Select Canadian Art Highlights

This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Select Canadian Art which concluded on November 7, 2023. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.

Artwork by Louis Belzile, Pierre magique
LOUIS BELZILE
Pierre magique

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1964 lower right; signed, titled and inscribed "12 points F" on the reverse
24 x 20 ins ( 61 x 50.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $3,000.00$2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023

Artwork by Jack Hamilton Bush, Greenfield and Sun
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Greenfield and Sun

colour lithograph
signed and dated 1960 within the plate; Markgraf embossed stamp in the lower left margin; titled on the label in the lower right margin, which reads “The Agnes Etherington Art Centre / Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario / Published with the Assistance of the Canada Council” upon the “Editions Markgraf Publishing”; unframed
26 x 35.5 ins ( 66 x 90.2 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $2,000.00$1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023

Artwork by Harold Barling Town, The Great Chicken Bites a Miró
HAROLD BARLING TOWN
The Great Chicken Bites a Miró

single autographic print
signed, dated 1955 and numbered “1-1” in the lower margin; signed, titled and dated 1955 on the reverse; contained in a cloth portfolio
25 x 19.25 ins ( 63.5 x 48.9 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $2,000.00$1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,080.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023

Artwork by Royal Canadian Mint , Fine Silver Group of Seven 7-Coin Set
ROYAL CANADIAN MINT
Fine Silver Group of Seven 7-Coin Set

fine silver (99.99% pure)
Seven 1-ounce fine silver coins released by the Royal Canadian Mint and depicting on their reverse:
- Frederick Horsman Varley, “Stormy Weather, Georgian Bay”, 1921;
- Arthur Lismer, “Nova Scotia Fishing Village”, 1930;
- Franklin Carmichael, “Houses, Cobalt”, 1931/1932;
- Lawren Stewart Harris, “Toronto Street, Winter Morning”, 1920;
- Franz Johnston, “The Guardian of the Gorge”, 1917;
- James Edward Hervey (J.E.H.) MacDonald, “Sumacs”, 1915;
- Alexander Young (A.Y.) Jackson, “Saint-Tite-des-Caps”, 1930
in black lacquer maple case, and accompanied by Royal Canadian Mint brochure, "A Tribute to the Algonquin School of Artists".
height .125 in — 0.3 cm, diameter 1.375 in — 3.5 cm; box 1.5 x 18 x 4.75 in — 3.8 x 45.7 x 12.1 cm
1.75 x 5 x 18 ins ( 4.4 x 12.7 x 45.7 cms ) ( box )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $846.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023

Artwork by Walter Joseph Phillips, John
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
John

woodblock
signed and numbered “202” in the lower margin; titled and numbered on the reverse
6.75 x 8.25 ins ( 17.1 x 21 cms ) ( image )

Auction Estimate: $1,000.00$800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023

Artwork by Frederick Horsman Varley, Standing Figure
FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY
Standing Figure

graphite on paper
titled and dated “c. 1933” on a Varley Inventory stamp no. 760 on the reverse
10.75 x 8.25 ins ( 27.3 x 21 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $2,000.00$1,000.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023

Artwork by William Kurelek, Hound of Heaven (from the “Toronto 20 Portfolio”)
WILLIAM KURELEK
Hound of Heaven (from the “Toronto 20 Portfolio”)

lithograph
signed, titled and numbered “67/100” in the lower margin; unframed
26 x 20 ins ( 66 x 50.8 cms ) ( Sheet )

Auction Estimate: $1,200.00$800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023

Artwork by Harold Klunder, Bronze Age II
HAROLD KLUNDER
Bronze Age II

serigraph
signed, titled and dated 1983 and numbered 2/20 in the lower margin
29 x 22 ins ( 73.7 x 55.9 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $780.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023

Artwork by James Edward Hervey MacDonald, Beaver Pond, Algoma
JAMES EDWARD HERVEY MACDONALD
Beaver Pond, Algoma

woodcut
signed, titled, dated 1920 and inscribed “Best Wishes, T. MacD.” in the lower margin; unframed
6 x 8 ins ( 15.2 x 20.3 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $660.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023

Artwork by Norval Morrisseau, Shaman Preaching to All Things
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Shaman Preaching to All Things

four acrylic on canvas panels (a quadriptych)
signed in syllabics to lower left canvas; each titled and dated 1992 to the gallery labels on the reverse
72 x 96 ins ( 182.9 x 243.8 cms ) ( overall )

Auction Estimate: $80,000.00$60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $57,500.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023

Previous Auctions

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Select Masterworks of Canadian & International Art
Sale Closed: May 28, 2025
 
British & Continental Artworks (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
 
En plein air (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
 
The Chaki Collection: A Collector’s Dialogue (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
 
Past and Present: International Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
 
International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
In the Eye of the Beholder: Photographs from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
 
Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
Artwork from the Estate of Jaan Poldaas (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
Abstract vs. Figural: Prints from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
A Modern Eye: Canadian Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
 
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
 
Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
 
The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
 
The Academy (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
 
Select Canadian Prints (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
 
Holiday Sale (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
 
Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
 
Photography from the Collection of Salah Bachir (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
 
Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
Sale Closed: November 27, 2024
 
Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Works for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
 
Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
 
British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
 
The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
 
First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
 
Canadian Abstraction (Online Auction)
Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
 
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
 
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
 

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