Canadian Winter
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FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
The Silent Places
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse; titled and dated on a catalogue label on the reverse
10.25 x 12.25 ins ( 26 x 31.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized: $9,000.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
JOHN GEOFFREY CARUTHERS LITTLE
Rue St. Patrice, Quebec
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1969 on the stretcher
8 x 10.5 ins ( 20.3 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized: $6,000.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Cottage on the River
oil on canvas
signed lower left
24 x 30 ins ( 61 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized: $4,320.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
Unseasonable Snow
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and inscribed “An unexpected snowfall at Georgian Bay, just out front of the Artist’s Home.” on a gallery label on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized: $7,800.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
ARMAND TATOSSIAN
Lac Megantic
oil on canvas
signed lower right
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized: $2,880.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
Spring Day Charlevoix County
oil on board
signed lower left; signed, titled, dated December 1960 and inscribed “Reproduction rights property of the artist” on the reverse
20 x 30 ins ( 50.8 x 76.2 cms )
This sale is now closed.
FREDERICK STANLEY HAINES
Noisey River
oil on board
signed lower right; titled to the artist’s label on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized: $2,040.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
LOWRIE LYLE WARRENER
First Snow, Cascade Mountains, British Columbia
oil on board
signed and dated 1934 lower right; signed, titled, dated “July 18th 1934” and inscribed “8700 feet above sea level” on the reverse
11.75 x 14 ins ( 29.8 x 35.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized: $7,800.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
SERGE BRUNONI
Rue Principale, St. Boniface (P.Q.)
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right; titled, dated 1979 and initialed on the reverse
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
This sale is now closed.
RITA BRIANSKY
The Hill (Murray Hill Park)
oil on canvas
signed upper right; titled to a label on the reverse
28 x 36 ins ( 71.1 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,320.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
ARTO YUZBASIYAN
Toronto Harbour
oil on canvas
signed lower right
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
FREDERICK STANLEY HAINES
Glen Williams
oil on board
signed lower right
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,920.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
ALLEN SAPP
Playing Hockey on the Lake
oil on canvas
signed lower right; unframed
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $3,360.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
RITA BRIANSKY
Skating (Mount Royal, Beaver Lake)
oil on canvas
signed lower right
28 x 40 ins ( 71.1 x 101.6 cms )
This sale is now closed.
WILLIAM THURSTON TOPHAM
Val Morin, Winter
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
This sale is now closed.
ANTOINE BITTAR
On the Canal, Ottawa
oil on board
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated 1999 on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
This sale is now closed.
THOMAS HILTON GARSIDE
Sugar Bush
pastel
signed lower right
15.5 x 19.5 ins ( 39.4 x 49.5 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized: $840.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Winter Stream
oil on board, laid on card
signed lower left
7.5 x 9.5 ins ( 19.1 x 24.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized: $960.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
THOMAS KEITH ROBERTS
Spring Ice
oil on board
signed lower left
12 x 18 ins ( 30.5 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized: $780.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
TOM THOMSON
Northern Lights
sampson-matthews silkscreen
titled to a gallery label on the reverse
19 x 23 ins ( 48.3 x 58.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized: $1,080.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
January Online Auctions
Session 1 - Post-War & Contemporary Art
(Lots 1-61)
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Session 2 - Canadian Winter
(Lots 65-88)
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Session 3 - From the Estate of William Ronald
(Lots 95-109)
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Session 4 - Still Life & Figural Work
(Lots 115-186)
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