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December Online Auction of Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction)
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NORVAL MORRISSEAU
The Image of David on the Astral Plane
colour silkscreen print
signed, titled and numbered 26/160 in the lower margin
31.5 x 12.5 ins ( 80 x 31.8 cms ) ( image )
Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $425.00Next bid is: $450.00
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ELIYAHKOTA SAMUALIE
Imaginary Bird
stonecut and stencil
inscribed with artist’s name, titled, numbered 22/50 and inscribed “Dorset 1976” in the lower margin
24.5 x 34 ins ( 62.2 x 86.4 cms )
Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $150.00Next bid is: $175.00
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PUDLO PUDLAT
Hunter’s Illusion
stonecut
signed, titled, dated 1990 and numberd 5/50 in the margin
25.75 x 19.5 ins ( 65.4 x 49.5 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $140.00Next bid is: $165.00
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UNIDENTIFIED
Walrus/Bird Transformation
stone
inscribed with syllabics on the underside
4.75 x 7.25 x 4.75 ins ( 12.1 x 18.4 x 12.1 cms ) ( overall )
Estimated: $175.00 - $225.00
Next bid is: $125.00
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JOHNNY AMARUALI ALASUA
Standing Figure of a Man
stone
inscribed “Johnny” with disc number E9-1491 on the underside of the feet; Condition Note: repaired and tip of hood damaged
6 x 3 x 2.5 ins ( 15.2 x 7.6 x 6.4 cms ) ( overall )
Estimated: $150.00 - $200.00
Next bid is: $100.00
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UNIDENTIFIED
Goose
stone
disc number E5-595 and inscribed in syllabics on the underside; Condition Noted: repaired, some chips remain
3.25 x 2 x 5.5 ins ( 8.3 x 5.1 x 14 cms ) ( overall )
Estimated: $100.00 - $150.00
Current bid: $75.00Next bid is: $100.00
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DAVID ANGOTIJUAQ
Traversing Figures
stone; inlaid ivory
signed in syllabics with disc number E5-200 inscribed; Condition Noted: rear figure is loose from base
3 x 1.5 x 5.75 ins ( 7.6 x 3.8 x 14.6 cms ) ( overall )
Estimated: $125.00 - $175.00
Next bid is: $100.00
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IKAYUKTA TUNNILLIE
Timiat Qimiklu
lithograph
inscribed with artist’s name, titled, numbered 13/50 and inscribed “Dorset 1976” in the lower margin
12.75 x 18.75 ins ( 32.4 x 47.6 cms )
Estimated: $150.00 - $200.00
Current bid: $100.00Next bid is: $125.00
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December 12th at 03:00:00 PM EST
ELIYAHKOTA SAMUALIE
Field of Birds
stonecut and stencil
inscribed with artist’s name, titled, numbered 42/50 and inscribed “Dorset 1978” in the lower margin
24 x 35.5 ins ( 61 x 90.2 cms )
Estimated: $150.00 - $250.00
Current bid: $125.00Next bid is: $150.00
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SIMON BRASCOUPE
Untitled (Two Geese)
silkscreen
signed and dated “29-11-82” lower right
18.5 x 24 ins ( 47 x 61 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $75.00 - $125.00
Current bid: $80.00Next bid is: $105.00
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UNIDENTIFIED
Narwhal
stone; bone
original igloo sticker tag intact on base; Condition Noted: Base is cracked and taped; tail is repaired
2.5 x 2.75 x 11.5 ins ( 6.4 x 7 x 29.2 cms ) ( overall )
Estimated: $100.00 - $150.00
Current bid: $125.00Next bid is: $150.00
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DANIEL KANATSIAQ
Composition; Birds in Rookery & Figure Throwing Stones
stone; segments glued to base
inscribed in Roman “Kanatsia” with disc number E5-202 on the underside
4.25 x 4 x 4 ins ( 10.8 x 10.2 x 10.2 cms ) ( overall )
Estimated: $75.00 - $125.00
Current bid: $50.00Next bid is: $75.00
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PAT DIXON
Eagle
argillite brooch (with two additional pieces)
Pat Dixon - “Eagle” (argillte, signed, titled and dated “6/84” on the reverse; a metal loop present through a hole in the upper centre; 2 ins x 1.25 ins); sold together with “Beaver” (argillite brooch; signed indistinctly, dated 1973, titled, inscribed to a previous owner and “Haida, BC, Canada” on the reverse; 1.5 ins x 1.5 ins); and “Killer Whale” (metal pendent, etched initials “PS” on the reverse); 2 ins x 1.75 ins overall)
2 x 1.25 ins ( 5.1 x 3.2 cms ) ( Eagle )
Estimated: $75.00 - $100.00
Current bid: $75.00Next bid is: $100.00
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ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Birch Island; Summer Storm; Grey October Morning
three colour serigraphs
