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November Auction of Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
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DORA DE PEDERY-HUNT
The Metro Toronto Zoo
bronze
signed and dated 1972 at the right edge
3.75 x 3.75 x .25 ins ( 9.5 x 9.5 x .6 cms ) ( overall )
Price Realized: $330.00
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Ten Art Reference Books
ten books
- “Edmund Morris ‘Kyaiyii’ 1871-1913” (Geoffrey Simmins and Michael Parke-Taylor, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, 1984);
- “Canadian Artists of the Second World War” (Joan Murray, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, 1981);
- “Canadian Artists and Airmen 1940-45” (Jerrold Morris, The Morris Gallery, Toronto);
- “F. H. Varley” (The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, 1981);
- “Rodin Bronzes: From the Collection of B. Gerald Cantor” (The American Federation of Arts, New York, 1969);
- “Albert Franck: Keeper of the Lanes” (Harold Town, McLelland and Stewart Limited, 1974);
- “Lucius R. O’Brien: Visions of Victorian Canada” (Dennis Reid, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1990);
- “Industrial Images” (Rosemary Donegan, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1987);
- “The Canadian Art Club 1907-1915” (Robert J. Lamb, The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1988);
- “F. H. Varley: Portraits into the Light” (Katerina Atanassova, Dundern Press, Toronto, 2007)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Price Realized: $120.00
KENOJUAK ASHEVAK
Bright Owl
colour etching
inscribed with the artist’s name (in Roman and Syllabics), title, date (1967) and edition (48/50)
6 x 7.75 ins ( 15.2 x 19.7 cms ) ( plate size )
Price Realized: $570.00
BILL RONALD REID
“The Salmon” by Roderick Haig-Brown
book and set of prints
“The Salmon” written by Roderick Haig-Brown (with David Denbigh, Robert H. Reid and L.H. Legeault -signed and inscribed by the artist on the first page; 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 )
Price Realized: $1,200.00
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Seven Canadian Art Reference Books
seven books
- “Higher States: Lawren Harris and His American Contemporaries” (Roald Nasgaard and Gwendolyn Owens, Goose Lane Editions and McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, 2017);
- “A Vital Force: The Canadian Group of Painters” (Agnes Etherington Art Centre and The Robert McKaughlin Gallery, 2013) - signed by the authors on the title page;
- “Colville” (David Burnett, Art Gallery of Ontario, McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto, 1983);
- “Alex Colville: Paintings, Prints and Processes 1983-1994” (Philip Fry, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 1994);
- “Goodridge Roberts 1904-1974” (Sandra Paikowsky, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, 1998);
- “Arthur Dominique Rozaire: Poet with a Brush” (George Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, 1998);
- “Kurelek’s Canada” (Canadian Heritage Library, Pagurian Press Limited, Toronto, 1975)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Price Realized: $120.00
CARL BEAM
Strange Confluence in Space
mixed media on paper
signed lower right; artist’s seal lower left; dated 1977 on the reverse; unframed
15.25 x 12 ins ( 38.7 x 30.5 cms )
Price Realized: $270.00
CARL BEAM
Portrait of Anongonse Migwans Beams, my daughter, as a shooting star
mixed media on paper
signed lower right; artist’s seal lower left; unframed
15.25 x 12 ins ( 38.7 x 30.5 cms )
Price Realized: $240.00
CARL BEAM
Self-portrait at the ocean of our great unlimited stupidness
mixed media on paper
signed lower right; artist’s seal lower left; unframed
15.25 x 11.75 ins ( 38.7 x 29.8 cms )
Price Realized: $300.00
CHRISTOPHER PRATT
House at Path End - The Pole
unique segment colour serigraph
signed, titled and dated “Jan. ‘77” at the lower edge
13.25 x 13 ins ( 33.7 x 33 cms ) ( sight )
Price Realized: $1,680.00
ARTHUR LISMER
Botanical Study
pencil drawing
signed and indistinctly dated lower right
15.5 x 11 ins ( 39.4 x 27.9 cms ) ( sight )
Price Realized: $1,320.00
BOBS COGILL HAWORTH
Boats and Wharf, Belle Anse, Gaspé Coast
watercolour
signed lower right; titled and dated 1953 on the reverse
15.5 x 22.25 ins ( 39.4 x 56.5 cms )
This sale is now closed.
MOLLY LAMB BOBAK
Untitled (Oslo Harbour)
charcoal and ink wash on paper
signed lower right
16 x 21 ins ( 40.6 x 53.3 cms ) ( sight )
Price Realized: $1,440.00
KENNETH DANBY
The Dreamer
lithograph
signed, dated 1972 and numbered 58/100 in the lower margin
20 x 15.5 ins ( 50.8 x 39.4 cms )
Price Realized: $900.00
JAMES DOOLIN
Los Angeles
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1974 on the reverse
14 x 14 ins ( 35.6 x 35.6 cms )
This sale is now closed.
JESUS CARLOS DE VILALLONGA
Tour à la femme
oil on board
signed and dated 1978 lower right
31.5 x 23.5 ins ( 80 x 59.7 cms ) ( sight )
Price Realized: $2,640.00
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