Celebrating Women Artists

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Artwork by Rita Mount, Reflets dans l’eau l’Anse à Beaufils
Lot #61
RITA MOUNT
Reflets dans l’eau l’Anse à Beaufils

oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled to two labels on the reverse
30.25 x 34 ins ( 76.8 x 86.4 cms )

Estimated: $6,000.00$4,000.00 - $6,000.00

Next bid is: $3,000.00

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Artwork by Bernice Fenwick Martin, McCarthy’s Mill, Barberton, Ontario
Lot #62
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
McCarthy’s Mill, Barberton, Ontario

oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
10.5 x 13.75 ins ( 26.7 x 34.9 cms )

Estimated: $1,200.00$900.00 - $1,200.00

Next bid is: $800.00

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Artwork by Doris Shadbolt, The Art of Emily Carr
Lot #63
DORIS SHADBOLT
The Art of Emily Carr

book with folio of six prints
Clarke, Irwin/Douglas & McIntyre, Toronto & Vancouver, 1980, signed by Doris Shadbolt and numbered 46/250; with a folio of prints of Emily Carr charcoal drawings, each numbered 46/250; all presented within a wooden box with an argillite-carved portrait of Emily Carr on the cover
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Estimated: $3,000.00$2,000.00 - $3,000.00

Current bid: $1,500.00
Next bid is: $1,600.00

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Artwork by Emily Mary Bibbens Warren, At Hetherington, Near Stratford on Avon
Lot #64
EMILY MARY BIBBENS WARREN
At Hetherington, Near Stratford on Avon

watercolour
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
7 x 8.25 ins ( 17.8 x 21 cms ) ( sight )

Estimated: $600.00$400.00 - $600.00

Next bid is: $300.00

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Artwork by Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher, Emily Carr: The Untold Story / Studio Billie’s Callendar 1909
Lot #65
EDYTHE HEMBROFF-SCHLEICHER
Emily Carr: The Untold Story / Studio Billie’s Callendar 1909

two books with thirteen reproduction prints
“Emily Carr: The Untold Story” by Edith Hembroff-Schleicher, published by Hancock House Publishers Ltd., Saanichton, B.C., 1978, signed by the author, dated “Nov/78” and numbered 83/150, within the original slipcover; accompanied by “Emily Carr: Studio Billie’s Calendar 1909” (thirteen numbered facsimilie reproductions, signed by Edith Hembroff-Schleicher on the cover page, each print dated “Nov/78” and numbered “83/150”), presented within the original slipcover
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )

Estimated: $400.00$300.00 - $400.00

Next bid is: $200.00

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Artwork by Anna Noeh, Women on the Beach in Pangnirtung
Lot #66
ANNA NOEH
Women on the Beach in Pangnirtung

crayon and gouache on paper
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )

Estimated: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00

Current bid: $400.00
Next bid is: $425.00

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Artwork by Yvonne Bolduc, Village Church in Winter
Lot #67
YVONNE BOLDUC
Village Church in Winter

charcoal and pastel
signed lower right
11.5 x 18.25 ins ( 29.2 x 46.4 cms ) ( sight )

Estimated: $300.00$200.00 - $300.00

Next bid is: $100.00

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Artwork by Molly Lamb Bobak, Roses Bouquet
Lot #68
MOLLY LAMB BOBAK
Roses Bouquet

oil on board
signed and dated 1962 lower right; signed and dated on the reverse; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )

Estimated: $3,500.00$2,500.00 - $3,500.00

Next bid is: $2,000.00

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Artwork by Hortense Mattice Gordon, Untitled (Crashing Waves)
Lot #69
HORTENSE MATTICE GORDON
Untitled (Crashing Waves)

oil on board
signed lower left
10 x 13 ins ( 25.4 x 33 cms ) ( sight )

Estimated: $5,000.00$3,000.00 - $5,000.00

Next bid is: $2,500.00

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Artwork by Margaret M. Porter, Port Stanley, 1976
Lot #70
MARGARET M. PORTER
Port Stanley, 1976

watercolour
signed lower right, titled and dated 1976 lower left
16.5 x 21.5 ins ( 41.9 x 54.6 cms ) ( sight )

Estimated: $1,200.00$900.00 - $1,200.00

Next bid is: $850.00

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Artwork by Doris Jean McCarthy, Brixham Harbour (Lake Shoreline)
Lot #71
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Brixham Harbour (Lake Shoreline)

oil on board
signed lower right; signed and dated “390810” on the reverse
11.5 x 13.5 ins ( 29.2 x 34.3 cms )

Estimated: $7,000.00$5,000.00 - $7,000.00

Current bid: $4,500.00
Next bid is: $4,700.00

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Artwork by Dorothy Stevens, Portrait of a Lady
Lot #72
DOROTHY STEVENS
Portrait of a Lady

oil on canvas
signed lower left
36.25 x 30.25 ins ( 92.1 x 76.8 cms )

Estimated: $2,000.00$1,500.00 - $2,000.00

Next bid is: $1,000.00

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Artwork by Dorothy Stevens, Six WWI Industrial Production etchings
Lot #73
DOROTHY STEVENS
Six WWI Industrial Production etchings

six etchings
- “Ship Building the Freighter” signed, titled and inscribed “17” in the lower margin; 12 x 10 ins. (image); 19.25 ins x 17 ins (sheet); unframed;
- “British Forgings” signed, titled and inscribed “10” in the lower margin; 12 x 13 ins (image); 17 x 19.25 ins (sheet); unframed;
- “Munitions Heavy Shells” signed, titled and inscribed “22” in the lower margin; 11 x 14 ins. (image); 17 x 19.25 ins (sheet); unframed;
- “The Sea Boat, Aeroplane Factory No. 1” signed, titled and inscribed “8” in the lower margin; 11 x 14 ins (image); 17 ins x 19 ins (sheet); unframed;
- “Munitions Fuse Factory” signed, titled and inscribed “14” in the lower margin; 12 x 13.5 ins. (image); 17 ins x 19 ins (sheet); unframed;
- “Ready for Shipment, Aeroplane Factory No. 2” signed, titled and inscribed “9” in the lower margin; 12 x 15 ins (image); 17 x 19 ins (sheet); unframed


12 x 10 ins ( 30.5 x 25.4 cms ) ( smallest image )

Estimated: $3,500.00$2,500.00 - $3,500.00

Current bid: $3,000.00
Next bid is: $3,200.00

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