each signed with initials, titled and numbered: “Birch Island” AP 33/60; “Summer Storm” AP 38/60; “Grey October Morning” AP 39/60; each unframed
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms ) ( each sheet )
Estimated: $400.00 - $600.00
Current bid: $450.00Next bid is: $475.00
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ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Rock Cluster Madawaska River, 1963; On the York River; Pink Farm House
three colour serigraphs
each signed with initials, titled and numbered: “Rock Cluster Madawaska River, 1963” AP 39/60; “On the York River” AP 37/60; “Pink Town House” AP 36/60; each unframed
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms ) ( each sheet )
Estimated: $400.00 - $600.00
Current bid: $375.00Next bid is: $400.00
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ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
A.J. Casson: The Graphic Works
book with four prints
“Prelude”; “Autumn Afternoon”; “Grey Day”; “General Store”; each signed with initials, titled and numbered 17/60 in pencil in the lower margin; housed in portfolio box with cover page
19.25 x 21.5 ins ( 48.9 x 54.6 cms ) ( each sheet )
Estimated: $600.00 - $800.00
Current bid: $500.00Next bid is: $550.00
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ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
A.J. Casson: The Group of Seven Commemorative Anniversary Suite; Folio Two: Watercolours
folio of seven colour serigraphs
“North Shore”; “King Side Road”; “Magnetawan”; “School House”; “Winter Sun”; “Rapids”; “Farm House”; each signed with initials, titled and numbered AP 43/75 in pencil in the lower margin; housed in card portfolio box with cover page; all unframed
25.5 x 30 ins ( 64.8 x 76.2 cms ) ( each sheet )
Estimated: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Current bid: $700.00Next bid is: $750.00
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BILL RONALD REID
“The Salmon” by Roderick Haig-Brown
“The Salmon” written by Roderick Haig-Brown (with David Denbigh, Robert H. Reid and L.H. Legeault; contained within the original portfolio which includes five unsigned prints by Bill Reid (”The Legacy”); five unsigned lithographs by J. Stewart and John Miller (”The Atlantic”); five unsigned prints by David Denbigh (”The Pacific”); four unsigned prints by Rudy Kovach & two unsigned prints by David Denbigh (”The Cycle); the collection housed in a cloth-covered drop-back box, with wooden sides and a replica of Bill Reid’s sculpture “Haida Salmon” in simulated argilite inset on the front; within the original slipcover
17 x 22 ins ( 43.2 x 55.9 cms ) ( each sheet )
Estimated: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Next bid is: $650.00
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PAUL DUVAL AND ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Casson’s Cassons
leather bound book
Volume Two: Abbot Mill Press, Toronto, 1990, First Edition; includes 51 signed and numbered colour lithographs, numbered AP 23/60; housed in a grey suede fold-over box
13.25 x 14.5 x 2.5 ins ( 33.7 x 36.8 x 6.4 cms ) ( book size )
Estimated: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $900.00
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BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Fifteen Canadian Art Reference Books
“Impressionism in Canada: A Journey of Rediscovery” (A.K. Prakash, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, 2015); “Architects & Artisans: Canadian Art 1890-1918” (Charles C. Hill, National Gallery Artistsof Canada, Ottawa, 2013); “Painting in Canada: A History” (John Russell Harper, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1966); “Treasures of The National Gallery of Canada” (David Franklin, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2003); “Canadian Art - Volumes 1 A-F and II G-K” (Charles C. Hill and Pierre B. Landry, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1988-1994); “The National Gallery of Canada” (Jean Sutherland Boggs, Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1971); “Index to Art in Canada to 1930” (Electronic resource, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa); “A Place for Art: The Architecture of the National Gallery of Canada” (Witold Rybczynski, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1993); “The Contemporary Arts Society: Montréal, 1939-1948 = La Société d’art Contemporain: Montréal, 1939-1948” (Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, c. 1980); “The Flat Side of the Landscape: The Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops” (John O’Brian, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, 1989);
