Post-War & Contemporary Art
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CHRISTIAN MARCEL BARBEAU
Sans titre
collage on paper
signed and dated 1992 lower right; titled and dated 1992 on a label on the reverse
8.75 x 11.75 ins ( 22.2 x 29.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $960.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
HAROLD BARLING TOWN
Vale Variation #120
mixed media on paper
signed and dated “November 1974” lower centre
19.5 x 25.25 ins ( 49.5 x 64.1 cms ) ( sheet )
This sale is now closed.
GORDON RAYNER
Blue Freeform Construction
oil on canvas mounted on plywood
unframed
46 x 58 ins ( 116.8 x 147.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized: $600.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
SCOTT EVERINGHAM
Love Songs and Sleep Walking
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 2010 on the reverse
42 x 36 ins ( 106.7 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized: $1,140.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
JOHN HARTMAN
Bal Harbor
oil on linen
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated 2008 on the stretcher on the reverse; titled and dated on gallery labels on the reverse
54 x 48 ins ( 137.2 x 121.9 cms )
This sale is now closed.
PIERRE BLANCHETTE
Nimbe Rosé (no. 498)
acrylic on canvas
signed with artist’s stamp on the reverse; titled and inscribed “146 x 114 printemps 2000” along the upper edge on the reverse; titled and dated 1999 on a gallery label on the reverse; unframed
57.75 x 44.75 ins ( 146.7 x 113.7 cms )
This sale is now closed.
SHEILA MAKI
Untitled Abstraction
acrylic on canvas
signed on the reverse
48 x 60 ins ( 121.9 x 152.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
JAMES LAHEY
Stream Through a Field (Smith Township)
oil on canvas
signed, titled and inscribed “000807” on the reverse
59 x 39 ins ( 149.9 x 99.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized: $4,320.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Forest Landscape
oil on board
signed lower right; inscribed “1497” on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
This sale is now closed.
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Haliburton Highlands
watercolour on paper
signed lower right
25 x 21.5 ins ( 63.5 x 54.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized: $1,440.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Adélie Penguins in the Antarctic
watercolour
signed lower right; titled and dated “910214” (February 14, 1991) on the reverse, titled “Penguins in the Antarctic” and dated 1991 on a gallery label on the backing on the reverse
13.5 x 21.75 ins ( 34.3 x 55.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized: $4,800.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
JEAN-PHILIPPE DALLAIRE
Trois chiffres
gouache on card
signed upper right
9 x 12 ins ( 22.9 x 30.5 cms ) ( sight )
This sale is now closed.
GORDON APPELBE SMITH
Untitled (Rockface Series)
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right
38 x 28 ins ( 96.5 x 71.1 cms )
This sale is now closed.
JAMES LAHEY
Private Property (i)
acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated November 1988 on the reverse
54 x 60 ins ( 137.2 x 152.4 cms )
This sale is now closed.
RONALD YORK WILSON
Borneo Batik #10
collage and acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1980 lower left; titled and dated on two labels on the reverse
60 x 40 ins ( 152.4 x 101.6 cms )
This sale is now closed.
FRANK LEONARD BROOKS
Garden Forms
collage and acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; signed, dated 1972 and titled on the reverse; titled and dated on the gallery label on the reverse
45 x 35.25 ins ( 114.3 x 89.5 cms )
This sale is now closed.
JAMES WILLIAMSON GALLOWAY MACDONALD
Automatic Composition
watercolour
signed and dated 1950 lower right
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized: $4,200.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
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