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July Auction of Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
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JOSEPH FRANCIS PLASKETT
Floral Still Life
pastel
18.75 x 24.5 ins ( 47.6 x 62.2 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $400.00 - $600.00
Current bid: $300.00Next bid is: $325.00
Closes July 14th at 03:45:00 PM EDT
CLAUDE LE SAUTEUR
Le scabreux; L’humour noir; Le ridicule
three serigraphs
“Le scabreux” (signed, titled and numbered 18/250 in pencil in the lower margin); “L’humour noir” (signed, titled and numbered 21/250); “Le ridicule” (colour lithograph, signed, titled and numbered 13/250 in pencil in the lower margin); all with Atelier André Lemieux stamp; all unframed; all accompanied by certificate of authenticity from Atelier André Lemieux
21.75 x 14.75 ins ( 55.2 x 37.5 cms )
Estimated: $400.00 - $500.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes July 14th at 03:45:00 PM EDT
BARKER FAIRLEY
Portrait of a Lady
colour lithograph with book
signed and numbered 59/150 in pencil in the lower margin; unframed;
sold together with “Barker Fairley: Portraits” (Gary Michael Dault, Methuen Publications, Agincourt, Ontario, 1981); signed by the artist and numbered 59/150 on the inside front page; accompanied by a booklet by G.M. Dault detailing the project; housed in original linen box
30 x 22.5 ins ( 76.2 x 57.2 cms )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $400.00
Closes July 14th at 03:45:00 PM EDT
LOUIS DE NIVERVILLE
The Studio
mixed media on paper
signed and dated 1978 lower right
25 x 37.75 ins ( 63.5 x 95.9 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes July 14th at 03:45:00 PM EDT
ALAN BELCHER
Close-Up Plus (1988)
colour photograph
29.5 x 39.5 ins ( 74.9 x 100.3 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes July 14th at 03:45:00 PM EDT
HENRY JOHN SIMPKINS
Market Scene
watercolour
signed lower right
19 x 26 ins ( 48.3 x 66 cms )
Estimated: $300.00 - $400.00
Current bid: $200.00Next bid is: $225.00
Closes July 14th at 03:45:00 PM EDT
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Six Canadian Art Reference Books
six books
- ”Painting Place: The Life and Work of David B. Milne” (David P. Silcox, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1996);
- “Reflections in a Quiet Pool: The Prints of David Milne” (Rosemarie Tovell, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1980);
- “Jock Macdonald” (Joyce Zemans, Canadian Artist Series, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1985);
- “Paul-Émile Borduas” (François-Marc Gagnon, Canadian Artist Series, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1976);
- “The Logic of Ecstasy: Canadian Mystical Painting, 1920-1940” (Ann Davis, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1992);
- “Alex Colville: Diary of a War Artist” (Graham Metson and Cheryl Lean [compiled], Nimbus Publishing Ltd., Halifax, 1981)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Estimated: $100.00 - $200.00
Next bid is: $80.00
Closes July 14th at 03:45:00 PM EDT
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Paul Duval “Leo Mol”; Leo Mol “Judy” and “Lora” lithographs
book with two prints
Paul Duval, “Leo Mol”, Loch Gallery, Winnipeg, 1982; signed by the author and artist on the frontispage, with inscription from Leo Mol; includes
“Judy” (print, signed, titled and numbered 117/165 in pencil in the lower margin, 11.5 x 9 inches sheet size);
“Lora” (print, signed, titled and numbered 117/165 in pencil in the lower margin, 11.5 x 9 inches); both in original case; both unframed
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Estimated: $100.00 - $200.00
Current bid: $50.00Next bid is: $75.00
Closes July 14th at 03:45:00 PM EDT
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of Three Volumes on Cubism
three books
“Indelible Miro: Aquatints, Drawings, Drypoints, Etchings, Lithographs, Book
Illustrations, Posters” by Yvon Taillandier, 1972;
“Picasso’s Posters,” compiled by Christopher Czwiklitzer, 1970/71;
“Verve: The Ultimate Review of Art ad Literature (1937-1960)” by Michel Anthonioz,1987.
