Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session One) Highlights

This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session One) which concluded on June 8, 2023. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.

FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
October Lagoon, Penetang Peninsula

oil on board
signed lower middle left; signed, titled and dated circa 1940 on the reverse and to a gallery label; inscribed “A favorite [sic] fishing spot on the Penetang Peninsula” on the reverse by the artist
13 x 23 ins ( 33 x 58.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $12,000.00$9,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $9,600.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Hauling Logs, Northumberland Hills

oil on canvas
signed lower left
20 x 26.25 ins ( 50.8 x 66.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $8,000.00$6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $9,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN
North River, Laurentians, 1928

pastel on board
signed lower right; Cullen Inventory No. 1579
15 x 18 ins ( 38.1 x 45.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $10,000.00$8,000.00 - $10,000.00
Price Realized $8,400.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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EDWIN HEADLEY HOLGATE
Two Figures, 1955

wood engraving
signed and inscribed “No. 6/20” in the lower margin
8 x 7 ins ( 20.3 x 17.8 cms ) ( plate size )

Auction Estimate: $6,000.00$4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $7,800.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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MARC CHAGALL
L’Artiste II (M.929)

colour lithograph
signed and numbered 44/50 in the lower margin; titled and dated 1978 on a gallery label on the backing on the reverse
19 x 15.25 ins ( 48.3 x 38.7 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $7,000.00$5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $7,200.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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CHARLOTTE MOUNT BROCK SCHREIBER
Portrait of Carol

pastel
titled and dated circa 1885 to a gallery label on the reverse
17 x 12.25 ins ( 43.2 x 31.1 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $8,000.00$6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $6,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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ANGELOS PANAYIOTOU
Flowers in Space

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1994 lower right; titled on a gallery label on the frame on the reverse
39.5 x 47 ins ( 100.3 x 119.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $15,000.00$10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $5,400.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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MARY EVELYN WRINCH
Falling Leaves

oil on canvas on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on a label on the reverse
10 x 9 ins ( 25.4 x 22.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $6,000.00$4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $4,560.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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GEORGE AGNEW REID
Meadow Brook

oil on board
signed lower left; inscribed “Pers. Property of M.W. Reid” on a label on the reverse
6 x 9 ins ( 15.2 x 22.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $3,500.00$2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $3,360.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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LOUIS VALTAT
Two Women Sewing

pencil heightened with watercolour on typewriter paper
atelier stamp lower right; titled and dated circa 1922 on a gallery label on the backing on the reverse
10.375 x 8.5 ins ( 26.4 x 21.6 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $5,000.00$3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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FRANÇOIS SCHMITT
Untitled (#27-#30) (A Quadriptych)

four acrylics on canvas
each signed and dated 1993 on the stretcher, each titled and dated on a gallery label on the stretcher on the reverse; each unframed
16 x 16 ins ( 40.6 x 40.6 cms ) ( each )

Auction Estimate: $3,500.00$2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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A.R. PENCK
Paris

colour soft ground etching
signed and numbered 25/25 in the lower margin; titled, dated 1984, and numbered 23/25
[sic] on a gallery label on the backing on the reverse
15.5 x 20.25 ins ( 39.4 x 51.4 cms ) ( plate size )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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A.R. PENCK
Zum Thema Verteidigung (Topic of Defense)

aquatint with etching and drypoint
signed and numbered 21/30 in the lower margin; titled and dated 1984 on a gallery label on the backing on the reverse
24 x 33.75 in ( 61 x 85.7 cm ) ( plate size )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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Previous Auctions

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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
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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
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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
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

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