Canadian & International Art
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19TH CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL
Portrait of a Bespectacled Gentleman
oil on canvas
16 x 12.75 ins ( 40.6 x 32.4 cms )
Estimated: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Next bid is: $700.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
FREDERICK HENRY BRIGDEN
Cummer Avenue Hill at Carlyle
watercolour
signed, titled and dated 1915 on the reverse of the framing; signed, titled and inscribed “Newton Trools, 1918” on the reverse
14.5 x 10.5 ins ( 36.8 x 26.7 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Current bid: $600.00Next bid is: $650.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
CHARLES FRASER COMFORT
Belt Line Creek
watercolour
signed and dated 1927 lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
8.25 x 9.5 ins ( 21 x 24.1 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Current bid: $1,700.00Next bid is: $1,800.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
JOHN KASYN
Back of Baldwin Street
watercolour
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1980 on the reverse, titled on an artist’s label on the backing on the reverse
3.5 x 5 ins ( 8.9 x 12.7 cms )
Estimated: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Next bid is: $700.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
FREDERICK HENRY BRIGDEN
South East Side of Bridge, Old Cummer Ave.
watercolour
signed, titled and dated 1920 on the reverse of the framing; signed on the reverse
10.5 x 10.25 ins ( 26.7 x 26 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $700.00 - $900.00
Current bid: $550.00Next bid is: $600.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
CLARA SOPHIA HAGARTY
Delphiniums
oil on canvas
signed lower left
32.5 x 22 ins ( 82.6 x 55.9 cms )
Estimated: $700.00 - $900.00
Next bid is: $600.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
STANLEY FRANCIS TURNER
Toronto Harbour
gouache on illustration board
signed lower right
14.25 x 19.25 ins ( 36.2 x 48.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Current bid: $1,100.00Next bid is: $1,200.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
SIDNEY BERNE
Two Works: Mount Laurier, P.Q.; On the Shorelines of New Brunswick
oil on board; oil on canvas
- “Mount Laurier, P.Q.” (signed lower left; titled on the reverse, 12 x 16 ins)
- “On the Shorelines of New Brunswick” (signed lower right; titled on the reverse, 16 x 20 inches)
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms ) ( largest )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $400.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
GEORGE HENRY GRIFFIN
Forest Interior
oil on canvas, laid on board
artist’s stamp (twice) and dated 1941 on the reverse
14 x 17 ins ( 35.6 x 43.2 cms )
Estimated: $400.00 - $600.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
GEORGE HENRY GRIFFIN
Autumn Landscape
oil on canvas, laid on board
artist stamp (twice) on the reverse
14 x 17 ins ( 35.6 x 43.2 cms )
Estimated: $400.00 - $600.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Man Working; Women Working; Bridge on Skootamatta Westbrook
three pencil sketches
- “Man Working” (10.25 x 8 ins. [sheet]);
- “Women Working” (11 x 7.5 ins. [sheet]);
- “Bridge on Skootamatta Westbrook” (signed lower left - 9 x 12 ins. [sheet]);
each unframed
9 x 12 ins ( 22.9 x 30.5 cms ) ( largest sheet )
Estimated: $400.00 - $600.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Two Horses
crayon on paper
8.5 x 10 ins ( 21.6 x 25.4 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $150.00 - $250.00
Current bid: $100.00Next bid is: $110.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
NORMAN R. BROWN
Winchester
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1998 on the reverse
16 x 22.75 ins ( 40.6 x 57.8 cms )
Estimated: $400.00 - $600.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
GEOFFREY ALLAN ROCK
House Study, Mick River, Alberta
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1977 on the reverse
9 x 15 ins ( 22.9 x 38.1 cms )
Estimated: $300.00 - $500.00
Next bid is: $200.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
CRAIG CAMPBELL
Spring Sentinel
lithograph
signed, titled and numbered 48/195 in pencil in the lower margin
11.5 x 14 ins ( 29.2 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $300.00 - $500.00
Current bid: $25.00Next bid is: $35.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
J. ARCHIBALD BROWNE
Birches by a Lake
oil on board
signed lower right
13 x 9.5 ins ( 33 x 24.1 cms )
Estimated: $300.00 - $500.00
Current bid: $300.00Next bid is: $325.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
GORDON EDWARD PFEIFFER
Coming Home
oil on canvas board
signed lower left
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Estimated: $300.00 - $500.00
Next bid is: $200.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
GERALD MILNE MOSES
Four Landscape Studies
four oil paintings on board
one double-sided, each unframed
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms ) ( each )
Estimated: $300.00 - $500.00
Next bid is: $200.00
Closes August 17th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
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