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JOSEF ALBERS
I-S f (Danilowitz 195)
colour screenprint
signed, titled, dated 1970 and numbered 109/125 in pencil in the lower margin; titled and numbered 109/125 on two labels in the reverse; Printer: Sirocco Screenprints, New York; Publisher: Ives-Sillman Inc. New Haven, Connecticut
21 x 21 ins ( 53.3 x 53.3 cms ) ( sheet - sight )
Price Realized: $10,320.00
CHRISTOPHER PRATT
David Silcox and Meriké Weiler “Christopher Pratt”; Christopher Pratt “Western Shore”
book and silkscreen
David Silcox and Meriké Weiler “Christopher Pratt”, Quintus Press, Toronto, 1981; signed by the authors and artist on the inside front page; includes
Christopher Pratt, “Western Shore”, screenprint, signed, titled, dated 1980 and numbered 3/93 in the lower margin; 11.25 x 13 inches (sheet); unframed;
in original case with box
11.25 x 13 ins ( 28.6 x 33 cms ) ( sheet )
Price Realized: $3,360.00
ARTHUR LISMER
Tree Stump
ink drawing
signed and dated “July 31, 1959” lower left; inscribed “8719” on the reverse
11 x 16 ins ( 27.9 x 40.6 cms )
Price Realized: $2,040.00
THOMAS SHERLOCK HODGSON
Amusement Lights
gouache on paper
signed lower left; unframed
13 x 11.25 ins ( 33 x 28.6 cms ) ( sheet )
This sale is now closed.
CLARENCE ALPHONSE GAGNON
A Votre Santé
colour block print on card
initialed within the plate; titled and dated c. 1913 to a gallery label on the reverse
4.25 x 5.75 ins ( 10.8 x 14.6 cms ) ( sheet )
Price Realized: $1,560.00
ROBERT MOTHERWELL
Basque Suite C (Belknap 55; Engberg & Banach 84)
silkscreen
signed and numbered 66/150 in the margin lower right; signed upper right in the plate; titled and dated 1973 on a gallery label on the reverse; Printer: Kelpra Studio, Ltd., London; Publisher: Marlborough Graphics, New York
29.25 x 23 ins ( 74.3 x 58.4 cms ) ( sight )
Price Realized: $2,280.00
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Fraser River, B.C.
watercolour laid on card
signed lower left; titled lower left; inscribed “On the Fraser River” on the reverse of the card
9.25 x 13 ins ( 23.5 x 33 cms ) ( sight )
Price Realized: $2,400.00
FREDERICK ARTHUR VERNER
Pastoral Scene
watercolour
signed and dated 1897 lower right
10.5 x 19 ins ( 26.7 x 48.3 cms )
Price Realized: $1,080.00
MILLER GORE BRITTAIN
Study of a Female Figure
red and black charcoal on paper
initialed and dated 1955 lower centre
16 x 12.75 ins ( 40.6 x 32.4 cms ) ( sight )
Price Realized: $1,320.00
GEORGE MCLEAN
White Throated Sparrow
pencil drawing
signed at left side; signed and titled on the reverse
5.75 x 10.25 ins ( 14.6 x 26 cms ) ( sight )
This sale is now closed.
