Banting to Blackwood: A Century of Canadian Art
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ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Old Birch Trees, Calabogie
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 in ( 26.7 x 34.3 cm )
Auction Estimate: $18,000.00 - $22,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
FREDERICK GRANT BANTING
Rock Island Near French River
oil on board
signed and titled on the reverse
9.75 x 13.25 in ( 24.8 x 33.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
View from Robertson's Island, Georgian Bay, 1967
oil on panel
signed lower right; signed (twice) and titled (twice) and dated "August 1967" and the Naomi Jackson Groves inventory number (”NJG 1289”) on the reverse; titled on the gallery and auction labels on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 in ( 26.7 x 34.3 cm )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
FREDERICK GRANT BANTING
Icefields, circa 1933
oil on panel
inscribed "This was painted in 1933 (?) by Dr. Banting, according to Dr. M. O. Malte" on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 in ( 21.6 x 26.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Mount Tremblant
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1946 lower right; titled on the gallery label on the reverse
16 x 20 in ( 40.6 x 50.8 cm )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
EMILY CARR
British Columbia Landscape with Train Trestle, circa 1905-1909
watercolour
signed middle left
7 x 11.5 in ( 17.8 x 29.2 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Winterlands
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1946 lower right
16 x 20 in ( 40.6 x 50.8 cm )
Auction Estimate: $9,000.00 - $12,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
JOHN WILLIAM BEATTY
Beech Woods, 1927
oil on panel
signed lower right; signed, dated "Nov 26th/27" and inscribed "This painting passes today from my hands to those of a dear student of mine whose progress I have watched for some time & who I know does appreciate it as much for its associations as for its merits the latter of which I pray that it may possess" on the reverse
10.25 x 13.75 in ( 26 x 34.9 cm )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
CHARLES FRASER COMFORT
The Lismer Tree, Georgian Bay
oil on panel
signed lower right, titled and dated "July 1968" on the exhibition label on the reverse
13.25 x 17 in ( 33.7 x 43.2 cm )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
April Iceberg off Bragg's Island
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1969 and inscribed "artist's proof" in the lower margin; titled and dated to the gallery label on the reverse
19.75 x 31.75 in ( 50.2 x 80.6 cm ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
RITA LETENDRE
Sans titre, 1959
gouache on paper
signed and dated 1959 lower right
9.75 x 13.75 in ( 24.8 x 34.9 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
LAWREN HARRIS
Mount Sampson, Jasper Park
ink on paper
signed lower right
7 x 8.5 in ( 17.8 x 21.6 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
MARCEL DZAMA
Reason to Believe
acrylic
lower right; inscribed 'TO WAYNE THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS THE GREATEST YEAR OF MY LIFE, THANKS MARCEL, MERRY X' on the reverse; unframed
30 x 24 in ( 76.2 x 61 cm )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
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 )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Feeding
acrylic on paper
signed in syllabics lower left; titled and dated 1978 on a gallery label on the reverse
17.5 x 23.5 in ( 44.5 x 59.7 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
ALEX SIMEON JANVIER
Ageless Beauty
acrylic on canvas mounted to board
signed and inscribed "287" lower right; titled on the reverse; unframed
16 x 20 in ( 40.6 x 50.8 cm )
Auction Estimate: $9,000.00 - $12,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
White Breaking, 1965
oil on board
signed, titled and dated 1965-69 on the reverse of the framing; titled and dated 1965-69 to the gallery label on the reverse
36 x 48 in ( 91.4 x 121.9 cm )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
JEAN ALBERT MCEWEN
Blanc et Noir, comme un livre ouvert
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1964 on the reverse
30 x 30 in ( 76.2 x 76.2 cm )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $16,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
MOLLY LAMB BOBAK
Crowd Scene
oil on board
signed upper right
12 x 10 in ( 30.5 x 25.4 cm )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Opens June 10th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes June 24th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
June Online Auctions
Session 1 - Modern & Contemporary International Art
(Lots 1-58)
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Session 2 - Banting to Blackwood: A Century of Canadian Art
(Lots 71-102)
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Session 3 - Artwork from a Canadian Corporate Collection
(Lots 111-144)
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Session 4 - Works from the Estate of William Ronald
(Lots 155-169)
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Session 5 - Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid
(Lots 175-184)
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