Little Pictures (Online Auction) Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Little Pictures (Online Auction) which concluded on October 19, 2021. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Tugboat in Toronto Harbour
oil on board
signed lower left; titled on plate
10.5 x 13.75 ins ( 26.7 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $7,200.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
HOMER RANSFORD WATSON
Approaching Storm
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1888 lower left
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $6,600.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
On the Beach
watercolour
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1946 and inscribed “Thunder Bay, Ont.” on the reverse
7.5 x 12.75 ins ( 19.1 x 32.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $4,800.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
JAMES WILSON MORRICE
At Gloucester
watercolour, laid down on paper
titled in the lower left margin
3.75 x 5 ins ( 9.5 x 12.7 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $4,720.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Workers and Storehouse before Shoreline
oil on canvas board
signed lower left
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,800.00 - $2,200.00
Price Realized $3,360.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
CARL HENRY VON AHRENS
Forest Interior with Figure
oil on board
signed lower right
9 x 7 ins ( 22.9 x 17.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $2,880.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
CHARLES MACDONALD MANLY
Old Time Favourites
oil on board
signed and dated 1893 lower left; signed and titled on a label on the reverse
8.75 x 12 ins ( 22.2 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $2,160.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
BARKER FAIRLEY
Brigitte
oil on masonite
signed upper right; titled and dated 1966 on the reverse;
sold together with the publication “Barker Fairley: Portraits” (Gary Michael Dault, Methuen Publications, Agincourt, Ontario, 1981)
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,160.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
PHILIP CRAIG
Interior by a Window
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $2,040.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
MARY PRATT
Strawberry Shortcake (with Mary Pratt book)
colour lithograph & book
“Mary Pratt” (Mary Pratt, Sandra Gwyn and Gerta Moray, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, Toronto/Montreal, 1989); signed by the artist and numbered “52” on a label on the frontispage;
sold together with:
“Strawberry Shortcake” (colour lithograph, signed, titled, numbered 52/75 and dated 1989 in pencil in the margin, 10.75 x 10.75 inches (sheet));
unframed; all housed in the original slipcase and box
10.5 x 10.75 ins ( 26.7 x 27.3 cms ) ( lithograph (sheet) )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $2,040.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
River Iceberg
watercolour on paper
signed lower left; titled and dated 2000 to a gallery label on the reverse
5 x 7 ins ( 12.7 x 17.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
ELIZABETH ANNIE MCGILLIVRAY KNOWLES
By the Water
oil on board
signed and dated 1882 lower left
9 x 12 ins ( 22.9 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,680.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
FREDERICK STANLEY HAINES
Wanapitei Bay
oil on board
signed lower right; partial title and gallery label affixed to the reverse of the frame
5 x 6 ins ( 12.7 x 15.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
BRUNO CÔTÉ
Le Marais St. Hilarion
acrylic on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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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- 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
- 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
- Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 23, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 2, 2020
- Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 14, 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
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