Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art which concluded on May 30, 2023. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
KEN KIRKBY
Landscape with Stacked Rocks
oil on canvas
signed to the stretcher
40 x 60 ins ( 101.6 x 152.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
CHARLES PACHTER
Man on a Bus
acrylic and pastel on paper
signed, dated 1967 and inscribed “Montreal 67” lower right
20 x 15 ins ( 50.8 x 38.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
JOHN BALLANTYNE
Ground Hog Day
acrylic on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “Feb 4 - Feb 25 - 85” on the reverse
48 x 27 ins ( 121.9 x 68.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
WILLIAM KURELEK
The Kavanagh Homestead Bancroft
pencil and ink on paper
titled and dated 1976 on the mat of the frame
16.5 x 24 ins ( 41.9 x 61 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
ROBERT MARKLE
Abstract Figure
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1978 on the reverse; unstretched and unframed
60 x 48 ins ( 152.4 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,680.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
MICAH LEXIER
One Hundred Pieces of metal Ken Nichol found on the ground as arranged and transformed by me and turned into this multiple
acid-etched stainless steel
initialed (twice), dated 2011, numbered 2/5, and inscribed “For PJ” on the reverse; titled, dated 2011, and numbered 2/5 on the gallery label on the reverse
16 x 14 ins ( 40.6 x 35.6 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
JOHN HARTMAN
Toronto from the Don River
etching with aquatint
signed, titled, numbered 27/30, and dated 2011 in the lower margin
12.5 x 13.5 ins ( 31.8 x 34.3 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Haliburton Highlands
watercolour on paper
signed lower right
25 x 21.5 ins ( 63.5 x 54.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
EDWARD BURTYNSKY
Uralkali Potash Mine #8, Berezniki, Russia 2017
digital print
signed, titled, and dated 2018 on a gallery label on the reverse; unframed
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
SHEILA MAKI
Untitled Abstraction
acrylic on canvas
signed on the reverse
48 x 60 ins ( 121.9 x 152.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
SCOTT EVERINGHAM
Love Songs and Sleep Walking
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 2010 on the reverse
42 x 36 ins ( 106.7 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,140.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
CHRISTIAN MARCEL BARBEAU
Sans titre
collage on paper
signed and dated 1992 lower right; titled and dated 1992 on a label on the reverse
8.75 x 11.75 ins ( 22.2 x 29.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
EDWARD BURTYNSKY
Before the Flood
boxed limited edition book with giclée print
a published companion to the exhibition “Before the Flood”, this book has a handcrafted binding and is presented within a matching box with a publication/series information label within that is numbered 23.
The book includes:
Edward Burtynsky
“Three Gorges Dam Project, Dam #1, Yangtze River, China”, 2002
achival giclée print
signed and numbered 23/100 in the lower margin
12.5 ins x 15.5 ins (sheet); unframed
12.5 x 15.5 ins ( 31.8 x 39.4 cms ) ( giclée sheet size )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $780.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
GORDON RAYNER
Blue Freeform Construction
oil on canvas mounted on plywood
unframed
46 x 58 ins ( 116.8 x 147.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
HUGH SEAFORTH MACKENZIE
Untitled (Nude); Untitled (Typewriter)
two prints
-”Untitled (Nude)” - etching, signed and inscribed “unique artist proof” upper right, 8.25 x 8.25 (sight)
-”Untitled (Typewriter)” - hand-coloured aquatint, signed, dated 1983 and numbered 1/10 in the lower margin, 8.75 x 11.75 (plate)
8.75 x 11.75 ins ( 22.2 x 29.8 cms ) ( largest artwork )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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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