“Canadian Art: It’s Origin & Development” (William G. Colgate, The Ryerson Press, Toronto, c. 1943); “Saskatchewan: Art and Artists” (Terry Fenton and Wayne Morgan, Regina, s.n., 1971); “Our Own Country Canada: Being An Account of the National Aspirations of the Principal Landscape Artists in Montreal and Toronto 1860-1890” (Dennis Reid, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1979); “The True North: Canadian Landscape Painting 1896-1939” (Barbican Art Gallery, Lund Humphries, London, 1991); “Abstraction West: Emma Lake and after = Abstraction dans l’ouest le lac et après” (Terry Fenton, National Gallery of Canada Journal No. 11, 1 March 1976)
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Estimated: $350.00 - $450.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes in 20 hours and 55 minutes
December 12th at 03:00:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Fifteen Canadian Art Reference Books
“The Tranquility and the Turbulence” (Roger Boulet, M.B. Loates, Markham, Ont., c.1981); “The Group of Seven: Art for A Nation” (Charles C. Hill, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1995); “John Lyman, 1886-1967” (Louise Dompierre, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ont., c.1986); “André Biéler: An Artist’s Life and Times (Frances K. Smith, Firefly Books, Toronto, 2006); “The Art of Tom Thomson” (Joan Murray, AGO, Toronto, 1971); “David Milne: Painting Place = David Milne: un coin pour peindr” (Rosemarie L. Tovell, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1976); “Emily Carr” (Doris Shadbolt, Douglas & McIntyre, Toronto, 1990); “J.W. Morrice” (Lucie Dorais, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1985); “C.W. Jefferys” (Robert H. Stacey, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1985); “Bertram Brooker, 1885-1955” (Dennis Reid, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1979); “Jock Macdonald, 1897-1960” (Joyce Zemans, National Gallery of Canadam Ottawa, 1985); “Philip Surrey” (Jacques de Roussan, Lidec, Montreal, 1968); “Jock Macdonald: The Inner Landscape” A Retrospective Exhibition” (Joyce Zemans, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1981); “Jock Macdonald: Retrospective Exhibition” (National Hallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1969); “Walter J. Phillips: A Selection of His Works and Thoughts = un choix de son oeuvre et de ses réflexions” (Michael J. Gribbon, National Gallery of Canada for the Corporation of the National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, 1978)
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Estimated: $300.00 - $400.00
Next bid is: $250.00
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THOMAS KEITH ROBERTS
Main Street
silkscreen
signed lower right; Sampson-Matthews label affixed to the reverse; condition noted bottom right
19.75 x 26.75 ins ( 50.2 x 67.9 cms )
Estimated: $300.00 - $400.00
Next bid is: $200.00
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SYDNEY HOLLINGER WATSON
St. Lawrence Town, Quebec
silkscreen
signed lower right; Sampson-Matthews label affixed to the reverse; condition noted along top edge
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Estimated: $300.00 - $500.00
Next bid is: $200.00
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December 12th at 03:00:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Twelve Canadian Art Magazine Issues
includes October-November 1943, November 1946, Spring-Summer 1948, Christmas-New Year 1949-50, October 1951, Spring 1952, New Year 1955, Summer 1955, Winter 1956, Spring 1956, Autumn 1958, Spring 1957
10 x 7.5 ins ( 25.4 x 19.1 cms ) ( each )
Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $150.00Next bid is: $175.00
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PAUL DUVAL
Barker Fairley Limited Edition Book, includes two lithographs
“Barker Fairley” (Paul Duval, Marianne Friedland Gallery Limited, 1980) signed by Barker Fairley and author on inside page, includes 2 unframed lithographs - each signed and numbered 171/300 (11.5 ins x 11 ins (sheet)) enclosed in front pages; in original case
13 x 12.25 x 1.25 ins ( 33 x 31.1 x 3.2 cms )
Estimated: $250.00 - $350.00
Current bid: $200.00Next bid is: $225.00
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RODOLPHE DUGUAY
Sans titre (Maison)
woodblock print
signed in the lower margin
4.75 x 5.75 ins ( 12.1 x 14.6 cms ) ( image )
Estimated: $250.00 - $350.00
Next bid is: $200.00
Closes in 20 hours and 55 minutes
December 12th at 03:00:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Fifteen Canadian Art Reference Books
