En plein air
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ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Untitled (Landscape with Palm Trees)
oil on board
signed lower left; with an estate stamp on the reverse
14 x 18 in ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
This sale is now closed.
FRANK MILTON ARMINGTON
Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
oil on panel
signed and dated 1923 lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
10.25 x 8.5 in ( 26 x 21.6 cm )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized: $5,040.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
FRANK MILTON ARMINGTON
Boulevard St. Michel, Paris
oil on panel
signed and dated 1926 lower left; signed, titled, and inscribed "cleaned and varnished 1975" on the reverse
8.5 x 10.75 in ( 21.6 x 27.3 cm )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized: $3,360.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
ERNEST CAVEN ATKINS
Totem Poles
linocut
signed, titled, dated 1931 and numbered 11/26 in the lower margin; titled and dated 1931 to the exhibition label on the reverse
6.25 x 4.75 in ( 15.9 x 12.1 cm ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized: $600.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
WILFRED MOLSON BARNES
When Morning Comes
oil on board
signed lower left; titled on an exhibition label on the reverse
9.5 x 13.25 in ( 24.1 x 33.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized: $540.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
JOHN WILLIAM BEATTY
The Bridge at the Devil's Elbow
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the artist's label on the reverse
10.5 x 14 in ( 26.7 x 35.6 cm )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized: $1,080.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
JOHN WILLIAM BEATTY
Showery Weather, Ontario
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the artist's label on the reverse; unframed
10 x 13.75 in ( 25.4 x 34.9 cm )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
The Meeting of the Waters
watercolour
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
10 x 14.25 in ( 25.4 x 36.2 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,140.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
WILLIAM BRYMNER
Pastoral Landscape
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1889 lower right
10 x 13 in ( 25.4 x 33 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized: $1,320.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
FREDERICK SPROSTON CHALLENER
Floral Still Life
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1891 lower right
16.5 x 9 in ( 41.9 x 22.9 cm )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized: $780.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
THOMAS FREDERICK HAIG CHATFIELD
Fall Mountain
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the gallery label on the reverse
16 x 20 in ( 40.6 x 50.8 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,080.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
THOMAS FREDERICK HAIG CHATFIELD
Canadian Colour
acrylic on paper
signed lower left; titled and inscribed "Pine Lake, Gravenhurst" on the artist's label on the reverse
21 x 28 in ( 53.3 x 71.1 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized: $1,320.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
WILLIAM HENRY CLAPP
Overhanging Streambank
oil on board
signed and dated (twice) 1937 lower left; titled on a label on the reverse; inscribed "C 6911 208" on the gallery label on the reverse
15 x 18 in ( 38.1 x 45.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized: $2,880.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
EDITH GRACE COOMBS
Nature's Lily Pool
oil on board
signed lower centre right; signed and titled on the reverse
20 x 24 in ( 50.8 x 61 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $960.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
BRUNO CÔTÉ
Misty on the River
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse; titled on the gallery label on the reverse
24 x 20 in ( 61 x 50.8 cm )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized: $3,360.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
BRUNO CÔTÉ
Cabane a Sucre
oil on board
signed and dated 1972 lower left; titled on the framing plaque
23.5 x 17.5 in ( 59.7 x 44.5 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
BRUNO CÔTÉ
En arriere des eboulements
oil on board
signed and dated 1974 lower right; titled on the reverse
20 x 24 in ( 50.8 x 61 cm )
This sale is now closed.
BRUNO CÔTÉ
St. Urbain
oil on board
signed and dated 1973 lower right; titled on the reverse
17.75 x 24 in ( 45.1 x 61 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
ETHEL CURRY
Shoreline Landscape
double-sided oil on board
signed lower right; untitled landscape on the reverse
10.5 x 13 in ( 26.7 x 33 cm )
This sale is now closed.
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