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.

Artwork by Oscar Cahén, Dancers
OSCAR CAHÉN
Dancers

india ink and scratch board
signed “Oscar” and dated 1943 lower right
5.75 x 5.75 ins ( 14.6 x 14.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by Molly Lamb Bobak, Daisies
MOLLY LAMB BOBAK
Daisies

watercolour
signed lower right
23.75 x 18 ins ( 60.3 x 45.7 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by Henriette Fauteux-Massé, Sans titre
HENRIETTE FAUTEUX-MASSÉ
Sans titre

oil on board
9.75 x 9.5 ins ( 24.8 x 24.1 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by Harold Barling Town, Eye Dawn
HAROLD BARLING TOWN
Eye Dawn

single autographic print
signed, dated 1956 and numbered “1-1” in the lower margin; titled and inscribed “G 351 (P) twice in the upper margin beneath the mat; signed and dated 1956 on the reverse; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
19.75 x 15.75 ins ( 50.2 x 40 cms ) ( subject )

Auction Estimate: $2,000.00$1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by Ronald York Wilson, Tarascan Women
RONALD YORK WILSON
Tarascan Women

oil on board
signed lower right
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,200.00$800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by Gordon Rayner, Kiosk (1984-85)
GORDON RAYNER
Kiosk (1984-85)

oil, wood and metal
signed, titled and dated “1984-85” on the reverse
22.5 x 11 x 4.5 ins ( 57.2 x 27.9 x 11.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,080.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by Richard Montpetit, Derrière la maison
RICHARD MONTPETIT
Derrière la maison

oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1999 on the reverse
9 x 6 ins ( 22.9 x 15.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $600.00$400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $1,080.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by Dulcie Foo Fat, Glacier Park - Autumn
DULCIE FOO FAT
Glacier Park - Autumn

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1992 on the reverse
24 x 36 ins ( 61 x 91.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by Fred Ross, Study for “The Marsh Hawk”
FRED ROSS
Study for “The Marsh Hawk”

ink and charcoal on paper
signed upper right; typed title on a label on the reverse

Sold together with “The Art of Fred Ross- A Timeless Humanism” (Tom Smart, Goose Lane Editions/ The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 1993)
23.5 x 17.5 ins ( 59.7 x 44.5 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by Paul Sloggett, Barrage
PAUL SLOGGETT
Barrage

acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated 2002 on the reverse; unframed
18 x 36 ins ( 45.7 x 91.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,200.00$900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by Gord Smith, The Flame
GORD SMITH
The Flame

welded metal, oil, wood
signed and dated 1959 lower right
44 x 12 ins ( 111.8 x 30.5 cms ) ( overall )

Auction Estimate: $1,200.00$900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by William Ronald, Blackfoot
WILLIAM RONALD
Blackfoot

acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1997 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse; unframed
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $900.00$700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by William Perehudoff, La Plonge #10
WILLIAM PEREHUDOFF
La Plonge #10

colour lithograph
signed, titled, numbered 1/111 and inscribed “Hors de Commerce” in the lower margin; unframed
27 x 36.5 ins ( 68.6 x 92.7 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $780.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by General Idea , Ursa Major & Taurus: Pavillion Fragments from the Starry Vault
GENERAL IDEA
Ursa Major & Taurus: Pavillion Fragments from the Starry Vault

colour relief print
signed, dated 1983 and numbered “A.P.” lower right, titled lower left
22.75 x 30.75 ins ( 57.8 x 78.1 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $780.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

Artwork by Rita Letendre, Mirr II
RITA LETENDRE
Mirr II

colour serigraph
24.5 x 27.5 ins ( 62.2 x 69.9 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $900.00$700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $720.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022

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
( Download PDF )
 
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
( Download PDF )
 
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
( Download PDF )
 
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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