En plein air
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ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
First Snow, Senneville, P.Q.
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1936 lower left
18 x 24 in ( 45.7 x 61 cm )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized: $10,200.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
GEORGE PAGINTON
Pipe Laying
oil and oil pastel on board
30 x 26 in ( 76.2 x 66 cm )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized: $4,800.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
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
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Fishing Fleet, Gloucester
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
24 x 30 in ( 61 x 76.2 cm )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized: $4,080.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
FARQUHAR MCGILLIVRAY STRACHAN KNOWLES
St. Catherine Bay, River St. Lawrence
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1884 lower left; signed and titled on the stretcher on the reverse
22 x 38.5 in ( 55.9 x 97.8 cm )
This sale is now closed.
FREDERICK NICHOLAS LOVEROFF
Prairie Landscape
oil on board
8.5 x 10.25 in ( 21.6 x 26 cm )
This sale is now closed.
JOHN GOODWIN LYMAN
Boat Racing, Lake Massawippi, P.Q.
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated "c.1945" to the framing plaque; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
5.5 x 7 in ( 14 x 17.8 cm )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized: $4,800.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
ALLEN SAPP
Going to Visit Nokum
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; titled on the reverse; titled to a label on the reverse
24 x 24 in ( 61 x 61 cm )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized: $2,880.00
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
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
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS
Temple Lodge
colour woodblock print
signed, titled and numbered 19/100 in the lower margin
11 x 7.25 in ( 27.9 x 18.4 cm ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized: $6,720.00
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
THOMAS KEITH ROBERTS
Reflections, Opeongo River
oil on board
signed lower left; titled to the artist's label on the reverse
24 x 48 in ( 61 x 121.9 cm )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized: $3,840.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
GEORGE PAGINTON
Majestic Trees, 1939
oil on canvasboard
artist's initials stamped lower right; titled and dated circa 1939 on an exhibition label on the reverse
15 x 18 in ( 38.1 x 45.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized: $2,640.00
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
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Field and Hills, Bright Day, circa 1947
oil on masonite
signed lower right; titled to two gallery labels on the reverse
20 x 24 in ( 50.8 x 61 cm )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized: $2,280.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
JOHN KASYN
Behind Montrose Ave
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1979 on the reverse; titled on the artist's label on the reverse
15 x 11 in ( 38.1 x 27.9 cm )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized: $4,080.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
ILLINGWORTH HOLEY KERR
Montreal River, Gowganda Ont.
oil on board
signed with monogram lower right; signed, titled and dated 1939 on the reverse
10 x 12 in ( 25.4 x 30.5 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized: $1,440.00
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
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