Session 1 - Unbound Forms: Post-War & Contemporary Art
Session 2 - Refocus: Important Photography from Canadian Collections
Session 3 - Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper
Session 4 - Canadian Prints & Drawings
Session 5 - The Art of Atlantic Canada
Session 6 - First Nations & Inuit Art
Session 7 - Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid
The Art of Atlantic Canada
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MAUD LEWIS
Winter (Yoke of Oxen with Three Legs)
mixed media on board
signed lower right; titled on the label on the reverse
11.5 x 11.25 in ( 29.2 x 28.6 cm )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Gram Glover Dreams
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1969 and numbered 4/20 in the lower margin
32 x 20 in ( 81.3 x 50.8 cm ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
DAVID ALEXANDER COLVILLE
Artist and Blue Jay, 1993
colour serigraph
signed, dated 1993 and numbered 66/70 in the lower margin
13 x 21 in ( 33 x 53.3 cm ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Wesleyville, Night Passage, Bennett's High Island
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1981 and numbered 40/50 in the lower margin; titled, dated and numbered 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 July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
MARY PRATT
Purple Grapes, 2009
mixed media monotype print
signed and dated 2009 lower right; titled, numbered 1/1 and inscribed "mixed media" in the lower margin; titled to a label on the reverse
8 x 8.25 in ( 20.3 x 21 cm ) ( image size )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
MOLLY LAMB BOBAK
End of an Era, 1955
oil on board
signed and dated 1955 lower right; titled on two labels on the reverse
15 x 28 in ( 38.1 x 71.1 cm )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
MARY PRATT
Green Grapes
colour monotype print
signed, titled, dated 1995, numbered 1/1 and inscribed "unique print" in the lower margin
8 x 8.25 in ( 20.3 x 21 cm ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
BRUNO JOSEPH BOBAK
Snow Falling on Tamaracks
oil on canvas
signed lower right
12 x 16 in ( 30.5 x 40.6 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
DAVID ALEXANDER COLVILLE
August (From "Labours of the Month"), 1978
colour lithograph
titled, dated 1978 and numbered "edition of 75" to the gallery label on the reverse
9.75 x 8.25 in ( 24.8 x 21 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
CHRISTOPHER PRATT
Woman at Dresser
photolithographic reproduction
signed, numbered 80/100 and inscribed "photo litho reproduction" in the lower margin
11 x 12.75 in ( 27.9 x 32.4 cm ) ( image size )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
CHRISTOPHER PRATT
Shop on an Island
photolithographic reproduction
signed, titled, numbered "AC 1/20" and inscribed "photo litho reproduction" in the lower margin
11 x 12.75 in ( 27.9 x 32.4 cm ) ( image size )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
FRANK SHIRLEY PANABAKER
Fog, Nova Scotia Coast
oil on board
signed lower left; titled and inscribed "56744" on the reverse
16 x 20 in ( 40.6 x 50.8 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
ROD CHARLESWORTH
Autumn Shadows, Halifax
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
26.75 x 10.25 in ( 67.9 x 26 cm )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
ERIC RIORDON
Breakers, Cape Breton
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled to two labels on the reverse; Condition Noted: significant buckling of canvas and vertical scuff at right side
12 x 16 in ( 30.5 x 40.6 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
GORDON PETERS
Rainy Day, Rustico, P.E.I.
watercolour
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
13.5 x 21.5 in ( 34.3 x 54.6 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Landscape (New Brunswick, Canada)
watercolour
signed lower right; inscribed "H6974" on the reverse; titled to the gallery label on the reverse of the frame
13.5 x 19.75 in ( 34.3 x 50.2 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
WILLIAM EDWARD DEGARTHE
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
oil on canvas
signed lower right
22 x 30 in ( 55.9 x 76.2 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Opens July 8th at 10:00:00 AM EDT
Closes July 22nd at 04:30:00 PM EDT
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Session 2 - Refocus: Important Photography from Canadian Collections
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Session 3 - Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper
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Session 4 - Canadian Prints & Drawings
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Session 5 - The Art of Atlantic Canada
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