Post-War & Contemporary Art

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Artwork by Jack Hamilton Bush, Agony
Lot #262
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Agony

oil on board
signed lower right; inscribed “P-95” on a label on the reverse
12 x 15.75 ins ( 30.5 x 40 cms )

Auction Estimate: $8,000.00$6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized: $6,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

Artwork by Kim Dorland, Untitled (Silver Lori)
Lot #263
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: $9,000.00$7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized: $7,200.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

Artwork by Jesus Carlos De Vilallonga, Fille au chapeau
Lot #264
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.

Artwork by Toller Cranston, World Pairs
Lot #265
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: $5,000.00$3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

Artwork by Reg Holmes, C-5
Lot #266
REG HOLMES
C-5

acrylic on canvas
signed, dated 1971 and titled on the reverse; unframed
43 x 78 ins ( 109.2 x 198.1 cms )

This sale is now closed.

Artwork by Robert Markle, Abstract Figure
Lot #267
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: $3,000.00$2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized: $1,680.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

Artwork by John Meredith, From The Summer Series
Lot #268
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.

Artwork by Harold Barling Town, Vale Variations #79
Lot #269
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: $3,000.00$2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized: $2,040.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

Artwork by Harold Klunder, Untitled Abstract Composition
Lot #270
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.

Artwork by William Ronald, Untitled Abstract
Lot #271
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: $5,000.00$3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

Artwork by Arthur Shilling, Self Portrait
Lot #272
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: $3,500.00$2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized: $3,120.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

Artwork by Charles Pachter, Man on a Bus
Lot #273
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: $3,500.00$2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized: $1,920.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

Artwork by Leonard Cohen, One Little Guy
Lot #274
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: $1,000.00$800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized: $3,120.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

Artwork by Hugh Seaforth Mackenzie, Untitled (Nude); Untitled (Typewriter)
Lot #275
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: $900.00$700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized: $600.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

Artwork by Tony Scherman, White Dust (Eye of Bin Laden)
Lot #276
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.

Artwork by Tony Scherman, Trudeau (From the Black October Series)
Lot #277
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: $15,000.00$12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized: $9,600.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

Artwork by Matt Bahen, Perfect Surgery
Lot #278
MATT BAHEN
Perfect Surgery

oil on canvas
unframed
60 x 82.5 ins ( 152.4 x 209.6 cms )

This sale is now closed.

Artwork by Carl Beam, Growing Threats; Humpback
Lot #279
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: $700.00$500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized: $480.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

Artwork by Marcelle Ferron, Abstraction, 1975
Lot #280
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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