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.
- Select Masterworks of Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2025
- British & Continental Artworks (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- The Chaki Collection: A Collector’s Dialogue (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- Past and Present: International Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- In the Eye of the Beholder: Photographs from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Artwork from the Estate of Jaan Poldaas (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Abstract vs. Figural: Prints from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- A Modern Eye: Canadian Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- 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)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Artwork of David Blackwood (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- 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)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Watercolours & Drawings (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- 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)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- The Collection of Joe & Anita Robertson (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
- Bidding in a Winter Wonderland (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
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- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
- Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Toronto: Represented and Abstracted (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Auction to Benefit NSCAD (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Artwork from a Private Collection (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
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