Post-War & Contemporary Art Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Post-War & Contemporary Art which concluded on July 25, 2023. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
JEAN-PHILIPPE DALLAIRE
Femme avec parasol et chat; Tros chiffres
watercolour; gouache on card
“Femme avec parasol et chat” - watercolour, signed lower right, 11.75 x 8.75 ins [sight];
“Trois chiffres” - gouache on card, signed upper right, 9 x 12 ins [sight]
11.75 x 8.75 ins ( 29.8 x 22.2 cms ) ( largest sight )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $10,800.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
WILLIAM KURELEK
The Well Watered Post
mixed media on board
signed with monogram and dated 1973 lower right; titled and dated on the reverse, titled and dated on the gallery label on the reverse
6 x 7 ins ( 15.2 x 17.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $10,200.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
HAROLD BARLING TOWN
Roundabout
oil and lucite on board
titled and dated 1960 on a label on the reverse
48 x 36 ins ( 121.9 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $9,600.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
JOHN WEBSTER
Doors and Windows
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; titled and dated on a gallery label on the reverse
13.5 x 38.5 ins ( 34.3 x 97.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $8,400.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
JOHN HARTMAN
Toronto; Chicago; New York from Above the Williamsburg Bridge; St. Paul’s and the Thames
four drypoint etchings
each signed, titled, dated 2008 and numbered “8/20” in the lower margin
24 x 22 ins ( 61 x 55.9 cms ) ( each )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $7,800.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
IVAN KENNETH EYRE
Reclining Male
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on the stretcher on the reverse; titled and dated 1965 on an exhibition label on the reverse
16 x 23 ins ( 40.6 x 58.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $7,800.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
KATHLEEN MARGARET GRAHAM
The Magnificat (Second Arctic Series/73)
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1973 on the reverse; signed, titled and dated to the stretcher; titled and dated to the gallery label on the reverse
78 x 44.75 ins ( 198.1 x 113.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,500.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $6,600.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
COLLEEN HESLIN
Shifting Sands
mixed media
signed, titled and dated 2016 on the stretcher on the reverse; unframed
67 x 103 ins ( 170.2 x 261.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $5,280.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
ALEX CAMERON
Days End, Heated View
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 2004 on the reverse
40 x 50 ins ( 101.6 x 127 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $4,800.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
GORDON APPELBE SMITH
West Coast
acrylic on arches paper
signed lower right; titled, dated “1974 Christmas” and inscribed “For teen from Marion and Gordon” on the reverse of the backing of the frame
9.25 x 11.25 ins ( 23.5 x 28.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $4,320.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
MICHAEL ADAMSON
Gold Delivered as Years
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 2008 on the reverse
40 x 36 ins ( 101.6 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,500.00 - $5,500.00
Price Realized $3,600.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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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- Artwork from an Important Private Collection (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
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
- Works on Paper, Books & Tapestries (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Holiday Charm (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Fall Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Auction to Benefit the Art Gallery of Alberta (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2021
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- October Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- Indigenous & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Art of Quebec: La belle province (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Prints of Sampson Matthews (& Related Work) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- Books & Reference (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- People & Places (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Prints & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: June 9, 2021
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- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 1, 2021
- From the Estate of William Ronald (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 1, 2021
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 27, 2021
- April Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 27, 2021
- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 30, 2021
- Indigenous & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 30, 2021
- Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 23, 2021
- From the Archives of Sampson-Matthews Ltd. (& Related Material) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 23, 2021
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 2, 2021
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