The Group of Seven & Their Associates
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JAMES EDWARD HERVEY MACDONALD
Gull River in Coboconk
oil on board
signed with initials and dated 1924 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse and on a label on the reverse; a landscape with trees on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized: $20,400.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
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 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
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
FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
The Valley Stream
oil on board
signed lower left; titled on the artist’s label on the reverse
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized: $9,600.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
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.
FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
Over Georgian Bay
oil on board
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized: $6,600.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
EDWIN HEADLEY HOLGATE
Woman with Shawl in Chair
woodcut
signed in the lower margin
7.25 x 5.5 ins ( 18.4 x 14 cms ) ( sight )
This sale is now closed.
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.
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.
EDWIN HEADLEY HOLGATE
The Woodchopper
woodcut
signed and inscribed “No. 4/20” in the lower margin
6.25 x 8.75 ins ( 15.9 x 22.2 cms ) ( plate size )
This sale is now closed.
LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Mountains #3, 1929
pencil
inscribed with artist notations; titled on a gallery label, inscribed “239” and an unfinished sketch on the reverse
7.25 x 10 ins ( 18.4 x 25.4 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized: $4,800.00
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.
JOHN WILLIAM BEATTY
Spring Landscape
oil on board
signed and dated 1929 lower right
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized: $3,840.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
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
CHARLES FRASER COMFORT
Opeongo Ridge, Lake Clear
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on a label on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized: $7,800.00
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
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