Post-War & Contemporary Art
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KIM DORLAND
Untitled (Silver Lori)
oil on board
signed and dated 2008 on the reverse; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
12.5 x 9.25 x 2.5 ins ( 31.8 x 23.5 x 6.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized: $7,200.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
JESUS CARLOS DE VILALLONGA
Fille au chapeau
oil on board
signed and dated 1959 lower right; titled on the reverse
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )
This sale is now closed.
TOLLER CRANSTON
World Pairs
mixed media on paper
signed, dated 1991 and inscribed “To Donna - Ah yes - we remember it well” lower right
20 x 25.5 ins ( 50.8 x 64.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
ROBERT MARKLE
Abstract Figure
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1978 on the reverse; unstretched and unframed
60 x 48 ins ( 152.4 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized: $1,680.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
JOHN MEREDITH
From The Summer Series
watercolour
signed and dated VII / 93 upper left; titled and dated on the backing on the reverse
21 x 28.5 ins ( 53.3 x 72.4 cms ) ( sheet )
This sale is now closed.
HAROLD BARLING TOWN
Vale Variations #79
pastel
signed and dated “July-August 1973” lower left; titled to two gallery labels on the reverse
18.75 x 24 ins ( 47.6 x 61 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized: $2,040.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
HAROLD KLUNDER
Untitled Abstract Composition
colour pastel
signed and dated 1974 lower right
24.5 x 38 ins ( 62.2 x 96.5 cms ) ( sheet )
This sale is now closed.
WILLIAM RONALD
Untitled Abstract
oil on canvas
signed, dated 1992 and inscribed “For Syd” on the reverse; unframed; William Ronald Authentic Inventory No. WRAI.1992.0280
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
ARTHUR SHILLING
Self Portrait
oil on board
signed on the reverse; titled and dated circa “1978-1979” on a label on the reverse
18 x 15 ins ( 45.7 x 38.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized: $3,120.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
CHARLES PACHTER
Man on a Bus
acrylic and pastel on paper
signed, dated 1967 and inscribed “Montreal 67” lower right
20 x 15 ins ( 50.8 x 38.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized: $1,920.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
LEONARD COHEN
One Little Guy
serigraph
signed, titled, dated 2007, numbered 7/100 and stamped "Order of the Unified Heart" in the lower margin
15 x 12 ins ( 38.1 x 30.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized: $3,120.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
HUGH SEAFORTH MACKENZIE
Untitled (Nude); Untitled (Typewriter)
two prints
-”Untitled (Nude)” - etching, signed and inscribed “unique artist proof” upper right, 8.25 x 8.25 (sight)
-”Untitled (Typewriter)” - hand-coloured aquatint, signed, dated 1983 and numbered 1/10 in the lower margin, 8.75 x 11.75 (plate)
8.75 x 11.75 ins ( 22.2 x 29.8 cms ) ( largest artwork )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized: $600.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
TONY SCHERMAN
White Dust (Eye of Bin Laden)
oil and encaustic on canvas
signed and dated 2001 on the reverse; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse; unframed
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
This sale is now closed.
TONY SCHERMAN
Trudeau (From the Black October Series)
oil and encaustic on canvas
signed, titled and dated 2011 on the reverse; unframed
84 x 84 ins ( 213.4 x 213.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized: $9,600.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
MATT BAHEN
Perfect Surgery
oil on canvas
unframed
60 x 82.5 ins ( 152.4 x 209.6 cms )
This sale is now closed.
CARL BEAM
Growing Threats; Humpback
two mixed media works on plexiglass
each signed lower left; each unframed
12 x 9 ins ( 30.5 x 22.9 cms ) ( each )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized: $480.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
MARCELLE FERRON
Abstraction, 1975
mixed media
signed and dated 1975 lower left; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
14 x 11 ins ( 35.6 x 27.9 cms ) ( sheet )
This sale is now closed.
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