En plein air
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MARGARET MCCLURE
Portrait of a Man
mixed media
initialed lower right
7.75 x 5.75 in ( 19.7 x 14.6 cm )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized: $240.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Untitled, Stream in Winter
watercolour, oil and charcoal
signed lower left
8 x 11 in ( 20.3 x 27.9 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized: $360.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
DOUGLAS FERGUSON ELLIOTT
Afternoon Silhouettes, Indian Harbour, Nova Scotia
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the artist label on the reverse
12 x 20 in ( 30.5 x 50.8 cm )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized: $240.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
FERNAND LABELLE
Transition
oil on canvas
signed lower right and inscribed "dans Charlevoix" lower left; signed and titled on the reverse; titled on the gallery label on the reverse
30 x 40.5 in ( 76.2 x 102.9 cm )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized: $192.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
LIONEL MACDONALD STEPHENSON
Fort Garry
oil on board
initialled lower left, titled and dated 1869 lower right
11 x 16.5 in ( 27.9 x 41.9 cm )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized: $450.00
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
HENRY SANDHAM
Second Architecture, Chateau Fort Bouillon
oil on card
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
8.5 x 6 in ( 21.6 x 15.2 cm )
This sale is now closed.
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.
SIGMUND SERAFIN
Tawny Grass
oil on masonite
signed lower left; titled and dated 1969 on the reverse; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
12.5 x 16.75 in ( 31.8 x 42.5 cm )
This sale is now closed.
GEORGE ARTHUR KULMALA
The Log Barn
oil on board
signed lower left; titled and numbered "17" to a gallery label on the reverse
10 x 12 in ( 25.4 x 30.5 cm )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized: $450.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
JANE VANEVERY
Farmhouse with Woman; Winter Landscape with Trees
double-sided oil on board and book
signed lower left; sold together with "With Faith, Ignorance and Delight: Homer Watson" (Jane VanEvery, England, 1967)
13.25 x 17 in ( 33.7 x 43.2 cm )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized: $480.00
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
ALLEN SAPP
Bundled in the Sleigh
oil on canvas on panel
signed lower right
4.5 x 6.25 in ( 11.4 x 15.9 cm )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized: $1,140.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
JOHN DOUGLAS LAWLEY
Percé Rock
oil on canvasboard
signed lower right
16 x 20 in ( 40.6 x 50.8 cm )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized: $660.00
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
GEORGE PAGINTON
New Brunswick
oil on board
signed lower right
7 x 7.75 in ( 17.8 x 19.7 cm )
This sale is now closed.
JOSEPH SIDNEY HALLAM
Fruit Store (with Cat)
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled on the reverse; titled and dated 1950 to a label on the reverse
20 x 26 in ( 50.8 x 66 cm )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized: $2,040.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
FREDERICK WILLIAM HUTCHISON
Road to Malbaie, P.Q.
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
12.25 x 16.5 in ( 31.1 x 41.9 cm )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
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