An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
Following two record-breaking sessions, it is our privilege to offer the third and final instalment of artworks from an Important Private Collection of Canadian Art this fall. 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 December 6th at Toronto’s Globe & Mail Centre.
In-Person, Absentee, Telephone and Real-Time Online Bidding is available to collectors for participation in this auction. Purchased artwork is subject to the 20% Buyer's Premium (21% if purchased via Auction Mobility's interface) and applicable taxes. Further details regarding buying with Cowley Abbott can be found by referring to our Conditions of Sale and the "How to Purchase" page.
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Fishing Fleet, Mouth of the Fraser River, B.C., circa 1910
oil on canvas
signed lower right
22 x 34 ins ( 55.9 x 86.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
School’s Out, 1885
watercolour and gouache
signed and dated 1885 lower left
23 x 38 ins ( 58.4 x 96.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
PELEG FRANKLIN BROWNELL
By-ward Market
oil on panel
signed lower right; titled and dated circa 1916 on the exhibition label on the reverse; titled “Winter Afternoon, The Hay Market, Ottawa” on the gallery label on the reverse
14 x 22 ins ( 35.6 x 55.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
WILLIAM BRYMNER
Woman with a Book, 1907
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1907 upper right
28 x 21 ins ( 71.1 x 53.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $18,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL
Winter, 1916
oil on board
signed and dated 1916 lower right; titled “Down in the Valley, 1916” on a label on the reverse
22 x 23.75 ins ( 55.9 x 60.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
ROBERT CLOW TODD
Corbeau at Montmorency Falls
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1845 towards lower left
21 x 26.5 ins ( 53.3 x 67.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150,000.00 - $250,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN
Shipyard at Lévis, 1897
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1897 lower right; titled on multiple gallery labels on the reverse; Cullen Inventory No. 1130
16.25 x 18.25 ins ( 41.3 x 46.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
EDMOND DYONNET
The Picture Book, 1909
oil on canvas
signed lower left
25 x 20 ins ( 63.5 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
DANIEL FOWLER
Group of Game (Canadian Game), 1869
watercolour on paper
signed and dated 1869 lower left; titled on the exhibition labels on the reverse
18.5 x 27 ins ( 47 x 68.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
JOSEPH-CHARLES FRANCHÈRE
La Fiacre, Rue Champlain, Quebec City
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1899 lower left
23.25 x 17 ins ( 59.1 x 43.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
CLARENCE ALPHONSE GAGNON
Ice Harvest, Quebec, 1935
oil on canvas
signed lower right; Lucile Rodier Gagnon Inventory no. 190
25 x 36 ins ( 63.5 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400,000.00 - $600,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Small Lake in Algoma, 1920
oil on wood panel
inscribed “Small lake in Algoma” twice, “$50.00” and “Norah Bouillianne” on the reverse; dated circa 1920 on the exhibition label on the reverse
10.5 x 14 ins ( 26.7 x 35.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Lake Superior Sketch no. 3
oil on beaverboard
signed, titled and dated c.1926 on a label on the reverse: inscribed “This is an authentic sketch by Lawren Harris made at Lake Superior about 1926. A.J. Casson May 8, 1973” and “4/3” on the reverse
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300,000.00 - $500,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
ROBERT HARRIS
The Unruly Guest (Portraits of Children of G. Stethem, Esq.), 1880
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on a label on the stretcher on the reverse
36 x 48 ins ( 91.4 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
ROBERT HARRIS
Self-Portrait
oil on board
signed and dated ‘2 June 1908” lower left; signed, titled and dated on a gallery label on the backing on the reverse
13.25 x 10.5 ins ( 33.7 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
ROBERT HARRIS
The Skipper’s Daughter, 1908
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on the stretcher on the reverse
24 x 30 ins ( 61 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $18,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
EDWIN HEADLEY HOLGATE
Autumn Tangle
oil on canvas
signed lower left
12.5 x 14.5 ins ( 31.8 x 36.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $50,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
CHARLES EDOUARD HUOT
Le Sanctus à la maison
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on a plaque affixed to the frame
14 x 19 ins ( 35.6 x 48.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Montreal River, Algoma, 1919
oil on wood
signed lower left; signed, titled, dated 1919 and inscribed “35.00” on the reverse; inscribed “To Jane Stewart Fifteen Years Since Oct. 25. 1924”; inscribed “Told us this was the exact spot from when J. E. MacDonald painted ‘The Solemn Land’”; NJG Inventory No. 2405 on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
Fall Live Auction
Session 1
Important Canadian & International Art
Lots 1-100
Wednesday December 6th at 4:00 pm EST
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 III
Lots 101-154
Wednesday December 6th at 7:00 pm EST
The Globe & Mail Centre, 17th Floor
351 King Street East, Toronto
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