December Auction of Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction) Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our December Auction of Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction) which concluded on December 15, 2020. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Eighteen Canadian Art Reference Books
eighteen books
- “Abstract Painting in Canada” (Roald Nasgaard, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto and Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax/Dartmouth, 2007);
- “David Milne: Painting Place” (Rosemarie L. Tovell, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1976);
- “A History of Vaughan Township” (G. Elmore Reaman, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1971);
- “F.H. Varley” (Christopher Varley, Canadian Artists Series, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1979);
- “Anne Savage: The Story of a Canadian Painter” (Anne McDougall, Borealis Press, Ottawa, 2000);
- “Carl Schaefer: 12 Farm Drawings, 1927-1932” (Penumbra Press, Moonbeam, 1980;- “Clarence Gagnon” (René Boissay, Heritage Broquet, Ottawa, 1988); “Robert G. Kemp’s Paintings and Drawings of Rural Ontario” (Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, Collingwood, 1983) -signed by the artist on the title page;
- “Sunday Morning with Cass: Conversations with A.J. Casson” (Ted Herriott, Purpleville Publishing, Mississaauga, 1993) -signed by the author;
- “A.J. Casson” (Margaret Gray, Margaret Rand and Lois Steen, Canadian Artists 1, Gage Publishing, 1976) -signed by the artist on the title page;
- “A Fool in Paradise: An Artist’s Early Life” (Doris McCarthy, MacFarlane Walter & Ross, Toronto, 1990) -signed by the artist;
- “The Good Wine: An Artist Comes of Age” (Doris McCarthy, MacFarlane Walter & Ross, Toronto, 1991) -signed by the artist;
- “Doris McCarthy: My Life” (written with Charis Wahl, Second Story Press, Toronto, 2006);
- “David Annesley: The Annesley Drawings” (prose by Barry Callaghan, Exile Editions, Toronto, 1980);
- “Reta Summer Cowley” (Terry Fenton, Mendal Art Gallery, Calgary, 2006); “The Other A.Y. Jackson” (O.J. Firestone, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1979) - includes card signed by the author);
- “Boys of Other Countries” (Bayard Taylor, illustrated by F.S. Coburn, G.P. Putnam’s, New York and London, 1912);
- “Canadian Landscape Painters” (Albert H. Robson, The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1932)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
LANGLEY THOMAS DONGES
Peninsula Lake
oil on canvas board
signed and dated 1981 lower left; titled on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Piazza del Campo, Sienna
mixed media on paper
signed, titled and dated “June 13” lower right
13.75 x 16.5 ins ( 34.9 x 41.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $408.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Anse au Griffon
watercolour
signed lower left; titled lower right; signed, titled and dated 1978 on the reverse
8.25 x 13.25 ins ( 21 x 33.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $408.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
PIERRE BÉDARD
L’Hiver au Douceur
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $408.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
CHARLES PACHTER
Streetcars
colour halftone poster print
signed lower right
28.5 x 19 ins ( 72.4 x 48.3 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $390.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
NICHOLAS HORNYANSKY
Osgoode Hall, Toronto
aquatint
signed and titled in the lower margin
8.25 x 6.25 ins ( 21 x 15.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $390.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
JOHN JOY
Carlaw Avenue
oil on masonite
signed and dated 1987 lower left; titled on the reverse; artist’s stamp on the reverse of the frame
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $390.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
H. MOYA
The Chestnut Vendor
oil on board
signed lower left; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
16 x 7.5 ins ( 40.6 x 19.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $390.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
WILLIAM RONALD
Abstraction
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1993 lower left; signed and dated on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST
Head of a Child
stone
10 x 7.5 x 2.5 ins ( 25.4 x 19.1 x 6.4 cms ) ( overall (including base) )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
HAL ROSS PERRIGARD
Love Tree Hilltop
oil on panel
initialed lower left; signed on the reverse; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
6.5 x 6 ins ( 16.5 x 15.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
RODOLPHE DUGUAY
Au crépuscle
woodcut print
signed with initial within the plate lower left; signed and titled within the margin of the plate; unframed (affixed to support)
13.75 x 16.75 ins ( 34.9 x 42.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
G. BLAIR LAING
Memoirs of an Art Dealer Volumes 1 & 2
two books
- “Memoirs of an Art Dealer 1” (G. Blair Laing, Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1979);
- “Memoirs of an Art Dealer 2” (G. Blair Laing, Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1982)
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Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
PAULINE THIBODEAU PAQUIN
Hauling a Heavy Sled
oil on masonite
signed and dated 1982 lower right
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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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