Online Auction of Works on Paper, Prints & Books Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Online Auction of Works on Paper, Prints & Books which concluded on February 23, 2021. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
JOSEF ALBERS
I-S f (Danilowitz 195)
colour screenprint
signed, titled, dated 1970 and numbered 109/125 in pencil in the lower margin; titled and numbered 109/125 on two labels in the reverse; Printer: Sirocco Screenprints, New York; Publisher: Ives-Sillman Inc. New Haven, Connecticut.
21 x 21 ins ( 53.3 x 53.3 cms ) ( sheet - sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $10,320.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
CHRISTOPHER PRATT
David Silcox and Meriké Weiler “Christopher Pratt”; Christopher Pratt “Western Shore”
book and silkscreen
David Silcox and Meriké Weiler “Christopher Pratt”, Quintus Press, Toronto, 1981; signed by the authors and artist on the inside front page; includes
Christopher Pratt, “Western Shore”, screenprint, signed, titled, dated 1980 and numbered 3/93 in the lower margin; 11.25 x 13 inches (sheet); unframed;
in original case with box
11.25 x 13 ins ( 28.6 x 33 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $3,360.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
BENJAMIN CHEE CHEE
Proud Male
lithograph
signed and dated 1977 lower left
17.25 x 22.25 ins ( 43.8 x 56.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Fraser River, B.C.
watercolour laid on card
signed lower left; titled lower left; inscribed “On the Fraser River” on the reverse of the card
9.25 x 13 ins ( 23.5 x 33 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
ROBERT MOTHERWELL
Basque Suite C (Belknap 55; Engberg & Banach 84)
silkscreen
signed and numbered 66/150 in the margin lower right; signed upper right in the plate; titled and dated 1973 on a gallery label on the reverse; Printer: Kelpra Studio, Ltd., London; Publisher: Marlborough Graphics, New York
29.25 x 23 ins ( 74.3 x 58.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $2,280.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
ARTHUR LISMER
Tree Stump
ink drawing
signed and dated “July 31, 1959” lower left; inscribed “8719” on the reverse
11 x 16 ins ( 27.9 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,040.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
SCOTT GOUDIE
Adlatok River, Late Afternoon
mezzotint in colours
signed, titled, dated 1988 and numbered 5/35 in the lower margin
19.25 x 25.25 ins ( 48.9 x 64.1 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
The White Pine
screenprint
unframed (matted)
11 x 13.25 ins ( 27.9 x 33.7 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $1,680.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
JAMES EDWARD HERVEY MACDONALD
Mist Fantasy
sampson-matthews silkscreen
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $1,680.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
CLARENCE ALPHONSE GAGNON
A Votre Santé
colour block print on card
initialed within the plate; titled and dated c. 1913 to a gallery label on the reverse
4.25 x 5.75 ins ( 10.8 x 14.6 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
STANLEY FRANCIS TURNER
Three Works: Sillery (Jesuit House); Château Richer, Quebec; English Church from City Hall
gouache
- “Sillery (Jesuit House)”: signed and titled on the reverse (11.5 x 14 ins); unframed
- “Château Richer, Quebec”: signed lower right and titled on the reverse (17.5 x 13 ins); unframed
- “English Church from City Hall”: signed lower left and titled indistinctly on the reverse (19.5 x 15.5 ins); unframed
19.5 x 15.5 ins ( 49.5 x 39.4 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
TOM THOMSON
Northern Lights
sampson-matthews silkscreen
artist name, title and “Issued by the National Gallery of Canada” printed in the lower margin; inscribed “A.J. Casson” lower right; a Sampson-Matthews label on the reverse; unframed
19.75 x 25 ins ( 50.2 x 63.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
MILLER GORE BRITTAIN
Study of a Female Figure
red and black charcoal on paper
initialed and dated 1955 lower centre
16 x 12.75 ins ( 40.6 x 32.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
19TH CENTURY CANADIAN SCHOOL
Near Belleville
watercolour
titled and inscribed “Lawrence R.” lower left
12.25 x 17.75 ins ( 31.1 x 45.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Abstraction
ink and watercolour
signed and dated 1969 lower left
8 x 11 ins ( 20.3 x 27.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $1,140.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
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- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
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- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
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- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
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- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
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- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
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- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
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- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
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- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
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- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
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- Sale Closed: June 9, 2021
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- Sale Closed: June 1, 2021
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- Sale Closed: June 1, 2021
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- Sale Closed: April 27, 2021
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- Sale Closed: April 27, 2021
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- Sale Closed: March 30, 2021
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- Sale Closed: March 30, 2021
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- Sale Closed: February 23, 2021
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- Sale Closed: February 23, 2021
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- Sale Closed: February 2, 2021
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- Sale Closed: December 15, 2020
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- Sale Closed: December 15, 2020
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- Sale Closed: December 3, 2020
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- Sale Closed: November 17, 2020
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- Sale Closed: October 27, 2020
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- Sale Closed: September 29, 2020
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2020
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- Sale Closed: August 11, 2020
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- Sale Closed: July 14, 2020
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- Sale Closed: June 23, 2020
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- Sale Closed: June 2, 2020
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- Sale Closed: May 12, 2020
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- Sale Closed: April 14, 2020
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- Sale Closed: February 18, 2020
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- Sale Closed: January 28, 2020
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2019
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2019
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- Sale Closed: November 20, 2018
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- Sale Closed: May 29, 2018
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- Sale Closed: November 23, 2017
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 25, 2017
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- Sale Closed: November 22, 2016
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- Sale Closed: May 31, 2016
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- Sale Closed: November 25, 2015
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- Sale Closed: May 28, 2015
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- Sale Closed: May 29, 2014
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- Sale Closed: November 29, 2013
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