bowman, 1986);
“Graham Fowler” (Douglas Udell Gallery, 1995);
“Vicky Marshall” (Heffel Gallery Ltd, 1998);
“Mind Over Matter (Jacquie Jacobs, n.d.);
“Bruce St. Clair: Paintings a Ten Year Survey” (Aggregation Gallery, 1977);
“Jack B. Yeats Paintings” (The Waddington Galleries, 1961);
“Mark Lang” (Gallerie de Bellefeuille, 2010);
“Jennifer Hornyak” (Galerie de Bellefeuille, 2009);
“An Open Window: New Paintings by Tracy Ziegler” (Odon Wagner, 2007);
“Jack Humphrey: A Retrospective Exhibition” (Galerie Dresdnere, 1974);
“Pierre Gauvreau” (Gallery Gevik, 2009);
“Louis de Niverville: 50 Years of Louis de Niverville (1957-2007)” (Ingram Gallery, 2007);
“Louis de Niverville Retrospective” (The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, 1978
(Dedicated to Paul and signed by Joan Murray));
“Kim Ondaatje: Paintings and Prints” (London Public Library and Art Museum, 1972);
“Liz LePage” (The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1996);
“Carl Schaefer: Retrospective Exhibition: Paintings from 1926 to 1969” (Art Gallery of Windsor (travelling), 1970, with accompanying note from the artist to Paul Duval);
“John Newman” (Art Gallery, Erindale College, University of Toronto (travelling exhibition), 1973);
“40 Years of Jack Nichols 1941-1981” (The Sarnia Public Library and Art Gallery, 1982);
“John Boyle: A Retrospective” (London Regional Art and Historical Museums, 1991);
“Jennifer Hornyak” (Galerie Claude Lafitte, 1987);
“Treacy Ziegler: The Lights of Passage” (Odon Wagner Gallery, n.d. (3 copies));
“Barry McCarthy: The Inner Atlantic” (The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1995)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

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

Artwork by John Godfrey, Seated Girl
JOHN GODFREY
Seated Girl

oil on canvas
dated “June 1974” on the reverse; unframed
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by John Godfrey, African Violet
JOHN GODFREY
African Violet

oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled and dated “January 1975” on the reverse; unframed
16 x 18 ins ( 40.6 x 45.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Paul Duval “Eric Freifeld”; “Pembroke Street” lithograph by Eric Freifeld
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Paul Duval “Eric Freifeld”; “Pembroke Street” lithograph by Eric Freifeld

book with lithograph
Paul Duval, “Eric Freifeld”, Yaneff Gallery, Toronto, 1977; includes “Pembroke Street” (lithograph, signed, titled, dated 1977 and numbered 25/25 in the lower margin, 11.75 x 13.25 ins (sheet size)); enclosed in hard cover; unframed

11.75 x 13.25 ins ( 29.8 x 33.7 cms ) ( sheet size )

Auction Estimate: $250.00$150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Four Canadian National Exhibition Catalogues
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Four Canadian National Exhibition Catalogues

catalogues
including 1931, 1937, 1938 and 1939 publications
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $250.00$150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by John Godfrey, Eclectic Interior
JOHN GODFREY
Eclectic Interior

acrylic on canvas
dated “July 1973” on the reverse; unframed
50 x 59.75 ins ( 127 x 151.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $600.00$400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Sixteen Canadian, Contemporary and Indigenous Reference Books
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Sixteen Canadian, Contemporary and Indigenous Reference Books

books and periodicals
“Contemporary Art of 79 Countries” (International Business Machines Corporation Collection, 1939);
“Contemporary Art of the Western Hemisphere” (International Business Machines Corporation, 1941);
“Prize Award Winners, 1908-1965 Spring Exhibitions” (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1967);
“L’Exposition d’art de L’Ontario à l’occasion du centenaire” (Province of Ontario Council for the Arts, 1972);
“Lumière et atmosphère L’Impressionnisme au Canada, 1885-1920” (Musée du Québec, 1995);
“Four Ontario Realists” (Art Gallery of Brant, 1976);
“The Art Gallery of Toronto: Painting and Sculpture” (Art Gallery of Toronto, 1959);
“Canada: Face to Face” (The Sarnia Public Library and Art Gallery, n.d.);
“7 West Coast Painters” (University of British Columbia, 1959);
“Canadian Art Magazine Vol. VI. Number 2” (Robert Ayre, Christmas 1948);
“Heritage de France 1610-1760” (The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1961);
“Sedna: The Spirit of the Sea” (Feheley Fine Arts, n.d.);
“Buried Treasure: The Art Collection of Wilfred Laurier University” (Wilfred Laurier Univeesity, 1987);
“Toronto Dominion Bank 115th Annual Report 1970”;
“Tamara Jaworska” (Paul Duval, 1981);
“The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume 1: Older Schools” (R.H. Hubbard, 1957)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Twenty-Two Sculpture and Ceramic Reference Books
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Twenty-Two Sculpture and Ceramic Reference Books

