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.

Artwork by Yoshitomo Nara, Suite of Three Colour Lithographs
YOSHITOMO NARA
Suite of Three Colour Lithographs

offset lithograph on 80# classic linen solar white cover
each printed with the artist's and the institution's copyright lower right
- Marching on a Butterbur Leaf, 2019, 24 x 18 ins (60.9 x 45.7 cms)
- Real One, 2019, 15 x 17 ins (38.1 x 43.1 cms)
- Banging The Drum, 2020, 27 x 17 ins (68.5 x 43.1 cms)
each unframed
27 x 17 ins ( 68.6 x 43.2 cms ) ( largest artwork )

Auction Estimate: $4,000.00$2,500.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023

Artwork by Euan Macdonald, Old World
EUAN MACDONALD
Old World

enamel on steel
titled on a plaque on the reverse, titled and dated 1993 on a label on the reverse; unframed
83 x 94.5 x 1 ins ( 210.8 x 240 x 2.5 cms ) ( overall )

Auction Estimate: $4,000.00$2,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023

Artwork by Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkin (Red & Yellow)
YAYOI KUSAMA
Pumpkin (Red & Yellow)

two painted cast resin multiples
stamped with the artist’s copyright on the underside, published by Benesse Holdings, Inc., Naoshima, Japan, each with the original box
4 x 3.25 x 3.25 ins ( 10.2 x 8.3 x 8.3 cms ) ( overall )

Auction Estimate: $3,000.00$2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023

Artwork by Dietz Edzard, Touffe de violette au ruban
DIETZ EDZARD
Touffe de violette au ruban

oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled “Touffe de violette au ruban” [sic] on a gallery label on the frame on the reverse
14 x 10.75 ins ( 35.6 x 27.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $2,500.00$1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023

Artwork by Invader , 3D Little Big Space
INVADER
3D Little Big Space

coloured vinyl
embossed signature and numbered 3599/5000 on the underside, published by Musart Miami, contained in the original box
11 x 7.8 x 1.6 ins ( 27.9 x 19.8 x 4.1 cms ) ( overall )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023

Artwork by Harry Freckleton, Toy Sailboat
HARRY FRECKLETON
Toy Sailboat

oil on canvas
signed lower left
25 x 30 ins ( 63.5 x 76.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,000.00$800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023

Artwork by Jacob Epstein, Ruth and Boaz
JACOB EPSTEIN
Ruth and Boaz

watercolour on paper
signed lower right; signed and titled on a gallery label on the reverse
15 x 22 ins ( 38.1 x 55.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $2,000.00$1,000.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023

Artwork by Gustave Vidal, Horse and Wagons
GUSTAVE VIDAL
Horse and Wagons

oil on canvas
signed lower left
17.75 x 35.5 ins ( 45.1 x 90.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $900.00$700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $780.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023

Artwork by David Herbert Lawrence, Eros and Psyche
DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE
Eros and Psyche

ink on a restaurant menu
signed, titled, dated 1929 and inscribed “Rome” lower centre
11.25 x 8.5 ins ( 28.6 x 21.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,000.00$800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $570.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023

Artwork by Georges Rouault, Mademoiselle Irma
GEORGES ROUAULT
Mademoiselle Irma

etching
signed G.R., dated 1928 in the plate and signed lower right
11.5 x 7 ins ( 29.2 x 17.8 cms ) ( plate size )

Auction Estimate: $1,000.00$700.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023

Previous Auctions

Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.

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
( Download PDF )
 
Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
( Download PDF )
 
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
( Download PDF )
 
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
 
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
( Download PDF )
 
Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art (Session 1)
Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
( Download PDF )
 

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