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Estimated: $100.00 - $200.00
Next bid is: $100.00
Closes July 14th at 03:45:00 PM EDT
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of Sixteen Books on Poster Arts
sixteen books
-The Modern Poster by Stuart Wrede, Museum of Modern Art exhibition, NY, 1988.
-Posters of the Belle Epoque: The Wine Spectator Collection by Jack Rennert, 1990.
-Paris 1900: The Art of the Poster by Hermann Schardt, 1987.
-American Art Posters of the 1800s in the Meropolitan Museum of Art, including the
Leonard A. Lauder Collection by David W. Kiehl, 1987.
-Rare Posters [Poster Auctions International, Inc.] for Rennert’s Gallery, 2018.
-Das Fruhe Plakat in Europa und den USA, Band 1: Grossbritannien Vereinigte Staaten
Van Nordamerika, by Ruth Malhotra, Heinz Peters, and Christina Thon, 1973.
-Das Fruhe Plakat in Europa und den USA, Band 2: Frankreich und Belgien, by Ruth
Malhotra, Heinz Peters, and Christina Thon, 1977.
-Belle Epoque Posters & Graphics, by Victor Arwas, 1978. -American Poster Renaissance: The Great Age of Poster Design, 1890-1900 by Victor
Margolin, 1975. -American Posters of the Turn of the Century by Carolyn Keay, 1975.
-Affiches d’Azur: 100 ans d’Affiches de la Cote d’Azur et de Monaco by Charles Martini
de Chateaunuef, 1992.
-Affiches et Art Plublicitaire by A. Weill, 1987.
-First Ladies of the Poster: The Gold Collection by Laura Gold, introduction by Jack
Rennert, 1998
-The Poster: A Worlwide Survey and History by Alain Weill, 1985.
-The Poster in History by Max Gallo, 1972. -Posters of Health by Marine Robert-Sterkendries, 1996.
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Next bid is: $100.00
Closes July 14th at 03:45:00 PM EDT
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Nine Books
nine books
“Reflected Lights: Frank Panabaker - His Story in Words and Pictures” (Frank Panabaker, The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1957);
“Firestone Art Collection” (Ontario Heritage Foundation, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Limited, Canada, 1978);
“Atma Buddhi Manas: The Later Work of Lawren S. Harris” (Dennis Reid, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1985); “David Milne” (ed. Ian Thom, Douglas & McIntyre, 1991);
“The McMichael Canadian Collection” (McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, 1979);
“A.J. Casson (Canadian Artists 1)” (Margaret Gray, Margaret Rand, Lois Steen, Gage Publishing, 1976);
“A to Z of Canadian Art, Artists & Art Terms” (Blake McKendry, Kingston, 1997);
“The History of Painting in Canada: Toward a People’s Art” (Barry Lord, NC Press, Toronto, 1974);
“Contemporary Canadian Painting” (William Withrow, McLelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto, 1972)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Estimated: $200.00 - $300.00
Next bid is: $150.00
Closes July 14th at 03:45:00 PM EDT
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Nine Art Reference Books
nine books
- “Sorel Etrog: Sculpture” (William J. Withrow, Wilfeld Publishing Ltd., Toronto, 1967);
- “Marc-Aurèle Fortin: un maître inconnu” (René Buisson, Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Montreal, 1995);
- “Leonard Hutchinson, People’s Artist: Ten Years of Struggle, 1930-1940” (Lynn Hutchinson Brown [ed.] N.C. Press, Toronto, 1974, signed by the artist on the title page)
- “Etched in Stone: The Life and Prints of Ernst Neumann” (Brian I. Oickle, Montreal Print Collectors Society, 2004, signed by the author on the title page);
- “Hall’s Dictionary of Subjects & Symbols in Art” (James Hall, John Murray Ltd., London, 1975);
-”Beyond the Pines: Homer Watson and the Contemporary Canadian Landscape” (Art Gallery of Mississauga, 2015);
- “Ozias Leduc: Signatures” (Paul Gladu, Broquet Editions, Ottawa, 1989);
- “Ozias Leduc: Symbolist and Religious Painting” (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1974);
- “The Restorer’s Handbook of Easel Painting” (Gilberte Emile-Mâle, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Estimated: $100.00 - $200.00
Next bid is: $80.00
Closes July 14th at 03:45:00 PM EDT
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