Still Life & Figural Work Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Still Life & Figural Work which concluded on January 31, 2023. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
NORA FRANCES ELISABETH COLLYER
Window, Autumn
oil on board
signed and dated 1974 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
18 x 16 ins ( 45.7 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $9,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $8,400.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
CLAUDE A. SIMARD
Sans titre (Le vase bleu)
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1985 lower right
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $4,320.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
MOLLY LAMB BOBAK
Grape Hyacinth
oil on canvas laid down on board
signed and titled on the reverse; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
8 x 4.75 ins ( 20.3 x 12.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $3,840.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
JOSEPH-CHARLES FRANCHÈRE
Nature morte aux lilas
oil on canvas
signed lower left
24 x 20 ins ( 61 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $2,880.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
MOLLY LAMB BOBAK
Wood Anemones 2
oil on canvas laid down on board
signed and titled on the reverse; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
8 x 5 ins ( 20.3 x 12.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $2,640.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
GORDON RAYNER
Robert Markle Courting the Temptress of Censorship
acrylic, wood, metal, and oil on canvas
signed, titled, and dated 1987 on the reverse; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
26.5 x 39 x 10 ins ( 67.3 x 99.1 x 25.4 cms ) ( overall including frame )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $2,640.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
EDITH GRACE COOMBS
Yellow Tulips and Iris
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Duncan Fishing
signed lower left; together with two pencil drawings:
- “Young Boy Fishing” (signed lower left - 8.5 x 10.5 ins. [sheet]);
- “Young Boy, Seated” (9 x 10.5 ins. [sheet]);
each unframed
10.5 x 13.75 ins ( 26.7 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
THOMAS REID MACDONALD
Girl Dressing
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled and dated c. 1958 to a gallery label on the reverse
20 x 26 ins ( 50.8 x 66 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $2,040.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
BEWABON SHILLING
Still Life with Fruit
oil on canvas
signed middle left; unframed
30 x 36 ins ( 76.2 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $2,040.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
FARQUHAR MCGILLIVRAY STRACHAN KNOWLES
In the Pasture
oil on board
signed and dated 1886 lower left
23.25 x 15.5 ins ( 59.1 x 39.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,680.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
MARC-AURÈLE DE FOY SUZOR-COTÉ
Study of a Child
charcoal on paper
signed and dated 1890 lower left
14 x 10.5 ins ( 35.6 x 26.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Portrait of a Young Lady
charcoal
signed and dated 1932 lower right; inscribed “D-9” on the reverse of the framing
19 x 13.75 ins ( 48.3 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
ROBERT MARKLE
Newman Ornamental
acrylic on paper
titled and dated 1966 on the reverse
22 x 29.5 ins ( 55.9 x 74.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
CARL FELLMAN SCHAEFER
Bomb Aimer, C. Charlie, Halifax MkIII, Aircraft 428, Squadron A Flight, 6 Bomber Group Royal Canadian Air Force, Battle of the Ruhr, 1943
lithograph on buff wove paper
inscribed “Trial Proof #1” in the lower left margin; dated 1945 and titled on a catalogue entry attached to the reverse
18 x 11.5 ins ( 45.7 x 29.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
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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