Historical Canadian Art Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Historical Canadian Art which concluded on May 31, 2022. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Self Portrait
oil on canvas
signed lower left
22 x 19 ins ( 55.9 x 48.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $3,240.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
GEORGE THOMSON
Spring in the La Cloche Mountains
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated “44/7” on the reverse
28.25 x 36 ins ( 71.8 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
ALFRED LALIBERTÉ
Le creuseur d’auge
bronze
incised with the artist’s signature, title and “Roman Bronze Works, New York”; mounted on a marble base
12 x 11.5 x 6.25 ins ( 30.5 x 29.2 x 15.9 cms ) ( overall, excluding base )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
West Road, Mountain Road
colour woodcut
signed, titled, numbered 12/100 and inscribed ‘to John’ in the lower margin; titled and dated 1942 on a gallery label on the reverse
8.7 x 13 ins ( 22.1 x 33 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $3,000.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Westminster Bridge, London
watercolour
signed and dated 1920 lower right
12.75 x 17.75 ins ( 32.4 x 45.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $3,000.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
FREDERICK HENRY BRIGDEN
The Little East Penn, Muskoka
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Rundle, Winter
colour woodcut
signed and titled in the lower margin; titled, dated 1949 and numbered 200/300 on a gallery label on the backing on the reverse
5 x 6.75 ins ( 12.7 x 17.1 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
MARJORIE (JORI) SMITH
Still Life with Cat
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled and dated 1951 to a gallery label on the reverse
28 x 34 ins ( 71.1 x 86.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
A Country Scene
oil on board
signed lower right
10.5 x 13.75 ins ( 26.7 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,280.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
ROBERT HARRIS
The Skipper’s Daughter
oil on canvas on board
signed lower left; inscribed “1st sketch for The Skipper’s Daughter” on the reverse
5.75 x 8.5 ins ( 14.6 x 21.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $2,160.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Harbour Under Fog
oil on board
signed lower left; four unfinished harbour sketches present on the reverse
5.75 x 8.75 ins ( 14.6 x 22.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
BERTRAM RICHARD BROOKER
Oaks on Assiniboine
ink on paper
signed with initials lower right; titled and dated “August 14, 1929” in pencil in the lower margin beneath the mat; titled, dated and artist’s estate stamp on the reverse; titled and dated to a label on the reverse
8 x 8 ins ( 20.3 x 20.3 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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
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- 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
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- The Art of Europe (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
- Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
- The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
- 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
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