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
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- Past and Present: International Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- In the Eye of the Beholder: Photographs from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Artwork from the Estate of Jaan Poldaas (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Abstract vs. Figural: Prints from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- A Modern Eye: Canadian Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Select Canadian Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Holiday Sale (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Photography from the Collection of Salah Bachir (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: November 27, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Works for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Canadian Abstraction (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)_
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Picasso & His Contemporaries (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Mousseau and Friends (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Grand Tour (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Works from the Estate of William Ronald (Part II) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Spring Live Auction (Session 1 & 2)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Group of Seven (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Works from the Estate of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Artwork of David Blackwood (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Modern Forms (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- 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
- 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
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