Historical Canadian Art Highlights

This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Historical Canadian Art which concluded on July 25, 2023. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.

Artwork by James Henderson, Young Moon
JAMES HENDERSON
Young Moon

oil on canvas
titled and inscribed “painting from Port Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan” on the reverse
9 x 12 ins ( 22.9 x 30.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,000.00$800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by Frederick Sproston Challener, Deer in the Trees
FREDERICK SPROSTON CHALLENER
Deer in the Trees

oil on canvas
signed lower right
36 x 28 ins ( 91.4 x 71.1 cms )

Auction Estimate: $2,500.00$1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by Berthe Des Clayes, Old House St. Sauveur
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Old House St. Sauveur

oil on board
signed lower right and titled on the framing plaque
11 x 14 ins ( 27.9 x 35.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $2,000.00$1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by Walter Joseph Phillips, Headingly
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Headingly

wood engraving
signed, titled and numbered “5/50” in the lower margin
4.5 x 8 ins ( 11.4 x 20.3 cms ) ( image )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by Joseph-Charles Franchère, Untitled (Landscape)
JOSEPH-CHARLES FRANCHÈRE
Untitled (Landscape)

oil on canvas
signed lower right
12 x 17.5 ins ( 30.5 x 44.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $900.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by Lucius Richard O'Brien, Landscape with Creek
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Landscape with Creek

watercolour
signed and dated 1898 lower right
12.75 x 17.25 ins ( 32.4 x 43.8 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $2,500.00$1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by Daniel Fowler, Paestum
DANIEL FOWLER
Paestum

pencil and ink on paper
titled and inscribed “original on-site sketch, on the artist’s ‘grand tour’ - from which at least 3 larger works done later” on the reverse; titled and dated “10th April, 1835” on an exhibition label attached to the reverse
6.5 x 9.75 ins ( 16.5 x 24.8 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by Frederick Sproston Challener, Serenade in a Landscape
FREDERICK SPROSTON CHALLENER
Serenade in a Landscape

watercolour
signed and dated 1913 lower right
4.5 x 14.5 ins ( 11.4 x 36.8 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $1,200.00$800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $720.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by Homer Ransford Watson, Landscape with Trees; Study of Two Trees
HOMER RANSFORD WATSON
Landscape with Trees; Study of Two Trees

two mixed media on paper
- “Landscape with Trees” 4.25 x 5.75 ins. [sight]; framed;
- “Study of Two Trees” 4.75 x 5.5 ins. [sight]; framed
4.25 x 5.75 ins ( 10.8 x 14.6 cms ) ( largest (sight) )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by Joseph Thomas Rolph, Untitled Landscape
JOSEPH THOMAS ROLPH
Untitled Landscape

watercolour on paper
signed lower right
6.75 x 9.25 ins ( 17.1 x 23.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $200.00$150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $450.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by John Herbert Caddy, On the Spanish River, Algoma
JOHN HERBERT CADDY
On the Spanish River, Algoma

watercolour on paper
signed and titled on the reverse
2 x 4 ins ( 5.1 x 10.2 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by Thomas Harrison Wilkinson, Man with Cart and Horses
THOMAS HARRISON WILKINSON
Man with Cart and Horses

watercolour on paper
signed lower left
18 x 25 ins ( 45.7 x 63.5 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $200.00$150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by Otto Reinhold Jacobi, Untitled Landscape
OTTO REINHOLD JACOBI
Untitled Landscape

watercolour on paper
signed and dated 1887 lower right
10 x 14.25 ins ( 25.4 x 36.2 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by George Harlow White, Untitled Landscape
GEORGE HARLOW WHITE
Untitled Landscape

watercolour
signed lower left
5 x 8.5 ins ( 12.7 x 21.6 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $150.00$100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Artwork by Otto Reinhold Jacobi, Untitled Landscape
OTTO REINHOLD JACOBI
Untitled Landscape

oil on board
signed and dated 1890 lower right
5.5 x 8.25 ins ( 14 x 21 cms )

Auction Estimate: $200.00$150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $132.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023

Previous Auctions

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

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