Artwork from an Important Private Collection - Part II
Following a successful live auction in December 2022, it is our privilege to offer the second instalment of artworks from an Important Private Collection of Canadian Art this spring. The grouping of rare and remarkable historical artwork, most of which is making its auction debut with Cowley Abbott this season, is part of a two-session live auction event on June 8th at Toronto’s Globe & Mail Centre.
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LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Quiet Lake (Northern Painting 12), circa 1926-1928
oil on canvas
inscribed “Quiet Lake/Lawren Harris/Northern Painting XII 34 x 40” on a label on the reverse
34 x 40 ins ( 86.4 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000,000.00 - $3,000,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
EMILY CARR
Kitwancool, circa 1928
oil on canvas
signed lower right; inscribed “Kispiax” on the reverse
44 x 26.75 ins ( 111.8 x 67.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000,000.00 - $1,500,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
TOM THOMSON
Ragged Oaks, 1916
oil on panel
Estate stamp lower right; Estate stamp and inscribed “M. Thomson”, “134” and “23” on the reverse; inscribed with title, “Not for Sale” and “16” on a label on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000,000.00 - $1,500,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
The Royal Mail Crossing the St. Lawrence
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1860 lower left
17 x 24 ins ( 43.2 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200,000.00 - $300,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
EMILY CARR
Deep in the Forest, 1935
oil on paper, mounted to canvas
signed lower right
33 x 23.75 ins ( 83.8 x 60.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200,000.00 - $300,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Le Boulanger, Baie-Saint-Paul, circa 1925
oil on canvas
signed lower left
21 x 26 ins ( 53.3 x 66 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200,000.00 - $300,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
DAVID BROWN MILNE
The Black Couch, 1914
oil on canvas
inscribed “David Milne: The Black Couch (1914)” on the stretcher; Milne catalogue raisonné no.105.101
20 x 22 ins ( 50.8 x 55.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300,000.00 - $400,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
PAUL PEEL
The Young Gleaner
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1888 lower left
33 x 23.25 ins ( 83.8 x 59.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150,000.00 - $200,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY
Lynn Valley, B.C.
oil on canvas on board
signed lower left; signed and inscribed “B.C. Landscape” and Varley Inventory No. 53 on a label on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150,000.00 - $200,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
ARTHUR LISMER
A September Gale, Georgian Bay, 1921
oil on wood
signed and dated 1921 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
11.5 x 16 ins ( 29.2 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
JAMES WILSON MORRICE
À Venise (Study for “Red Houses, Venice”)
oil on wood panel
signed lower left; titled and inscribed “J.W. Morrice”, “Bordeaux”, “chez M. Guichardaz 29 Rue T. Dragon”, “G. Lege...” on the reverse; stamped “Emilio Aikelin/Via 22 Marzo N. 2578/Venezia” (inversed) on the reverse; inscribed “Morrice. 2.” on a P. Ferret label on the reverse (stamped faintly “Salon de Bordeaux 1911”
13 x 9.25 ins ( 33 x 23.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $90,000.00 - $120,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
WILLIAM BLAIR BRUCE
Picking Pears in Barbizon (The Pear Orchard), 1882
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1882 lower left
29.5 x 59 ins ( 74.9 x 149.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
JAMES EDWARD HERVEY MACDONALD
Cedars, Little Turtle Lake, 1922
oil on wood-pulp board
signed, titled and inscribed “Studio Building, 25 Severn St.” on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL
Autumn Tangle
oil on beaverboard
inscribed “No. 28” with the artist estate stamp on the reverse
9.75 x 12 ins ( 24.8 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Tin Basin, Flowers in a Prospector’s Cabin II, 1929
oil on canvas
Milne catalogue raisonné no.208.22
16.5 x 20.5 ins ( 41.9 x 52.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
MARC-AURÈLE DE FOY SUZOR-COTÉ
Old Pioneer/Jean-Baptiste Cholette
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1918 lower right
27 x 20 ins ( 68.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
HENRY SANDHAM
Low Tide, Murray Bay
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1884 lower right; inscribed “Murray Bay / Hy Sa… / Low Tide” on a label on the stretcher on the reverse
20 x 34 ins ( 50.8 x 86.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $60,000.00 - $75,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
JAMES EDWARD HERVEY MACDONALD
Morning Sunshine, 1926
oil on wood-pulp board
signed, titled and inscribed “Thornhill June 1926” on the reverse; with monogram “JM”, also certified by Thoreau MacDonald on a label
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $50,000.00 - $70,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
ALBERT HENRY ROBINSON
Les Éboulements en haut, circa 1928
oil on panel
titled to a gallery label and inscribed “Baie St. Paul” on the reverse
11.25 x 13 ins ( 28.6 x 33 cms )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Sale Date: June 8th 2023
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Oak and Birch
oil on panel
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1920, inscribed “Oak and Birch 3/Georgian Bay” and NJG Inventory No. 1353 on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $50,000.00
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
Le Mount Stephen, North Ballroom
1440 Drummond Street, Montreal
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