Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
You are viewing artwork included in the Cowley Abbott Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art, taking place on Wednesday, November 27th 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.
GEORGE HERIOT
Dance of Indian Women
watercolour over graphite on paper laid down on card
signed, initialed and titled in the lower margin
8.5 x 12.75 in ( 21.6 x 32.4 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $18,000.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
GEORGE HERIOT
War Dance #1
watercolour over graphite on paper laid down on card
10.5 x 14.5 in ( 26.7 x 36.8 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $20,400.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
FREDERICK GRANT BANTING
Bylot Island
ink drawing
signed lower right; titled in the lower margin with further notations in the margins
4.75 x 6 in ( 12.1 x 15.2 cm )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $12,000.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
GORDON RAYNER
The Knave, 1957
oil on board
signed and dated 1957 upper left; signed, titled and dated "Oct. '57" on the reverse; titled to an exhibition label on the reverse
47.25 x 47 in ( 120 x 119.4 cm )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $21,600.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Highways, circa 1958
oil on board
signed lower left; titled and inscribed "This painting is the 'original sketch' used for the painting 'Highways' painted for the Imperial Bank of Canada and used on their 1959 calendar" on the reverse of the framing
12 x 16 in ( 30.5 x 40.6 cm )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $15,600.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
MOLLY LAMB BOBAK
Afternoon at Woolastook
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled "Afternoon at Woolostook" [sic] on the reverse
7 x 10.75 in ( 17.8 x 27.3 cm )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $19,200.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
CLARENCE ALPHONSE GAGNON
Couleurs au coucher de soleil, Charlevoix, 1923
oil on panel
titled, dated 1923 and certified by Lucile Rodier Gagnon (no. 147) on the reverse
6.25 x 9.25 in ( 15.9 x 23.5 cm )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $14,400.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
RONALD ALBERT MARTIN
Mass Plane Black, One in the Series, 1976-1977
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 in ( 61 x 45.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $26,400.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
HENRI BEAU
Untitled (View from a Lookout), 1911
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1911 lower left
27 x 42 in ( 68.6 x 106.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $16,800.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
FRANK STELLA
Spectralia (Axsom and Kolb 226), 1994
etching
signed, dated 1994 and numbered 7/75 lower left, with the printer’s blindstamp lower right; titled, dated 1995, and numbered on a gallery label on the backing. Printed and published by Tyler Graphics Limited, Mount Kisco
27 x 32.5 in ( 68.6 x 82.6 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $16,800.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
PETER CLAPHAM SHEPPARD
Circus, 1919
oil on board
signed lower left; titled "Circus (Study)", dated 1919, stamped by the estate of the artist (LG143) and inscribed "Sketch by Peter C. Sheppard...Back Stage, Grand Stands [sic], Toronto Exhibition" on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 in ( 21.6 x 26.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $7,200.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
JAN CYBIS
Untitled (Yellow Houses in Nowy Sacz), 1958
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, dated 1958 and inscribed “Zolte domy St. Sacz“ on the stretcher on the reverse
25.5 x 32 in ( 64.8 x 81.3 cm )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $14,400.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
IVAN KENNETH EYRE
Mythopoeic Prairie II, 1965
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1965 lower right
46 x 50.5 in ( 116.8 x 128.3 cm )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $10,200.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
IVAN KENNETH EYRE
Terrible & Sublime
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; titled on two gallery labels on the reverse
29.75 x 29.75 in ( 75.6 x 75.6 cm )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $19,200.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ
Distortion #40, Paris, 1933
gelatin silver print
signed, dated 1933 and inscribed #40 on the reverse; titled and dated on a label, further titled and dated on an exhibition label on the backing on the reverse. Printed later
7.38 x 9.62 in ( 18.7 x 24.4 cm ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $6,600.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
RENÉ PORTOCARRERO
Head and Shoulder, Study of a Man
gouache on paper
signed lower right
19 x 14 in ( 48.3 x 35.6 cm ) ( sheet )
Sale closed.
JAMES DUNCAN
Bonsecours Market, St. Paul Street, about 1852
watercolour over graphite on paper
signed lower left; titled and dated “circa 1848” on a label on the reverse
15.5 x 24 in ( 39.4 x 61 cm )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $66,000.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
JAMES DUNCAN
Sleighing on the St. Lawrence, 1846
watercolour and gouache over graphite on paper
signed lower left
15.5 x 26 in ( 39.4 x 66 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $22,800.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
ROY KIYOOKA
Strang, 1963
enamel and aqua-tex on paper glazed with polymer
signed and dated 1963 lower right; titled and dated "December 1963" on an artist label on the reverse
45.25 x 35 in ( 114.9 x 88.9 cm )
Sale closed.
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