“Garry Neill Kennedy: Printed Matter, 1971-2009 = imprimés, 1971-2009” (Peter Trepanier, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2012); “FitzGerald as Printmaker: A Catalogue Raisonné of the First Complete Exhibition of His Printed Works” (Helen Coy, University of Manitoba Press, Winnipeg, 1982); “In Seclusion with Nature: The Later Work of L. LeMoine Fitzgerald, 1942-1956” (Michael Parke-Taylor, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1989); “Beauty in a Common Thing: Drawings and Prints by L.L. Fitzgerald” (Christine Lalonde, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2004); “Lionel LeMoine Fitzgerald, 1890-1956: The Development of An Artist” (The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1978); “Caroline and Frank Armington: Canadian Painter-Etchers in Paris” (Janet Braide and Nancy Parke-Taylor, Region of Peel Art Gallery, Brampton, Ont., 1989); “Franklin Carmichael: prints = gravures” (McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, Ont., 1984); “The Prints of Edwin Holgate = Les gravures d’Edwin Holgate” (Ian M, Thom, The Gallery, Kleinburg, Ont., 1989); “A New Class of Art: The Artists’s Print in Canadian Art, 1877-1920” (Rosemarie L. Tovell, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1996); “The Wood Engravings of Laurence Hyde” (Patyricia Ainslie, The Museum, Calgary, C. 1986); “Margaret Shelton: Block Prints, 1936-1984” (Patricia Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 1984); “Cecil Buller: Modernist Printmaker = graveur moderniste” (Patricia Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, c. 1989); “Walter J. Phillips, R.C.A.: Woodcuts and Watercolours” (Masters Gallery, Calgary, 1991); “Printmaking in British Columbia, 1889-1983 / Art Gallery of Greater Victoria: October 6 to November 27, 1983: (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, 1983); “Images of the Land: Canadian Block Prints, 1919-1945” (Patricia Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, c. 1984)
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Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Current bid: $150.00Next bid is: $175.00
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December 12th at 03:00:00 PM EST
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Sixteen Canadian Art Reference Books
“E.B. Cox: A Life in Sculpture” (Gary Michael Dault, Boston Mills Pressm Erin, Ont., 1999) sold with E.B,. Cox “Head of a Man, 1950”, ceramic, 7 x 4 x 3.5 inches, “Emanuel Hahn and Elizabeth Wyn Wood: Tradition and Innovation in Canadian Sculpture” (Victoria Baker, National Gallery of Canadam, Ottawa, 1997); “Stanley E. Brunst - Radical Painter: An Exhibition Organized for the Mendel Art Gallery” (Terrence Heath, The Gallery, Saskatoon, 1982); “Transformation of Vision: The Works of H. Eric Bergman” (Nancy E. Dillow, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1983); “A Boy All Spirit: Thoreau MacDonald in the 1920s” (Thoreau MacDonald, Penumbra Press, Manotick, Ont., c. 2002); “Caven Atkins: The Winnipeg Years” (Ted Fraser, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, c. 1987); “Memorial Art Gallery, Nutana Collegiate Insitutute, Saskatoon” (Nutana Collegiate Institute, Memorial Art Gallery, Saskatoon, 1979); “Uprooted: The Life and Art of Ernest Lidner” (Terrence Heath, Fifth House, Saskatoon, 1983); “A Lifelong Journey: the Art and Teaching of H.G. Glyde” (Patricia Ainslie, Glenbow Alberta Institute, Calgary, c. 1987); “Canadian Country Furniture, 1675-1950” (Michael S. Bird, Stoddart, Toronto, c. 1994); “The Comfortable Arts: Traditional Spinning and Weaving in Canada” (Dorothy K. Burnham, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1981); “L’Estampe au Québec, 1900-1950” (Denis Martin, Musée du Québec, Québec, 1988); “Husband and Wife: The Wood Engravings of John J.A. Murphy and Cecil Buller” (Denis Martin, Musée du Québec, Québec, c. 1997); “The Vital Vision/Drawings by Ruth Annaqtuusi Tuluralik” (Marion E. Jackson and David F. Pelly, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, 1985); “Leslie G. Saunders, A Retrospective” (George Moppett, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, 1989); “Bart Pragnell - A Retrospective” (George Moppett, The Gallery, Saskatoon, 1990)
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Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Next bid is: $150.00
Closes in 20 hours and 55 minutes
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Friday, December 6th at 10:00 am EST
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Thursday, December 12th beginning at 2:00 pm EST
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