Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
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ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
After Rain, Redmond Bay, Lake Baptiste
oil on board
signed lower right; signed on a label on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Otter Head, Lake Superior
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled “Otter Head” and inscribed “H.U. Ross” on the reverse
20.25 x 25.25 ins ( 51.4 x 64.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $50,000.00 - $75,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Sunset at Port Loring
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1934 lower right
34 x 36 ins ( 86.4 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
MARC-AURÈLE FORTIN
Vieille maison, Ste-Rose
oil on board
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
17 x 17 ins ( 43.2 x 43.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Billowing Trees (New York), circa 1910-11
oil on canvas
Milne catalogue raisonné no. 103.91
15 x 18.25 ins ( 38.1 x 46.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
WILLIAM JAMES BENNETT
Views of Niagara Falls
four handcoloured aquatints
– "View of the British Fall Taken from Goat Island" – inscribed "painted and engraved by W.J.Bennett" in the lower margin (plate size 16.25 ins x 20.75 ins);
– "Part of the British Fall Taken from Under the Table Rock" – inscribed "painted by W.J. Bennett and engraved by J. Hill" in the lower margin (plate size 20.75 ins x 16.75 ins);
– "Part of the American Fall from the Foot of the Staircase" – inscribed "painted by W.J. Bennett and engraved by J. Hill" in the lower margin (plate size 20.75 x 16.75);
– "View of the American Fall Taken from Goat Island" – inscribed "painted and engraved by W.J. Bennett" in the lower margin (plate size 16 ins x 20.75 ins); each published by H.J. Megarey, New York [1829–31]
18.5 x 21.5 ins ( 47 x 54.6 cms ) ( each (sight) )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
JEAN PAUL LEMIEUX
Femme en noir
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1980 lower left; titled on the gallery label on the reverse
44.5 x 24.25 ins ( 113 x 61.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150,000.00 - $200,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
GUIDO MOLINARI
Serial, 1964/1966
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated “9/64” and “9/66” on the reverse
45 x 39 ins ( 114.3 x 99.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $125,000.00 - $150,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
GUIDO MOLINARI
Quantificateur, 1981
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated “6/81” on the reverse; unframed
78 x 60 ins ( 198.1 x 152.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
RITA LETENDRE
Winter Solstice
acrylic on canvas
signed titled and dated 1980 on the reverse; unframed
24 x 36 ins ( 61 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
RITA LETENDRE
The Subterranean
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1961 lower right; signed, titled and dated on the stretcher
36 x 42 ins ( 91.4 x 106.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
SYBIL ANDREWS
The Winch, 1930
colour linocut
signed, titled and numbered 30/50 upper left
8 x 11 ins ( 20.3 x 27.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
EDWIN HEADLEY HOLGATE
Totem Poles, no. 3
wood engraving
signed and inscribed “no 8” in the lower margin
6 x 5.25 ins ( 15.2 x 13.3 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Abstract #146
oil on canvas
numbered 146 upon the “Lawren Harris LSH Holdings Ltd.” stamp on the reverse
30 x 44 ins ( 76.2 x 111.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
GERSHON ISKOWITZ
Spring Landscape #1
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1967 on the reverse
52.25 x 40.25 ins ( 132.7 x 102.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Woman and Tapestry Pattern (Patsy Milne)
oil on canvas
Milne catalogue raisonné no. 105.60
18 x 20 ins ( 45.7 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $250,000.00 - $350,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
EMILY CARR
Untitled (Mount Verstovia, Sitka, Alaska)
watercolour
signed lower right
10.75 x 14 ins ( 27.3 x 35.6 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Untitled, Mt. Lake
oil on canvas
signed lower right; dated “030101 (January 1, 2003)” on the reverse
48 x 66 ins ( 121.9 x 167.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $35,000.00 - $45,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
WILLIAM KURELEK
Prairie Call to Cold Company (Nativity Series)
mixed media on board
signed with monogram and dated 1975 lower right; titled and inscribed “14” on the reverse
24 x 23.75 ins ( 61 x 60.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Sale Date: December 6th 2023
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Session 1
Important Canadian & International Art
Lots 1-100
Wednesday December 6th at 4:00 pm EST
The Globe & Mail Centre, 17th Floor
351 King Street East, Toronto
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An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art - Part III
Lots 101-154
Wednesday December 6th at 7:00 pm EST
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