The Group of Seven & Their Associates
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ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Georgian Bay
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “September 1981” on the reverse; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $18,000.00 - $22,000.00
Price Realized: $18,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY
Salal Bush, B.C.
ink and watercolour
titled, dated circa 1934 and Varley Inventory No. 534 on a label on the reverse
4.75 x 4 ins ( 12.1 x 10.2 cms ) ( sight )
This sale is now closed.
FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
April Snow
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on an artist label on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
This sale is now closed.
EDWIN HEADLEY HOLGATE
Morin Heights, Laurentians
oil on board
signed with initials lower left; signed, titled and dated 1959 on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized: $14,400.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
LIONEL LEMOINE FITZGERALD
Break in Storm
watercolour
titled on a gallery label on the reverse
16.25 x 11.25 ins ( 41.3 x 28.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
JOHN WILLIAM BEATTY
Early Spring, Algonquin Park
oil on board
signed lower left; titled to the gallery label on the reverse
11 x 9 ins ( 27.9 x 22.9 cms )
This sale is now closed.
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Ste Marthe, Gaspé
pencil on paper
signed lower right; titled and dated “April 1953” lower left
8.75 x 11 ins ( 22.2 x 27.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized: $2,400.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
GEORGE PAGINTON
Winter Landscape with Farm House
oil on canvas board
estate stamp on the reverse; titled on two labels on the support
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized: $3,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
Winter Cover
etching
signed lower right
3.25 x 2.8 ins ( 8.3 x 7.1 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,680.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
JOHN GOODWIN LYMAN
Self Portrait
ink
signed lower right
11.25 x 8.5 ins ( 28.6 x 21.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized: $1,140.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
ARTHUR LISMER
Tropical Fish, Pacific Islands, 1936
watercolour
signed twice lower right
12.25 x 18 ins ( 31.1 x 45.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized: $4,800.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
LAWRENCE ARTHUR COLLEY PANTON
Mist and Rock
oil on board
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
13 x 16 ins ( 33 x 40.6 cms )
This sale is now closed.
JOHN WILLIAM BEATTY
Late Afternoon, Ontario
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and inscribed “#5418” on the reverse
10 x 13.75 ins ( 25.4 x 34.9 cms )
This sale is now closed.
FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
Autumn in the Laurentians
gouache
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
5.5 x 7.5 ins ( 14 x 19.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized: $6,720.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
FREDERICK GRANT BANTING
Ships in Harbour, Gloucester, Mass.
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1932 on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized: $14,400.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
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