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
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- 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
- 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
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