Session 1 - Historical Canadian Art
Session 2 - Post-War & Contemporary Art
Historical Canadian Art
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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
ANNE DOUGLAS SAVAGE
House in the Hills / Hills & Trees
oil on board
signed lower right; a landscape of hills and trees on the reverse
16 x 18 ins ( 40.6 x 45.7 cms )
Estimated: $9,000.00 - $12,000.00
Next bid is: $8,500.00
Closes May 31st at 02:15:00 PM EDT
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Les Éboulements from L’lsle-aux-Coudres
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, dated 1934 and titled on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Estimated: $9,000.00 - $12,000.00
Next bid is: $8,000.00
Closes May 31st at 02:00:00 PM EDT
NICHOLAS DE GRANDMAISON
Portrait of a Young Man
pastel on paper
signed lower right
12.75 x 9.5 ins ( 32.4 x 24.1 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Next bid is: $4,000.00
Closes May 31st at 02:45:00 PM EDT
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
MARC-AURÈLE DE FOY SUZOR-COTÉ
Incoming Tide, Gaspé, Quebec
oil on panel
signed lower right; titled and dated 1910 on the reverse and to the gallery label
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms ) ( support )
Estimated: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Next bid is: $6,000.00
Closes May 31st at 02:00:00 PM EDT
FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
The Potato Patch
tempera on card
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
6 x 7 ins ( 15.2 x 17.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Next bid is: $5,000.00
Closes May 31st at 02:00:00 PM EDT
PETER CLAPHAM SHEPPARD
Nude Figure Study
oil on canvas
estate stamp on the reverse
34 x 21 ins ( 86.4 x 53.3 cms )
Estimated: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Next bid is: $4,000.00
Closes May 31st at 02:45:00 PM EDT
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Rock Puddle, Below the Pine, Baie Fine
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated “350810” (August 10th, 1935) on the reverse
11.5 x 13.5 ins ( 29.2 x 34.3 cms )
Estimated: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Next bid is: $5,000.00
Closes May 31st at 03:00:00 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
JOHN GOODWIN LYMAN
Window on the Sea (III)
oil on canvas board
signed upper right; titled on the gallery label on the reverse
14 x 18 ins ( 35.6 x 45.7 cms )
Estimated: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Next bid is: $5,000.00
Closes May 31st at 02:15:00 PM EDT
JAMES WILSON MORRICE
On Lake Champlain
watercolour
titled in the lower left margin
6.75 x 9.75 ins ( 17.1 x 24.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Next bid is: $3,500.00
Closes May 31st at 02:15:00 PM EDT
MARJORIE (JORI) SMITH
Still Life with Cat
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled and dated 1951 to a gallery label on the reverse
28 x 34 ins ( 71.1 x 86.4 cms )
Estimated: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Next bid is: $1,800.00
Closes May 31st at 03:15:00 PM EDT
ANNE DOUGLAS SAVAGE
Lower St. Lawrence, Métis
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
12 x 14 ins ( 30.5 x 35.6 cms )
Estimated: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Current bid: $3,000.00Next bid is: $3,200.00
Closes May 31st at 02:00:00 PM EDT
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Session 1 - Historical Canadian Art
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May 17th to 31st
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