Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art which concluded on May 31, 2022. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
ALFRED PELLAN
Bird and Female
pencil
signed lower right
11.5 x 9 ins ( 29.2 x 22.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $4,320.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
STANLEY MOREL COSGROVE
Still Life with Jug and Bowl
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; dated 1965 to a gallery label on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $4,080.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
MARY PRATT
Grapes in a Colander
mixed media on paper
signed, titled and dated 2007 in the lower margin; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse of the frame
8 x 8.5 ins ( 20.3 x 21.6 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $4,080.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
KOSSO ELOUL
Maquette for Korbus-Friendship
steel
signed lower end (incised)
19.5 x 13 x 4 ins ( 49.5 x 33 x 10.2 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $3,600.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
JEAN-PHILIPPE DALLAIRE
La chute d’Icare
gouache on paper
initialled and dated 1948 lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
7.5 x 6.5 ins ( 19.1 x 16.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $3,600.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
BRUNO CÔTÉ
Lac Sacacomie
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $3,600.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
EDWARD BURTYNSKY
Pentimento
hardcover folio edition of ten archival chromogenic prints and book
signed, dated 2010 and numbered 21/30 on inside folio cover; each blind stamped and initialed on the reverse; all housed in the original archival box
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $3,600.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY
Murray’s Restaurant
pastel
9.75 x 11.5 ins ( 24.8 x 29.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Yacht Club, Kingston, Ont.
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1951 lower left; titled in pencil on the stretcher
18 x 22 ins ( 45.7 x 55.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,880.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
BRUNO JOSEPH BOBAK
Tender Embrace
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and inscribed “110” on the reverse
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $2,640.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
JOHN HARTMAN
Nightfall - La Plaine de LaFontaine
pastel on paper
signed with initial lower right; signed, titled and dated 1981 on the reverse
22 x 30.5 ins ( 55.9 x 77.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,400.00 - $1,800.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
JEAN PAUL RIOPELLE
Le Couchant
colour lithograph
signed and inscribed “5” lower right; numbered 84/90 lower left; unframed
22 x 25.5 ins ( 55.9 x 64.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
KEVIN SONMOR
Siege Study: Marker
oil on linen
stamped on the edge of the stretcher; signed, titled and dated 2004 on the stretcher; unframed
36 x 36 ins ( 91.4 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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
- 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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