Still Life & Figural Work
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MOLLY LAMB BOBAK
Grape Hyacinth
oil on canvas laid down on board
signed and titled on the reverse; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
8 x 4.75 ins ( 20.3 x 12.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized: $3,840.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
MOLLY LAMB BOBAK
Wood Anemones 2
oil on canvas laid down on board
signed and titled on the reverse; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
8 x 5 ins ( 20.3 x 12.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized: $2,640.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
EDITH GRACE COOMBS
Yellow Tulips and Iris
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized: $2,400.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
JOSEPH-CHARLES FRANCHÈRE
Nature morte aux lilas
oil on canvas
signed lower left
24 x 20 ins ( 61 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $2,880.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
CLAUDE A. SIMARD
Sans titre (Le vase bleu)
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1985 lower right
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $4,320.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
JAMES LAHEY
Real Tulips
mixed media on canvas
signed, titled and dated 2003 on the reverse
39.5 x 39.5 ins ( 100.3 x 100.3 cms )
This sale is now closed.
NORA FRANCES ELISABETH COLLYER
Window, Autumn
oil on board
signed and dated 1974 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
18 x 16 ins ( 45.7 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $9,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized: $8,400.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
FREDERICK BOURCHIER TAYLOR
Untitled (The Meeting)
oil on canvas
signed and dated “1951 or 1952” lower right; signed and dated “1951-52?” on the reverse; inscribed “Note: This canvas was begun after completion of my no. 1216 - “Talking Union”; probably in 1951 or 1952, with the idea of simplifying its design and producing a more unified painting: I do not remember why I did not complete it” on the reverse (the inscription is dated April 1971)
22 x 30 ins ( 55.9 x 76.2 cms )
This sale is now closed.
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Altar Boys
oil on board
signed lower right and inscribed “White Altar Boys” on the reverse
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,020.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Duncan Fishing
signed lower left; together with two pencil drawings:
- “Young Boy Fishing” (signed lower left - 8.5 x 10.5 ins. [sheet]);
- “Young Boy, Seated” (9 x 10.5 ins. [sheet]);
each unframed
10.5 x 13.75 ins ( 26.7 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $2,400.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
FARQUHAR MCGILLIVRAY STRACHAN KNOWLES
In the Pasture
oil on board
signed and dated 1886 lower left
23.25 x 15.5 ins ( 59.1 x 39.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized: $1,680.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
SARAH JEAN MUNRO MACLEAN
Portrait of a Lady with Flower Crown
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1896 lower right
12.75 x 10.5 ins ( 32.4 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized: $600.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
JOHN WILLIAM BEATTY
Portrait of a Man
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1901 lower left
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
This sale is now closed.
GEORGE HAY
Portrait of a Textile Worker
oil on canvas
signed lower left
14.75 x 10.5 ins ( 37.5 x 26.7 cms )
This sale is now closed.
CARL FELLMAN SCHAEFER
Bomb Aimer, C. Charlie, Halifax MkIII, Aircraft 428, Squadron A Flight, 6 Bomber Group Royal Canadian Air Force, Battle of the Ruhr, 1943
lithograph on buff wove paper
inscribed “Trial Proof #1” in the lower left margin; dated 1945 and titled on a catalogue entry attached to the reverse
18 x 11.5 ins ( 45.7 x 29.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
GHITTA CAISERMAN-ROTH
In the Rain
mixed media
signed and dated 1953 lower right
21.5 x 30.5 ins ( 54.6 x 77.5 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized: $360.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Portrait of a Young Lady
charcoal
signed and dated 1932 lower right; inscribed “D-9” on the reverse of the framing
19 x 13.75 ins ( 48.3 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized: $1,440.00
Sale date: January 31st 2023
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