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.
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: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023
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: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023
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: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,080.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023
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: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $846.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023
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: $1,000.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023
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: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023
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: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $780.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023
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: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $660.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023
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: $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
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- 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
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- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
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