Peaks to Prairies: Art of Western Canada Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Peaks to Prairies: Art of Western Canada which concluded on March 21, 2023. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
JOE FAFARD
Ain’t No Grave
bronze
signed (incised), dated 2013 and numbered 5/5 to the hind leg
11 x 4.5 x 15.75 ins ( 27.9 x 11.4 x 40 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $9,600.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
JAMES WILLIAMSON GALLOWAY MACDONALD
An Automatic Composition
watercolour
signed and dated c. 1945 lower right; titled and dated “1945-6” on a label affixed to the reverse
9.5 x 13.75 ins ( 24.1 x 34.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $5,640.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
LOWRIE LYLE WARRENER
Night in B.C.
oil on canvas laid down on card
signed and dated 1935 lower left; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
16.25 x 13.5 ins ( 41.3 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $5,640.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
ALAN CASWELL COLLIER
Ranch in the Hills North of Cowley, Alberta
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled on the stretcher on the reverse
24 x 32 ins ( 61 x 81.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $5,520.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
MAXWELL BENNETT BATES
Autumn in Saanich
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1967 lower right; titled to the stretcher
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $3,360.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
ROD CHARLESWORTH
Hidden Water, Haida Gwaii
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
24 x 48 ins ( 61 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $2,640.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
JOACHIM GEORGE GAUTHIER
Rocky Mountain Valley
oil on board
signed lower left; titled with the artist’s stamp on the reverse
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $2,280.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
ROLAND GISSING
Roger’s Flat, Alberta
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on the framing plaque and to a gallery label on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,800.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Sketch for “Muskeg-Country”
oil on paper on board
signed and dated 1963 lower right; titled and dated on the reverse, with sketch of a nude man on the reverse
14.5 x 19.75 ins ( 36.8 x 50.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
ROLAND GISSING
Kananaskis Valley
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
14 x 18 ins ( 35.6 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,680.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
TED FAIERS
Alberta Foothills
oil on board
signed lower middle right
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
CHARLES JOHN COLLINGS
Mountain Lake
watercolour
7 x 10.25 ins ( 17.8 x 26 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
RICHARD FERRIER
Penticton, British Columbia
acrylic on board
signed lower right; titled on the gallery label on the reverse
17.5 x 23.5 ins ( 44.5 x 59.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
DOROTHY ELSIE KNOWLES
Prairie Grass
watercolour on paper
signed and dated 1972 lower right; titled and dated 1972 on the reverse
21 x 29.5 ins ( 53.3 x 74.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
ROBERT N. HURLEY
Landscape with Grain Elevator
watercolour
signed and dated 1954 lower right
9.75 x 13 ins ( 24.8 x 33 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $900.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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
- 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
( Download PDF )
- 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
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