books
“Ceramics for the Potter” (Ruth M. Home, 1952);
“Sculpture Inside and Out” (Malvina Hoffman, 1939);
“Maryon Kantaroff: Sculpture and Reliefs” (Galerie Dresdnere, Galerie Martal, 1974);
“Andreas Drenters” (Chandler Kirwin and Meaghan Clarke, 1994);
“Leo Mol: Sculptures 1952-1979” (McMichael Canadian Collection, 1980);
“A Retrospective Exhibition of the Works of Leo Mol” (Mendel Art Gallery, 1975, signed by the artist);
“Highly Important Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Sculpture” (Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1972);
“Masks: The Many Faces of Man” (Royal Ontario Museum, 1959 - 2 copies);
“Robert Murray: A Sculpture Exhibition” (Dayton Art Institute and the Columbus Museum of Art, 1979);
“Judy Raymer Ivkoff” (Paul Duvall, 2010);
“Root Force: Judy Raymer Ivkoff” (Engine Gallery, 2011);
“Wood” (London Public Library and Art Museum, 1974);
“Large Format Works in Clay” (Burlington Cultural Centre, 1985);
“Against the Grain: Joe Fafard Field Project” (MacLaren Art Centre, 1997) - 6 copies;
“Leo Mol Sculpture Garden” (1992 - 2 copies);
“Leo Mol” (Loch Mayberry Fine Art, 1992);
“Folk Carvings by Robert McTavish” (Isaacs Gallery, n.d.);
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Ten Canadian Art Auction Catalogues
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Ten Canadian Art Auction Catalogues

catalogues
Sotheby Parke Bernet - Canadian Art at Auction, 1968-1975 - 4 copies;
Sotheby Parke Bernet - Canadian Art at Auction, 1975-1980;
Sotheby’s Toronto - Canadian Art, Nov. 1981;
Sotheby’s Toronto - Canadian Art, Nov. 1983;
Sotheby’s Toronto - Important Canadian Art, Nov. 2012;
Sotheby’s Toronto - Decorative Works of Art and Paintings, March 1982;
Heffel Fine Art - Fine Canadian Art, May 2002;
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Fourteen Canadiana Documents, Reference Books and a Map of the Toronto Water Supply System
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Fourteen Canadiana Documents, Reference Books and a Map of the Toronto Water Supply System

various media
“Ontario Architecture” (The Art Gallery of Toronto, 1963);
“Documents in Canadian Art” (Douglas Fetherling, 1987);
“Art and Philistia: Some Sidelights on Aesthetic Taste in Montreal and Toronto, 1880-1910” (G. Campbell McInnes, 1937);
“Cities of Canada” (The House of Seagram, 1953);
“Plan of Metropolitan Toronto Water Supply System, July 1985”;
“Toronto Illustrated” (Grip Limited, n.d.);
“Reva Books Fotografias” (Instutito Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1970);
“Recording Toronto” (Toronto Public Libraries, 1960);
“Industrial Images” (Rosemary Donegan, 1987);
“From the Shadows: A Portrayal of Toronto in the ‘30s and ‘40s” (City of Toronto Archives, 1985);
“Jesse Ketchum School 150 Years” (Jesse Ketchum Public School, 1982);
“Building Canada: An Architectural History of Canadian Life” (Alan Gowans, 1966);
“Early Photography in Canada” (Ralph Greenhill, 1965);
“William Notman: The Stamp of a Studio” (Stanley G. Triggs, 1985)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $89.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Eleven Artist Handbooks
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eleven Artist Handbooks

eleven books
“Painters’ Idiom” (R.W. Alston, 1954);
“Infernal Methods: A Study of William Blake’s Techniques” (Raymond Lister, 1975);
”The Human Figure” (J.H. Vanderpoel, 1915);
“The Illustrator’s Handbook” (Stan Smith and Professor H.F. Ten Holt, 1984);
“The Designer’s Handbooks” (Stan Smith and Professor H.F. Ten Holt, 1984);
“The North Light Handbook of Artists’ Materials” (Ian Hebblewhite, 1986);
“Painting with Acrylics” (José Gutiérrez, n.d.);
“The Mastery of Alla Prima Painting” (Frederic Taubes, 1980);
“The Art of Sumi-E: Appreciation Techniques and Application” (Shozo Sate, 1984);
“Painting Techniques: The Methods and Materials of Painting” (Ludvik Losos, 1987; “Lithography: A Complete Guide” (Mary Ann Wenniger, 1983)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $89.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Selection of Eleven Artist Handbooks
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of Eleven Artist Handbooks

eleven books
“Illumination for Modern Calligraphers” (Christopher Jarman, 1988);
“Mosaics” (Robert Williamson, 1963);
“The Secret Formulas and Techniques of the Masters” (Jacques MaRoger, 1948);
“Artist’ Pigments c. 1600-1835” (R.D. Harley, 1970);
“Sculptural Handwriting” (Vojtēch Volavka, 1955);
“The 26 Letters: A History of the Alphabet from its Beginnings to the Present” (Oscar Ogg, 1983);
“Oil Painting: Traditional and New” (Leonard Brooks, 1959);
“Techniques of Drawing and Painting Wildlife” (Fredric Sweney, 1959);
“Lithography and Silkscreen: Art and Technique” (Fritz Eichenberg, 1978);
“Wax as an Art Form” (Thelma R. Newman, 1966);
“Painting and Printmaking with Rollers” (F.H. Stonham, 1972)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $89.00
Sale date: January 28th 2020

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Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
 
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Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
 
Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
 
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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
 
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Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
 
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Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
 
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Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
 
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Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
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October Abstractions (Online Auction)
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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)
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Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
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Prints & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
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Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
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The Art of Barbara Mercer (Online Auction)
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Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
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Cities & Towns (Online Auction)
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Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
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Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
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The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
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Inuit and First Nations Art (Online Auction)
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Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
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Works on Paper, Books & Tapestries (Online Auction)
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Holiday Charm (Online Auction)
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