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
Five Canadian Art Reference Books
five books
- “Odjig: The Art of Daphne Odjig, 1960-2000” (Key Porter Books, Toronto, 2001); signed by the artist;
- ”A Grand Eye for Glory: A Life of Franz Johnston” (Roger Burford Mason, Dundurn Press, Toronto and Oxford, 1998);
- “The Last Buffalo: The Story of Frederick Arthur Verner, Painter of the Canadian West” (Joan Murray, Pagurian Press, Toronto 1984);
- “The Bamboo Cooks: Recipes from the Legendary Nightclub” (Richard O’Brien and Patti Habib, Random House Canada, Toronto, 1997);
- “Jacques Hurtubise” (Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, 2011)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
ANTOINE BITTAR
Market Street, Douz, Tunisia
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1997 on the reverse
8 x 6 ins ( 20.3 x 15.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
GEORGE HENRY GRIFFIN
Shoreline Landscape with Mountains
oil on board
artist’s stamped signature and dated 1935 on the reverse
14 x 17 ins ( 35.6 x 43.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $210.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST
Head of a Man
stone
10.5 x 3.5 x 7.75 ins ( 26.7 x 8.9 x 19.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
GERALD GLADSTONE
Untitled (Universal Man)
colour silkscreen
22.25 x 17.25 ins ( 56.5 x 43.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
JOHN ENSOR
Summer’s Store
sampson-matthews silkscreen
artist name, title and “Issued by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa” printed in the margin; signed within the plate; a Sampson Matthews label on the reverse; unframed
19.75 x 28.25 ins ( 50.2 x 71.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
JAMES WILSON MORRICE
5 Silkscreen Prints of Morrice Artworks; 1 Silkscreen Print of Maurice Cullen Artwork
6 silkscreen prints
-”Entrance to a Village”- J.W. Morrice (25.75 x 40 inches);
-”The Circus”- J.W. Morrice ( 25.75 x 40 inches);
-”Portrait of a Woman”- J.W. Morrice (40 x 25.75 inches);
-”European Urban Scene”- J.W. Morrice (33 x 26 inches);
-”Winter Sleigh Scene”- J.W. Morrice (26 x 35.5 inches);
-”Cutting Ice”- Maurice Cullen (26 x 34.75 inches);
each unframed
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
DORIS HOMEWOOD
Fall Afternoon
acrylic on board
signed lower right; titled on a label on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $80.00 - $120.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
H. ZEITNER
Floral Still Life
oil on canvas
signed lower right
34.25 x 29.5 ins ( 87 x 74.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $156.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
JOHN REEVES
Portrait of Harold Town
black and white laser jet photograph
signed and dated 1969 in the lower margin; signed and inscribed to an artist label on the reverse “Harold Town, Toronto, 1969” reprinted circa 2010; unframed
22 x 17 ins ( 55.9 x 43.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $150.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
JOHN REEVES
Test Print Portrait of Rita Letendre
colour laser jet photograph
printed circa 2010; unframed
11 x 8.5 ins ( 27.9 x 21.6 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $126.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
JOHN REEVES
Portrait of William Ronald “The Prime Ministers”
colour laser jet photograph
signed and dated 1984 in the lower margin; signed and inscribed to an artist label on the reverse “Bill Ronald, ‘The Prime Ministers’, Toronto, 1984” reprinted circa 2010; unframed
17 x 22 ins ( 43.2 x 55.9 cms ) ( each )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $120.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
JOHN REEVES
Portrait of Kazuo Nakamura
black and white laser jet photograph
signed and dated 1963 in the lower margin; signed and inscribed to an artist label on the reverse “Kazuo Nakamura, Toronto, 1963, for Time Magazine” reprinted circa 2010; unframed
22 x 17 ins ( 55.9 x 43.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $120.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
W.T. WOOD
Shoreline Landscape
watercolour
signed lower left
10.5 x 14.5 ins ( 26.7 x 36.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $80.00 - $100.00
Price Realized $120.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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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- Artwork from an Important Private Collection (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
- Auction to Benefit the Art Gallery of Alberta (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2021
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- October Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- Indigenous & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Art of Quebec: La belle province (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Prints of Sampson Matthews (& Related Work) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- Books & Reference (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- People & Places (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Prints & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: June 9, 2021
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