Session 1 - Canadians at Home & Abroad
Session 2 - Prints & Works on Paper
Session 3 - Still Life & Figural Work
Session 4 - The Art of Barbara Mercer
Canadians at Home & Abroad
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FRANK SHIRLEY PANABAKER
May - Georgian Bay
oil on masonite
signed lower left; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Estimated: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Current bid: $2,400.00Next bid is: $2,600.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
ARTHUR VILLENEUVE
Pont de la rivière Langevin
oil on canvas
signed and inscribed “6 61 72” (dated 1972) lower right; titled to the stretcher
20 x 28 ins ( 50.8 x 71.1 cms )
Estimated: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Current bid: $1,600.00Next bid is: $1,700.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
HORTENSE MATTICE GORDON
The Quarry, Cherbourg, France
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; signed, titled and inscribed “sketched July 1927” on the reverse
10 x 13.25 ins ( 25.4 x 33.7 cms )
Estimated: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Current bid: $850.00Next bid is: $900.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
ROBERT GENN
Harbour Concarneau, Brittany
acrylic on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Estimated: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Current bid: $650.00Next bid is: $700.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
BERTHE DES CLAYES
European Landscape
pastel on paper
signed lower left
9.5 x 11.5 ins ( 24.1 x 29.2 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Current bid: $800.00Next bid is: $850.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
NICHOLAS HORNYANSKY
Harbour Scene
oil on board
signed lower right
31 x 27.5 ins ( 78.7 x 69.9 cms )
Estimated: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Next bid is: $700.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
WILLIAM ST THOMAS-SMITH
South of England
watercolour
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
13.5 x 19.75 ins ( 34.3 x 50.2 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $350.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
JOHN GOODWIN LYMAN
The Sisters, St. Lucia, WI. (Le Pitons)
watercolour and pencil
signed lower right
8.5 x 6.25 ins ( 21.6 x 15.9 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Current bid: $650.00Next bid is: $700.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Golf Links, Kennebunkport, Cape Arundel
watercolour
signed and dated 1892 lower right
13 x 17 ins ( 33 x 43.2 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Next bid is: $1,000.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
WILLIAM JOHN WOOD
Summer Landscape
gouache on paper laid on card
signed lower left; unframed
15 x 11 ins ( 38.1 x 27.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Current bid: $425.00Next bid is: $450.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Huff’s Landing, Long Reach
oil on canvas board
signed lower left
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Estimated: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Current bid: $2,200.00Next bid is: $2,400.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Home by the Lake
oil on canvas
signed lower left
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Estimated: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Current bid: $1,000.00Next bid is: $1,100.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
The Market Places, Chartres
crayon
6.5 x 9.5 ins ( 16.5 x 24.1 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $130.00Next bid is: $140.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Study for John Knox House, Edinburgh, Scotland
pencil sketch
7 x 5 ins ( 17.8 x 12.7 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $280.00Next bid is: $305.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
JOHN GOODWIN LYMAN
Le Nivelle et le Rhône, Pays Basque; The Boat Builder’s Slip, Chatham; Still Life
3 graphite drawings
- “Le Nivelle et le Rhône, Pays Basque” (signed lower left; 13.25 x 10.25 ins [sheet]);
- “The Boat Builder’s Slip, Chatham” (signed lower centre; 9 x 11.75 ins [sheet]);
- “Still Life” (signed lower right; 12 x 9 ins [sheet]);
each unframed
13.25 x 10.25 ins ( 33.7 x 26 cms ) ( largest sheet )
Estimated: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $1,000.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
JOHN GOODWIN LYMAN
Three Landscape Drawings
three charcoal drawings on paper
- “Drawing of a House” (signed lower right; 17.5 x 11 ins [sheet]);
- “Countryside Landscape” (8.25 x 10.25 ins [sheet]);
- “European Village” (8.25 x 10.5 ins [sheet]);
each unframed
17.5 x 11 ins ( 44.5 x 27.9 cms ) ( largest sheet )
Estimated: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Current bid: $1,000.00Next bid is: $1,100.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
FRANK MILTON ARMINGTON
The Old Quarter in Stockholm
pencil drawing
signed, tilted and dated 1928 at the lower edge
8.5 x 11.5 ins ( 21.6 x 29.2 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Next bid is: $800.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
FRANK MILTON ARMINGTON
Alte Hanser an der Pegnitz, Nuremberg
etching
signed, titled, dated 1909 and numbered 2/30 in the lower margin
21.25 x 12.25 ins ( 54 x 31.1 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $600.00 - $800.00
Next bid is: $500.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
CAROLINE HELENA ARMINGTON
Le Pont Saint Michel à Paris
etching
signed and artist’s stamp lower margin
12.25 x 16 ins ( 31.1 x 40.6 cms ) ( plate size )
Estimated: $200.00 - $400.00
Current bid: $160.00Next bid is: $170.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
CAROLINE HELENA ARMINGTON
Le Pont Neuf, Paris
oil on panel
signed and dated 1922 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
12.75 x 16 ins ( 32.4 x 40.6 cms )
Estimated: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Next bid is: $2,200.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
ADOLPHUS GEORGE BROOMFIELD
Frost on Birch Trees
oil on board
signed and dated 1933 lower right; titled and dated on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Estimated: $600.00 - $800.00
Next bid is: $500.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
FREDERICK BOURCHIER TAYLOR
Bell Tower, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
pencil and watercolour
signed and dated 1967 lower left
10.5 x 8.75 ins ( 26.7 x 22.2 cms )
Estimated: $200.00 - $400.00
Current bid: $170.00Next bid is: $180.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
CYRIL HENRY BARRAUD
The Road to Ypres through Vlamertinge
etching
signed in the lower margin; titled on the framing plaque
18.25 x 15 ins ( 46.4 x 38.1 cms ) ( plate size )
Estimated: $2,000.00 - $2,500.00
Next bid is: $1,500.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
WILLIAM THURSTON TOPHAM
Fisherman at Dusk
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed, titled and artist’s stamp on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Estimated: $600.00 - $800.00
Current bid: $500.00Next bid is: $550.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
ADOLPHUS GEORGE BROOMFIELD
John Barley Corn Inn
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1943 and inscribed “6 Group Halifax a/c rendezvous in S. England for air raid on Germany” on the reverse
16.5 x 22.25 ins ( 41.9 x 56.5 cms )
Estimated: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Next bid is: $2,500.00
Closes August 23rd at 02:00:00 PM EDT
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