Post-War & Contemporary Art
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JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Jeté en l’air
serigraph in colours
signed, titled, dated 1976 and numbered 11/100 in the lower margin
29.5 x 40 ins ( 74.9 x 101.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized: $4,800.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
PAUL-VANIER BEAULIEU
Sans titre
oil on canvas
signed on the reverse
5.5 x 7 ins ( 14 x 17.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized: $1,920.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
WILLIAM RONALD
Sundark, 1956
watercolour on paper
signed and dated 1956 lower right
19.5 x 26 ins ( 49.5 x 66 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized: $2,880.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
MARCELLE FERRON
Sans titre
oil on paper
signed lower right
9.75 x 7.5 ins ( 24.8 x 19.1 cms ) ( sheet )
This sale is now closed.
ARMAND VAILLANCOURT
Sculpture #7
metal and wood
15.5 x 11 x 9.5 ins ( 39.4 x 27.9 x 24.1 cms ) ( overall (including base) )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized: $6,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
CHARLES PACHTER
Red Amaryllises
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 2021 lower right; signed and dated “Dec. 21” on the reverse
24 x 20 ins ( 61 x 50.8 cms )
This sale is now closed.
CHARLES PACHTER
Lookout (Untitled Goat and Tires)
mixed media collage
signed and dated 1995 lower right; titled to a label on the reverse
22.25 x 8.75 ins ( 56.5 x 22.2 cms ) ( sheet )
This sale is now closed.
MICAH LEXIER
One Hundred Pieces of metal Ken Nichol found on the ground as arranged and transformed by me and turned into this multiple
acid-etched stainless steel
initialed (twice), dated 2011, numbered 2/5, and inscribed “For PJ” on the reverse; titled, dated 2011, and numbered 2/5 on the gallery label on the reverse
16 x 14 ins ( 40.6 x 35.6 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized: $1,560.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
RON MOPPETT
Night Studio: Match
oil on panel
signed and dated 1983 on the reverse; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
30 x 24 ins ( 76.2 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized: $4,800.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
CHRISTOPHER PRATT
Night Trestle
serigraph
signed, titled, dated 1983 and numbered 8/48 in the lower margin
19.75 x 19.75 ins ( 50.2 x 50.2 cms ) ( image )
This sale is now closed.
EDWARD BURTYNSKY
Before the Flood
boxed limited edition book with giclée print
a published companion to the exhibition “Before the Flood”, this book has a handcrafted binding and is presented within a matching box with a publication/series information label within that is numbered 23.
The book includes:
Edward Burtynsky
“Three Gorges Dam Project, Dam #1, Yangtze River, China”, 2002
achival giclée print
signed and numbered 23/100 in the lower margin
12.5 ins x 15.5 ins (sheet); unframed
12.5 x 15.5 ins ( 31.8 x 39.4 cms ) ( giclée sheet size )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized: $780.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
EDWARD BURTYNSKY
Three Gorges Dam Project, Wushan #3, Yangtze River, China
colour chromogenic print
signed, titled, dated 2002 and numbered 1/10 on a label on the reverse, signed, titled, dated and numbered on a gallery label on the backing on the reverse
27 x 33.5 ins ( 68.6 x 85.1 cms ) ( image )
This sale is now closed.
BARBARA ASTMAN
Daily Collage # 48
collage and digital print
signed, titled, dated 2011 and numbered 1/1 on a gallery label on the backing on the reverse
32 x 42 ins ( 81.3 x 106.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized: $4,440.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
GREGORY RICHARD CURNOE
Self-Portrait
watercolour
signed lower left and inscribed “Sept 6 & 7 1986 / Nov 11 1987 / Apr 20 1988 / June 27 1988” on the upper right edge
7 x 5 ins ( 17.8 x 12.7 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized: $5,400.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
HAROLD BARLING TOWN
Snap #40
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1973 lower right; signed, titled and dated on the reverse; signed, titled and inscribed “P-1450-0” to the reverse of the framing; titled and dated to three gallery labels on the reverse
29.75 x 29.75 ins ( 75.6 x 75.6 cms )
This sale is now closed.
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