Watercolours & Drawings Highlights

This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Watercolours & Drawings which concluded on February 27, 2024. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.

Artwork by Willard Morse Mitchell, Notre Dame Church of Montreal, P. Q.
WILLARD MORSE MITCHELL
Notre Dame Church of Montreal, P. Q.

watercolour
initialed lower right; titled, dated 1928 and inscribed “In 1928 this wonderful church was over 100 years old. Is famous for its ornate beauty, its art treasures and its historical associations. Here congregations numbering 1000 assemble for Christmas Eve mass and other special feasts. This is a genuine water colour and a hand carved frame by W. M. Mitchell” on the reverse
2.25 x 1.75 ins ( 5.7 x 4.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$500.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024

Artwork by Paraskeva Plistik Clark, The Jardiniere
PARASKEVA PLISTIK CLARK
The Jardiniere

watercolour
signed lower right; titled and dated “February 3rd, 1983” on the gallery label on the reverse
23.75 x 15.5 ins ( 60.3 x 39.4 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024

Artwork by Farquhar McGillivray Strachan Knowles, Figure with Wysteria
FARQUHAR MCGILLIVRAY STRACHAN KNOWLES
Figure with Wysteria

watercolour
signed on an artist label on the reverse
14 x 10 ins ( 35.6 x 25.4 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $1,000.00$800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024

Artwork by Lucius Richard O'Brien, Summer Stream
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Summer Stream

watercolour
signed and dated 1891 lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
9.25 x 14 ins ( 23.5 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024

Artwork by Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Nuns Crossing the Street
PEGI NICOL MACLEOD
Nuns Crossing the Street

watercolour
titled on the gallery label on the reverse
25 x 15.5 ins ( 63.5 x 39.4 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $780.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024

Artwork by Margaret M. Porter, Sunday Afternoon
MARGARET M. PORTER
Sunday Afternoon

watercolour
signed, titled and dated 1991 lower right
21 x 16 ins ( 53.3 x 40.6 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024

Artwork by Tony Luciani, Una via stretta
TONY LUCIANI
Una via stretta

egg tempera on paper
signed and dated “1981⁠–⁠1984” lower right; titled on a label on the reverse
11 x 7.75 ins ( 27.9 x 19.7 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $1,000.00$800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024

Artwork by Maurice Hall Haycock, Autumn Landscape
MAURICE HALL HAYCOCK
Autumn Landscape

pastel
13.5 x 17.5 ins ( 34.3 x 44.5 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024

Artwork by Toni Onley, McCoy Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario
TONI ONLEY
McCoy Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario

watercolour
signed lower right, titled and dated “4 August 1988” lower left
11 x 15 ins ( 27.9 x 38.1 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $450.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024

Artwork by John Boyle, Cup
JOHN BOYLE
Cup

ink
signed and dated 1989 lower right
11 x 14 ins ( 27.9 x 35.6 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024

Artwork by Kenneth D. Tolmie, Icarus
KENNETH D. TOLMIE
Icarus

pencil
signed and dated 1963 lower right
10.25 x 14 ins ( 26 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $350.00$250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $330.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024

Artwork by Paul Archibald Caron, The Canal Basin, Montreal
PAUL ARCHIBALD CARON
The Canal Basin, Montreal

pencil
signed lower right; certified by Paul Caron on the reverse
10.74 x 14.75 ins ( 27.3 x 37.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $400.00$200.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $252.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024

Artwork by James Wilson Morrice, The City of Sale Seen from Rabat, Morocco
JAMES WILSON MORRICE
The City of Sale Seen from Rabat, Morocco

watercolour
F.R. Heaton estate stamp on the reverse
9 x 12 ins ( 22.9 x 30.5 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $9,000.00$7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $4,000.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024

Previous Auctions

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Capture (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
 
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Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
 
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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
( Download PDF )
 
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
( Download PDF )
 
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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