Session 1 - Historical Canadian Art
Session 2 - Post-War & Contemporary Art
Historical Canadian Art
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FRANK MILTON ARMINGTON
View of the Eiffel Tower, Paris
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
19 x 27 ins ( 48.3 x 68.6 cms )
Estimated: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Next bid is: $7,000.00
Closes May 31st at 02:00:00 PM EDT
WILLIAM EDWIN ATKINSON
The Cascade in Duke’s Woods, Peter Tavy, Devon
watercolour
signed and dated 1924 lower right; titled and dated November 1924 on the reverse
15 x 9.75 ins ( 38.1 x 24.8 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $400.00 - $600.00
Current bid: $300.00Next bid is: $325.00
Closes May 31st at 02:15:00 PM EDT
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Harbour Under Fog
oil on board
signed lower left; four unfinished harbour sketches present on the reverse
5.75 x 8.75 ins ( 14.6 x 22.2 cms )
Estimated: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Next bid is: $1,500.00
Closes May 31st at 02:15:00 PM EDT
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Westminster Bridge, London
watercolour
signed and dated 1920 lower right
12.75 x 17.75 ins ( 32.4 x 45.1 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Next bid is: $2,500.00
Closes May 31st at 03:00:00 PM EDT
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Western Landscape
watercolour
signed lower right
6.5 x 10 ins ( 16.5 x 25.4 cms )
Estimated: $700.00 - $900.00
Next bid is: $550.00
Closes May 31st at 03:00:00 PM EDT
FREDERICK HENRY BRIGDEN
The Little East Penn, Muskoka
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Estimated: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $800.00
Closes May 31st at 02:15:00 PM EDT
BERTRAM RICHARD BROOKER
Oaks on Assiniboine
ink on paper
signed with initials lower right; titled and dated “August 14, 1929” on a label on the reverse
8 x 8 ins ( 20.3 x 20.3 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Current bid: $900.00Next bid is: $950.00
Closes May 31st at 02:30:00 PM EDT
ADOLPHUS GEORGE BROOMFIELD
USA Day Bombers (Holland)
oil on canvas board
signed upper right; titled, dated 1944 and inscribed indistinctly on the reverse
17.25 x 21.5 ins ( 43.8 x 54.6 cms )
Estimated: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Next bid is: $2,500.00
Closes May 31st at 03:00:00 PM EDT
PELEG FRANKLIN BROWNELL
Interior with Figure
oil on canvas board
signed with monogram and dated 1882 upper right
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms )
Estimated: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $700.00
Closes May 31st at 02:45:00 PM EDT
WILLIAM BRYMNER
Summer Landscape
oil on panel
signed lower left
9.5 x 13.25 ins ( 24.1 x 33.7 cms )
Estimated: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Next bid is: $2,500.00
Closes May 31st at 02:00:00 PM EDT
WILLIAM BRYMNER
Cabin in the Rockies
watercolour
signed lower right; titled and dated 1892 on a gallery label on the reverse
6.5 x 9.75 ins ( 16.5 x 24.8 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Current bid: $900.00Next bid is: $950.00
Closes May 31st at 02:00:00 PM EDT
FREDERICK SIMPSON COBURN
Through the Snowdrift
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1930 lower left; titled on a label on the reverse
18 x 22 ins ( 45.7 x 55.9 cms )
Estimated: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Current bid: $5,000.00Next bid is: $5,500.00
Closes May 31st at 02:15:00 PM EDT
JAMES PATTISON COCKBURN
The View of the Falls of Montmorency (Quebec in the Distance); The View of Cape Diamond and Wolf's Cove From Point à Pizeau, Near Quebec
two colour aquatints on paper
published by Ackermann & Co., London, 1833
17.25 x 26.75 ins ( 43.8 x 67.9 cms ) ( plate size (each) )
Estimated: $600.00 - $800.00
Next bid is: $450.00
Closes May 31st at 02:30:00 PM EDT
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN
Venetian Boats
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled on a label on the reverse; Cullen Inventory No. 104 (Walter Klinkhoff Gallery Inventory label on the reverse)
30 x 22 ins ( 76.2 x 55.9 cms )
Estimated: $15,000.00 - $25,000.00
Next bid is: $13,000.00
Closes May 31st at 02:00:00 PM EDT
JEAN-PHILIPPE DALLAIRE
Portrait d’enfants
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1935 on the reverse
51 x 51 ins ( 129.5 x 129.5 cms )
Estimated: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Next bid is: $1,000.00
Closes May 31st at 02:45:00 PM EDT
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