Historical Canadian Art Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Historical Canadian Art which concluded on November 22, 2022. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Sugar Maple, Brownsburg, QC
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “September 1965” on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $18,000.00 - $22,000.00
Price Realized $22,800.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Untitled Logging Scene
oil on canvas
signed lower right
28 x 36.25 ins ( 71.1 x 92.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $6,600.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Ste. Eustache
oil on board
signed and dated 1919 lower right; signed, titled and dated 1919 on the reverse
10.75 x 13.5 ins ( 27.3 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $6,600.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Houses in the Ward in Winter
oil on board
signed lower left; inscribed “XXRTBB” on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,800.00 - $2,200.00
Price Realized $6,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Glenora Ferry
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1969 lower right
20 x 26 ins ( 50.8 x 66 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $5,280.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
JOHN YOUNG JOHNSTONE
Beaupré, Quebec
oil on board
signed lower right
11.5 x 15.25 ins ( 29.2 x 38.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $3,600.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
JOHN WILLIAM BEATTY
Fisherman/Hunter in the Field
oil on board
signed lower right; titled to a gallery label on the reverse; inscribed “591” on the reverse
8.25 x 11.25 ins ( 21 x 28.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $3,360.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
PETER CLAPHAM SHEPPARD
Autumn Glory, Muskoka
double-sided oil on board
a signed landscape sketch is present on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
CARL HENRY VON AHRENS
Two Encampment Scenes
two mixed medias on paper, mounted to card
- signed lower right and dated 1888; 6.25 x 9 ins [sheet];
- signed lower left; 6 x 9 inches [sheet]
5.75 x 9 ins ( 14.6 x 22.9 cms ) ( sight (each) )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
FRANK MILTON ARMINGTON
Howard’s House, High Park, Toronto
watercolour on paper
signed and dated “May 30 1898” lower right; titled on the reverse
6.75 x 9.75 ins ( 17.1 x 24.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $2,640.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Norval Road
pencil drawing
signed lower right; titled upper right
8.5 x 11 ins ( 21.6 x 27.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $2,520.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
JOHN WENTWORTH RUSSELL
Artist's Studio at College Street, Toronto
oil on canvas board
titled and dated 1942 with an estate stamp on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
JAMES WILSON MORRICE
On the Lagoon, Venice; Ducal Palace, Venice (from the Riva Degli Schiavoni”
two pencils on paper
each titled and dated 1903 on a gallery label on the reverse;
- “On the Lagoon” - 4 x 6 ins (sight);
- “Ducal Palace, Venice (from the Riva Degli Schiavoni” - 6 x 3.75 ins (sight)
4 x 6 ins ( 10.2 x 15.2 cms ) ( largest sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
JAMES WILSON MORRICE
Venetian Woman and Study of Head; Three Studies of Heads; Study of a Child
three pencils on paper
- “Venetian Woman and Study of Head” - titled and dated 1903 on a gallery label on the reverse, 6 x 3.75 ins (sight);
- “Three Studies of Heads” - titled and dated 1903 on a gallery label on the reverse, 6 x 4 ins(sight);
- “Study of a Child” - titled and dated 1903 on a gallery label on the reverse, 6 x 3.75 ins (sight)
6 x 4 ins ( 15.2 x 10.2 cms ) ( largest sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022
BEATRICE HAGARTY ROBERTSON
A Quiet Moment
oil on canvas
17.25 x 21.5 ins ( 43.8 x 54.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: November 22nd 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
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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
- 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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