Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
The Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art features rare and important work by the country's celebrated historical, post-war and contemporary artists. The auction is part one of the Cowley Abbott Spring Live Auction event on June 8th.
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MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Hauling Logs, Northumberland Hills
oil on canvas
signed lower left
20 x 26.25 ins ( 50.8 x 66.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
GREGORY RICHARD CURNOE
Study for America
watercolour
signed and dated “June 1989-January 18/19 1990” in the lower right margin; titled and dated to two labels on the reverse
28.5 x 22 ins ( 72.4 x 55.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
WILLIAM KURELEK
The First Winter in Canada
mixed media on masonite
signed with a monogram and dated 1977 lower right; signed on a gallery label on the reverse
23.75 x 47.5 ins ( 60.3 x 120.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
MAUD LEWIS
The Blacksmith Shop
mixed media on board
signed lower right
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
TED HARRISON
Untitled (Houses in a Landscape)
acrylic on board
signed and dated 1977 lower right
24.25 x 24.25 ins ( 61.6 x 61.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
ETHEL SEATH
Shell Pattern
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
ANNE DOUGLAS SAVAGE
The Wheelbarrow
oil on board
signed with initials lower right; titled [sic] on a label on the reverse
15.5 x 17.5 ins ( 39.4 x 44.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
PEGI NICOL MACLEOD
Women in Greenwich Village, N.Y.C., 1940
oil on canvas
inscribed “255” on the reverse
27.25 x 19.5 ins ( 69.2 x 49.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $14,000.00 - $18,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
EDWIN HEADLEY HOLGATE
Still Life
oil on canvas
signed lower right
21 x 21 ins ( 53.3 x 53.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
LIONEL LEMOINE FITZGERALD
Still Life, 1925
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled on an exhibition label on the reverse
18.25 x 19.75 ins ( 46.4 x 50.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Construction
oil on canvas
titled and dated 1915 on a gallery label on the reverse; Douglas Duncan Estate no. 682; Milne catalogue raisonné no.106.26
18 x 20 ins ( 45.7 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200,000.00 - $250,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
WILLIAM KURELEK
Le Gobelet, Tavern Restaurant
mixed media on masonite
signed with monogram lower right; titled on the reverse, titled and dated 1975 to four gallery labels on the reverse
28 x 9 ins ( 71.1 x 22.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
IVAN KENNETH EYRE
Man on the Bridge
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled and dated 1963 on a gallery label on the reverse
26 x 34 ins ( 66 x 86.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
JACQUES HURTUBISE
Splash Sept Cinq Zero
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1980 lower left; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
30.5 x 40 ins ( 77.5 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
HAROLD BARLING TOWN
Celebration, 1954
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1954 upper right; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
24 x 36 ins ( 61 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
JEAN PAUL LEMIEUX
Portrait de femme
oil on textured paper mounted to card
signed lower left; signed in pencil on a paper affixed to the reverse
14 x 11 ins ( 35.6 x 27.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $35,000.00 - $55,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
ALEX SIMEON JANVIER
Hometown Fans
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; titled, dated 1981 and inscribed “CLX-44” on the reverse
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
Spring Live Auction
Session 1
Important Canadian & International Art
Lots 1-85
Thursday, June 8th at 4:00 pm EDT
The Globe & Mail Centre, 17th Floor
351 King Street East, Toronto
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Session 2
An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art - Part II
Lots 101-148
Thursday, June 8th at 7:00 pm EDT
The Globe & Mail Centre, 17th Floor
351 King Street East, Toronto
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Montreal*
April 27th to 29th
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Thursday, April 27th: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Friday, April 28th: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday, April 29th: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
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1440 Drummond Street, Montreal
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