Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
You are viewing artwork included in the Cowley Abbott Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art, taking place on Wednesday, June 15th at Toronto's Globe & Mail Centre. In-Person, Absentee, Telephone and Real-Time Online Bidding is available to collectors for participation in this auction. Purchased artwork is subject to the 20% Buyer's Premium (21% if purchased via Auction Mobility's interface) and applicable taxes. Further details regarding buying with Cowley Abbott can be found by referring to our Conditions of Sale and the "How to Purchase" page.
JEAN ALBERT MCEWEN
Auto-portrait ocre et rouge #6
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1980 on the reverse
70 x 50 ins ( 177.8 x 127 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
French Canadian Habitants Playing at Cards
oil on canvas
signed lower left
14 x 20 ins ( 35.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100,000.00 - $200,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Saint-Tite-des-Caps
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed, titled, dated “April 1946” and inscribed “Studio Building; Severn St.,Toronto” on the stretcher
19 x 24 ins ( 48.3 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $80,000.00 - $120,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Bide-A-Wee Cottage in Honey Harbour, Georgian Bay
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1920 lower right
25 x 36 ins ( 63.5 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
ARTHUR HENRY HOWARD HEMING
Nearing a Fur Post
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed and titled on the stretcher
35 x 45 ins ( 88.9 x 114.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Mill Lake, Parry Sound
oil on board
signed lower left; titled on a label on the reverse
9.25 x 11.25 ins ( 23.5 x 28.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
GERSHON ISKOWITZ
Night Blue Red - B
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1981 on the reverse
54 x 45 ins ( 137.2 x 114.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $35,000.00 - $45,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Unionville Church, Winter
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1944 lower right
20 x 26 ins ( 50.8 x 66 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
HOMER RANSFORD WATSON
The Cottage by the Pond
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1889 lower left; signed and titled on a label on the reverse
14 x 18 ins ( 35.6 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
PETER CLAPHAM SHEPPARD
Nude in Profile
oil on canvas
estate stamp on the reverse
30 x 15 ins ( 76.2 x 38.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
GERSHON ISKOWITZ
Untitled (Studies for the Umbrella)
two oils on canvas
each unsigned; each stamped by the Gershon Iskowitz Foundation on the reverse (Inventory numbers B248A & B248B); each unframed; sold together with an umbrella from the resulting project by the artist and the Volunteer Committee, Art Gallery of Ontario
“Untitled” (B248A; purple and yellow segments): 25 ins x 30 ins; 62.5 cms x 75 cms
“Untitled” (B248B; orange, green & blue segments); 24 ins x 39 ins; 60 cms x 97.5 cms
25 x 30 ins ( 63.5 x 76.2 cms ) ( smaller canvas )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
GERSHON ISKOWITZ
Late Summer Evening
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1962 lower right; Gershon Iskowitz Foundation stamp (Inventory #B19) on the reverse
45 x 50 ins ( 114.3 x 127 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Lagoon, Georgian Bay
oil on panel
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated “August 1956” on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
JEAN-PHILIPPE DALLAIRE
Les masques
oil on board
signed upper centre; titled and dated 1957 on the reverse
6.5 x 16.25 ins ( 16.5 x 41.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Sale Date: June 15th 2022
Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
Wednesday, June 15th at 7:00 pm EDT
The Globe & Mail Centre
351 King Street East, Toronto
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May 9th to June 15th
Cowley Abbott Gallery
326 Dundas Street West, Toronto
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