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.
MARCELLA MALTAIS
Abstraction
ink and watercolour
signed and dated 1956 lower right
7.5 x 5.5 ins ( 19.1 x 14 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
The Common Mallard; The Sharp Tailed Grouse
two silkscreens
“The Common Mallard” (signed within the plate lower right, 12 x 13.25 ins (sheet));
“The Sharp Tailed Grouse” (signed within the plate lower right, 11 x 12.5 ins (sheet));
each unframed
12 x 13.25 ins ( 30.5 x 33.7 cms ) ( sheet (largest) )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Gold Mine
sampson-matthews silkscreen
artist name, title and “Issued by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa” printed in the lower margin; signed within the plate and inscribed supervised by A. J. Casson lower right; a Sampson-Matthews label on the reverse; unframed
19.5 x 23.5 ins ( 49.5 x 59.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Look Within Ourselves
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 53/80 in pencil in the margin
20.25 x 26.25 ins ( 51.4 x 66.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Collection of Canadian National Exhibition Catalogues
six catalogues
1916; 1917; 1918; 1921; 1922; 1923
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists Vol. 1-8 Part 1
8 books
Full listing within cataloguing details
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
FREDERICK SIMPSON COBURN
Logging, Eastern Townships
crayon on paper
signed lower right; dated “December 21st, 1932” upper right
4.25 x 7.75 ins ( 10.8 x 19.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $570.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
FLORENCE VALE
Inflatable Man at the Beach
pen and ink drawing
signed and dated 1983 lower right; titled and dated 1983 to a label on the reverse; together with 1977 exhibition poster and pamphlet
5.5 x 7.5 ins ( 14 x 19.1 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $570.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
THOREAU MACDONALD
Winter Morning
sampson-matthews silkscreen
artist name, title and “Issued by the National Gallery of Canada” printed in the lower margin; initialed within the plate and inscribed “Supervised by A.J. Casson” lower right; a Sampson-Matthews label on the reverse; unframed
20.25 x 27 ins ( 51.4 x 68.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $570.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
CHARLES PACHTER
Charles Pachter; The Ascent
book and serigraph
“Charles Pachter” (Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, McClelland & Stewart, 1992); signed by Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, Margaret Atwood and Charles Pachter on the frontispiece;
sold together with “The Ascent” (serigraph on paper, signed, dated 1992 and numbered 52/150 in the lower margin, 11.5 x 9.5 ins); housed in folder; all in original slipcase
11.5 x 9.5 ins ( 29.2 x 24.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $540.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
DON FREEMAN
Burlesque House
ink and wash
signed lower right; titled and dated c. 1935 on the reverse of the mat; unframed (matted)
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $540.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
YOUSUF KARSH
Woman at Window
photograph
signed lower margin
9.5 x 7 ins ( 24.1 x 17.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $540.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Collection of Canadian National Exhibition Catalogues
nine catalogues
1930; 1931; 1932; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $540.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
THOREAU MACDONALD
Tom Thomson (drawn by T.M. from a photo by L.S.H.)
lithograph
signed and dated 1965 in the lower margin
8 x 6 ins ( 20.3 x 15.2 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $510.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
Previous Auctions
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- 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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- 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
- Artwork from a Canadian Private Collection (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 15, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 15, 2020
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: December 3, 2020
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- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 17, 2020
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 27, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 29, 2020
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 11, 2020
- Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 14, 2020
- Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 23, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 2, 2020
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 12, 2020
- Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 14, 2020
- Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 18, 2020
- From the Collection of Paul Duval (Online Auction)
- 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
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 20, 2018
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 29, 2018
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 23, 2017
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 25, 2017
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2016
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 31, 2016
- Fall Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 25, 2015
- Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2015
- Fall Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 28, 2014
- Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 29, 2014
- Fall Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 29, 2013
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