Modern & Contemporary Art Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Modern & Contemporary Art which concluded on June 27, 2023. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
JOSEF ŠIMA
Untitled Abstract
oil on canvas
signed lower right
5.5 x 7 ins ( 14 x 17.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $19,200.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
VICTOR VASARELY
Kanta Alom I (Red/Grey)
basf luran on aluminium
signed lower right, signed, titled “Alom I”, dated October 1972 and numbered 3/4 on the publisher’s label on the reverse, titled, numbered and dated on a gallery label on the reverse, and further titled on another gallery label on the reverse
37.75 x 37.75 ins ( 95.9 x 95.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $10,000.00
Price Realized $10,200.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
TOM WESSELMANN
Still Life with Lilies and Mixed Fruit
colour screenprint
signed and numbered DP II/XXV in the lower margin. Published by Cooper Square Prints, New York
29.5 x 23.25 ins ( 74.9 x 59.1 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $9,600.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
PRUDENCIO IRAZABAL
Untitled 1Y6 (Triptych)
acrylic on canvas laid on board
signed, titled and dated 1998 on the reverse, titled and dated on a gallery label on the reverse; unframed
84 x 120 ins ( 213.4 x 304.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,500.00 - $9,500.00
Price Realized $7,800.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
JOSEF ALBERS
Untitled (from Hommage au carré) (Danilowitz 160.2)
colour screenprint
signed with initials, dated 1964 and numbered 89/125 in the lower margin; titled “Hommage to the Square” and dated 1966 (sic) on a label on the backing on the reverse. Printed by Atelier Arcay, Paris, and published by Éditions Denise René, Paris
11 x 11 ins ( 27.9 x 27.9 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $5,280.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
DAVID HOCKNEY
Tick It, Tock It, Turn It True (Pl. 15 from the Blue Guitar) (S.A.C. 213)
colour etching and aquatint
signed and numbered 121/200 in the lower margin; stamped-title on the reverse; titled, numbered and dated 1977 on a gallery label on the backing on the reverse. Published by Petersburg Press, London
16.75 x 13.5 ins ( 42.5 x 34.3 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $4,560.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
RICHARD HAMBLETON
Hard Edge Murder R. Dick Trace It
mixed media
signed, titled and numbered 2/10 on the inside of the centre board
9 x 6 x 0.75 ins ( 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $2,640.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN
The Flying Man
pastel and wash on paper
signed and dated 1974 lower right
29.5 x 22.25 ins ( 74.9 x 56.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $4,500.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA
Portrait with Multiple Eyes
ink on paper
signed and dated 1961 lower right; unframed
13 x 8 ins ( 33 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
BLEK LE RAT
Silver Rat
acrylic, spray paint and stencil on canvas
signed lower right
10.5 x 13.75 ins ( 26.7 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
HARRY MARINSKY
The Japanese Parasol
bronze
incised signature and numbered 4M10, with Fonderia d’Arte M Del Chiaro, Pietrasanta Italy stamp on the base
25.5 x 29.25 x 22.5 ins ( 64.8 x 74.3 x 57.2 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
ROBERT MOTHERWELL
Harvest, with Orange Stripe, from Summer Light Series (Belknap 127)
colour lithograph with collage on hawthorne of larroque handmade paper
signed, inscribed “Gemini II” with the publisher’s blindstamp in the lower margin; with the publisher’s inkstamp on the reverse. This impression is one of three Gemini proofs aside from the numbered edition of fifty-five plus twelve artist’s proofs in Roman numerals
36 x 18.25 ins ( 91.4 x 46.4 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
GEORGE GROSZ
Garnet Lake, New York
watercolour, colour reed pen and ink on paper
signed, inscribed “29513” lower right and inscribed “29-Garnet Lake NY” lower left; titled and dated circa 1943 on a gallery label on the backing on the reverse
15.375 x 18.625 ins ( 39.1 x 47.3 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $2,280.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA
Christ Figure
marker and wash on paper
signed and dated 1983 lower left; unframed
11 x 8.5 ins ( 27.9 x 21.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,280.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
Previous Auctions
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- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
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- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
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- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
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- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
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- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
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- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
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- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Spring Live Auction (Session 1 & 2)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2024
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- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
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- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
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- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
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- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Artwork of David Blackwood (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
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- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
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- 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
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- 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
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