CHARLES WILLIAM JEFFERYS
Six Studies of Loggers and other scenes
six pencil drawings
- “Settlers” (pencil, 4.5 x 6.25 ins. [image] - initialed lower right);
- ”Royal“ (pencil, 4 x 7.25 ins. [image]);
- “On the Roll Way” (pencil, 8 x 8.25 ins. [image] -signed lower right, titled upper left margin);
- “Supply Store” (pencil, 4.5 x 6.75 ins. [image] - initialed lower right);
- “Log Jam” (pencil, 7.75 x 5 ins. [image] - signed lower right, titled lower right margin);
- “Lumbering in the North” (pencil, 7.5 x 8.25 ins. [image] - signed lower right, titled upper margin);
each unframed, together in mat
8 x 8.25 ins ( 20.3 x 21 cms ) ( image (largest) )
Price Realized: $960.00
PETER HAWORTH
Fisherman’s Cove, Gaspe
watercolour and graphite on paper
signed lower right; titled and dated 1950 on the reverse
19.5 x 20.5 ins ( 49.5 x 52.1 cms ) ( sight )
Price Realized: $840.00
ANTON CETIN
Selection of Twenty Colour Lithographs
20 colour lithographs
Full listing within cataloguing details
30 x 22 ins ( 76.2 x 55.9 cms ) ( each sheet )
Price Realized: $840.00
EDWARD BURTYNSKY
Pentamento
book and c-print
Published by Edward Burtynsky, 2010, signed on titled page; “Shipbreaking #10 Field Proof, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000”- chromogenic print from a Type 55 Polaroid, signed and numbered 1/100 on the reverse
13 x 15 ins ( 33 x 38.1 cms ) ( sheet )
Price Realized: $720.00
CHARLES WILLIAM JEFFERYS
Twelve Studies of Farm Life
twelve pencil and ink drawings
- 1. “Ladles” (pen and ink, 3 x 5.25 ins. [sight]);
- 2. “Rocking Chair” (pencil, 7.72 x 2.75 ins. [sight]);
- 3. “Pistol” (pencil, 4.5 x 6.25 ins. [sight]);
- 4. “Milk Stand” (pen and ink, 3.25 x 6 ins. [sight] - initialed, titled, dated Sept 29, ‘04 lower left);
- 5. “Interior” (pencil, 8 x 4.5 ins. [sight]);
- 6. “Farm House” (pencil, 4 x 7 ins. [sight] - initialed and dated ‘92 lower left);
- 7. “Chair” (pencil, 4.75 x 2.75 ins. [sight]);
- 8. “Farm Building” (pencil, 4.25 x 4.5 ins. [sight] - initialed and dated ‘90 lower right);
- 9. “Sword Hilts” (pen and ink, 5.5 x 5.25 ins. [sight] - initialed lower right);
- 10. “Sword Hilt” (pencil, 3.25 x 2.5 ins. [sight]);
- 11. “Implement Study” (pencil, 2.5 x 1.25 ins. [sight]);
- 12. “Tomahawk Head” (pencil, 8.25 x 5.25 ins. [sight]);
each unframed, together in mat
8.25 x 5.25 ins ( 21 x 13.3 cms ) ( largest (sight) )
This sale is now closed.
MICHAEL THOMPSON
Portrait of Lady
graphite
signed, titled and dated 1979 in the lower margin
26.5 x 18.5 ins ( 67.3 x 47 cms ) ( sight )
Price Realized: $660.00
JEAN-PAUL JÉRÔME
Abstraction
ink and watercolour
signed and dated 1969 lower left
8 x 11 ins ( 20.3 x 27.9 cms )
Price Realized: $1,140.00
JEAN PAUL LEMIEUX
La magie Lemieux
ten colour lithographs
Full listing within cataloguing details
23 x 19 ins ( 58.4 x 48.3 cms ) ( each sheet )
Price Realized: $900.00
HUGO ANTON FISHER
Woodland Pool, Sunset
watercolour
signed lower left; titled to a label on the reverse
29.25 x 20.5 ins ( 74.3 x 52.1 cms ) ( sight )
This sale is now closed.
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
The Common Mallard; The Sharp Tailed Grouse
two silkscreens
“The Common Mallard” (signed within the plate lower right, 12 x 13.25 ins (sheet));
“The Sharp Tailed Grouse” (signed within the plate lower right, 11 x 12.5 ins (sheet));
each unframed
12 x 13.25 ins ( 30.5 x 33.7 cms ) ( sheet (largest) )
Price Realized: $600.00
THOMAS DE VANY FORRESTALL
Studio at Night (Self Portrait)
pen, ink, coloured pencils
signed and titled at bottom; inscribed “I draw to fill my head and paint to empty it” at top; dated 2005 on the reverse
6.5 x 4.75 ins ( 16.5 x 12.1 cms ) ( sheet )
Price Realized: $780.00
JOANNE CORNO
Male Rear Torso
mixed media on paper
signed lower right; exhibition catalogue accompanies lot
41 x 26 ins ( 104.1 x 66 cms ) ( sheet )
Price Realized: $960.00
DENNIS EUGENE NORMAN BURTON
Seated Woman
pencil drawing
signed and dated 2.23.66 lower right
16.25 x 13.5 ins ( 41.3 x 34.3 cms ) ( sight )
Price Realized: $480.00
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