From the Archives of Sampson-Matthews Ltd. (& Related Material) Highlights

This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our From the Archives of Sampson-Matthews Ltd. (& Related Material) which concluded on February 23, 2021. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.

Artwork by Joachim George Gauthier, Winter Landscape
JOACHIM GEORGE GAUTHIER
Winter Landscape

watercolour
signed lower right
10.5 x 14.25 ins ( 26.7 x 36.2 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by Alfred Joseph Casson, Rocky Mountain Sheep
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Rocky Mountain Sheep

colour silkscreen
unframed (matted)
11 x 12.5 ins ( 27.9 x 31.8 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by Alfred Joseph Casson, Nasturtiums
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Nasturtiums

colour silkscreen
titled on a label on the reverse
7.75 x 9.75 ins ( 19.7 x 24.8 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by Alfred Joseph Casson, Bouquet
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Bouquet

colour silkscreen
titled on a label on the reverse
9.75 x 7.75 ins ( 24.8 x 19.7 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by Joachim George Gauthier, Autumn Landscape
JOACHIM GEORGE GAUTHIER
Autumn Landscape

watercolour
signed lower left
10.5 x 14.25 ins ( 26.7 x 36.2 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by Joseph Ernest Sampson, Maligne Lake
JOSEPH ERNEST SAMPSON
Maligne Lake

colour silkscreen
unframed (matted)
11.5 x 13.25 ins ( 29.2 x 33.7 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by Hilton MacDonald Hassell, Descending Sails
HILTON MACDONALD HASSELL
Descending Sails

sampson matthews silkscreen
sold together with unframed Hilton Hassell articles, biography, and fifteen colour slides
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $600.00$400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $390.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by Paul Gauthier, Morning Mist; Algonquin Lake
PAUL GAUTHIER
Morning Mist; Algonquin Lake

two colour silkscreens
- “Morning Mist”- signed and numbered 197/250 in the lower margin;
- “Algonquin Lake”- signed and numbered 196/250 in the lower margin
16.75 x 20.5 ins ( 42.5 x 52.1 cms ) ( each sight )

Auction Estimate: $250.00$150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $390.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by George Franklin Arbuckle, Down by the Sea
GEORGE FRANKLIN ARBUCKLE
Down by the Sea

sampson matthews silkscreen
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by Joseph Sidney Hallam, The Ploughman
JOSEPH SIDNEY HALLAM
The Ploughman

sampson matthews silkscreen
inscribed in ink “Supervised by A.J. Casson, 116/117” lower left
29.25 x 39.25 ins ( 74.3 x 99.7 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $330.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by Thomas Keith Roberts, Main Street
THOMAS KEITH ROBERTS
Main Street

sampson matthews silkscreen
title printed in the lower margin; unframed
19.75 x 27 ins ( 50.2 x 68.6 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $350.00$250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $300.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by Alfred Joseph Casson, Black Duck
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Black Duck

colour silkscreen
unframed (matted)
12 x 13.25 ins ( 30.5 x 33.7 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $300.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by Alfred Joseph Casson, Redhead
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Redhead

colour silkscreen
unframed (matted)
12 x 13.25 ins ( 30.5 x 33.7 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $300.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by  Books and Reference, Selection of McMichael Catalogues and Prints
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of McMichael Catalogues and Prints

three books and seven prints
- “The McMichael Conservation Collection”- First Edition (1967), signed by A.Y. Jackson
- “The McMichael Conservation Collection”- Second Edition (1970)
- “The Group of Seven: Canadian Landscape Painters, at the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.” (1977)

-Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Prints: (7 total):
Frank Carmichael (”Scarlet Hilltop”), Lawren Harris (”Algoma Woodland”),
A.Y. Jackson (”First Snow, Algoma”), Arthur Lismer (”Evening Silhouette”),
J.E.H. MacDonald (”Young Maples, Algoma”), Tom Thomson (”Woodland Waterfall”),
F.H. Varley (”Mountain Portgage”);
each 9.75 ins x 12 ins; each unframed
9.75 x 12 ins ( 24.8 x 30.5 cms ) ( each sheet )

Auction Estimate: $600.00$400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $300.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Artwork by Alan Caswell Collier, Emerald Lake (trimmed)
ALAN CASWELL COLLIER
Emerald Lake (trimmed)

sampson matthews silkscreen
sold together with two Christmas cards from Alan and Ruth Collier (each signed and inscribed)
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021

Previous Auctions

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Past and Present: International Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
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Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
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Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
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Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
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Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
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Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
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Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
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Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
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Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
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Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
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Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
Artwork from the Estate of Jaan Poldaas (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
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Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
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Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
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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)
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The Artwork of David Blackwood (Online Auction)
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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)
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Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
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En plein air (Online Auction)
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Watercolours & Drawings (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
 
Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
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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)
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Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
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The Collection of Joe & Anita Robertson (Online Auction)
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Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
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Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
 
British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
 
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Auction to Benefit NSCAD (Online Auction)
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Artwork from a Private Collection (Online Auction)
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Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
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