Peaks to Prairies: Art of Western Canada
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DOROTHY ELSIE KNOWLES
Landscape with Trees and Mountains
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1969 lower right
28 x 50 ins ( 71.1 x 127 cms )
This sale is now closed.
ALAN CASWELL COLLIER
Ranch in the Hills North of Cowley, Alberta
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled on the stretcher on the reverse
24 x 32 ins ( 61 x 81.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized: $5,520.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
JOE FAFARD
Ain’t No Grave
bronze
signed (incised), dated 2013 and numbered 5/5 to the hind leg
11 x 4.5 x 15.75 ins ( 27.9 x 11.4 x 40 cms ) ( overall )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized: $9,600.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
LOWRIE LYLE WARRENER
Night in B.C.
oil on canvas laid down on card
signed and dated 1935 lower left; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
16.25 x 13.5 ins ( 41.3 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized: $5,640.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
ARTHUR FORTESCUE MCKAY
Composition Grey on Blue
enamel and acrylic on masonite
signed on the reverse, titled and dated ca. 1978 on a gallery label on the reverse
24 x 24 ins ( 61 x 61 cms )
This sale is now closed.
MARMADUKE MATTHEWS
Mountain Landscape
watercolour
signed lower right
29 x 20 ins ( 73.7 x 50.8 cms ) ( sight )
This sale is now closed.
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Sketch for “Muskeg-Country”
oil on paper on board
signed and dated 1963 lower right; titled and dated on the reverse, with sketch of a nude man on the reverse
14.5 x 19.75 ins ( 36.8 x 50.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized: $1,800.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
CHARLES JOHN COLLINGS
Mountain Lake
watercolour
7 x 10.25 ins ( 17.8 x 26 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,320.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
ROLAND GISSING
Roger’s Flat, Alberta
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on the framing plaque and to a gallery label on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,800.00
Price Realized: $1,920.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
DOROTHY ELSIE KNOWLES
Prairie Grass
watercolour on paper
signed and dated 1972 lower right; titled and dated 1972 on the reverse
21 x 29.5 ins ( 53.3 x 74.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized: $1,020.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
JOHN INNES
Education of the Broncos: No. 5, “Graduated”
ink drawing
signed and titled in the lower margin; a small sketch (1.25 ins x 3 ins) of a pistol and four playing cards (aces) affixed within the lower left margin area
9.5 x 12.25 ins ( 24.1 x 31.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized: $600.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
FREDERICK HENRY BRIGDEN
Mountain Landscape
watercolour on paper
signed lower right
19.5 x 24.75 ins ( 49.5 x 62.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized: $720.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
ARNOLD SHIVES
Mt. Raleigh Gap; West Zion, State 2
linocut; mezzotint
“Mt. Raleigh Gap” (signed, titled, dated 1994 and numbered 14/20 in the lower margin, 14.75 x 11 ins [sheet]);
“West Zion, State 2” (signed, titled, dated 1983 and numbered 16/20 in the lower margin, 10.5 x 8.75 ins [sheet]); each unframed
14.75 x 11 ins ( 37.5 x 27.9 cms ) ( largest sheet )
This sale is now closed.
ROBERT N. HURLEY
Prairie Landscape
watercolour
signed and dated 1959 lower right
13 x 15.5 ins ( 33 x 39.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized: $780.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
JOHN FORD CLYMER
Indigenous Figures
gouache
signed lower right and inscribed “6 1/2 x 7 1/4” in the right margin; unframed
6.5 x 7 ins ( 16.5 x 17.8 cms ) ( sheet )
This sale is now closed.
RICHARD FERRIER
Penticton, British Columbia
acrylic on board
signed lower right; titled on the gallery label on the reverse
17.5 x 23.5 ins ( 44.5 x 59.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
ROD CHARLESWORTH
Hidden Water, Haida Gwaii
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
24 x 48 ins ( 61 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $2,640.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
JAMES WILLIAMSON GALLOWAY MACDONALD
An Automatic Composition
watercolour
signed and dated c. 1945 lower right; titled and dated “1945-6” on a label affixed to the reverse
9.5 x 13.75 ins ( 24.1 x 34.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized: $5,640.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
March Online Auctions
Session 1 - Celebrating Women Artists
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Session 2 - Peaks to Prairies: Art of Western Canada
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Session 3 - Inuit & First Nations Art
(Lots 115-156)
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