Online Auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Online Auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art which concluded on February 2, 2021. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
H. LEE CHADWICK
Morning, Paradise Pool
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; titled, dated 1952 and inscribed “Hemlock Haven, Randolph, Ve.” on the reverse of the frame
17.75 x 23.75 ins ( 45.1 x 60.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
SHIRLEY WALES
Aichmophobia
colour etching
signed, titled, dated 1961 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin
12 x 4 ins ( 30.5 x 10.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
RAY ROBINSON
The Blue Green Shirt
oil pastel
signed, titled and dated 1985 in the lower margin
22 x 15.25 ins ( 55.9 x 38.7 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
GERALD MILNE MOSES
Figurative and Abstract Drawings
seven pastels on paper
- “Abstract Face” (dated “Apr. 26, ‘59” upper left);
- “Moon”;
- “Portrait” (dated “April 29-59 upper left);
⁃ “Abstract”;
⁃ “Abstract Figure (signed and dated “Apr-23-59” lower margin);
⁃ “Musical Instruments” (dated “Apr 26, 59” upper left);
⁃ “Abstract Figures” (dated “April 24-59” upper left);
each unframed
18 x 12 ins ( 45.7 x 30.5 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
DAVID DRUM AND BARBARA VANCE
Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee for Ali
mixed media on reverse glass panel
signed and titled on the reverse of the frame
32 x 29.75 ins ( 81.3 x 75.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
STEPHEN ARTHURS
Attacking the Soft Interior Through Their Lines of Communication
watercolour
signed lower right; titled to a label on the reverse
3 x 4 ins ( 7.6 x 10.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
SALLY WILDMAN
Portrait of Dog and Man
ink, acrylic and prisma colour on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse of the framing
23.5 x 29.5 ins ( 59.7 x 74.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $216.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
MARK MOORE
Untitled (“Man with Bird & Tree”)
bronze
etched signature upon the base
4 x 13.75 x 3.75 ins ( 10.2 x 34.9 x 9.5 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $210.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
JOHN HAROLD THOMAS SNOW
Refinery; Vestia; Waterfront; Studio
four prints
- “Refinery” (signed, titled, dated ‘50 and numbered 5/50 in the lower margin - etching, 4.75 x 6.75 ins. [plate]);
- “Vestia” (signed, titled, dated ‘50 and numbered 13/50 in the lower margin - etching, 5.25 x 4.25 ins. [plate]);
- “Waterfront” (signed, titled, dated ‘50 and numbered 45/50 in the lower margin - etching, 6 x 6 ins. [plate]);
- “Studio” (signed, titled, dated ‘50 and numbered 43/50 in the lower margin - woodcut, 8.5 x 5.75 ins. [plate]);
each unframed
8.5 x 5.75 ins ( 21.6 x 14.6 cms ) ( plate (largest) )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $210.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
LENNI WORKMAN
Notation Leeks
watercolour and gouache
signed and dated “2.2.98” lower right; titled on a label on the reverse
29.5 x 35 ins ( 74.9 x 88.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
DIANA BIRKENHEIER
Manhattan Walls #6: East Village Storefront
colour serigraph
signed, titled, dated ’87 and numbered 7/15 in the lower margin
26.25 x 35 ins ( 66.7 x 88.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
ALAIN DELIC
Abstract Composition; Abstracted Figure
two assorted media on paper
- “Abstract Composition” -mixed media on paper, signed and dated 1980 lower right (36.5 x 24.75 ins. [sheet]); unframed;
- “Abstracted Figure” -ink wash on paper, signed and dated 1979 lower right, (39.25 x 23.25 ins. [sight]); unframed (matted)
39.5 x 23.25 ins ( 100.3 x 59.1 cms ) ( sight (largest) )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
K. LANGENFELD
Beech Trees by the Shoreline
oil on board
signed and dated 1986 lower right
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $156.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
JOHN REEVES
Michael Snow
photograph
unframed
16.5 x 11.75 ins ( 41.9 x 29.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $120.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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
( Download PDF )
- 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
( Download PDF )
- 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
( Download PDF )
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 1, 2021
- From the Estate of William Ronald (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 1, 2021
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 27, 2021
- April Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 27, 2021
- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 30, 2021
- Indigenous & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 30, 2021
- Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 23, 2021
- From the Archives of Sampson-Matthews Ltd. (& Related Material) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 23, 2021
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 2, 2021
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