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July Auction of Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
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WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Tower in Valencia
mixed media on paper
signed, titled “Valencia” (struck) and dated indistinctly (64 or 65) (struck) lower right
15 x 10 ins ( 38.1 x 25.4 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $300.00 - $500.00
Next bid is: $250.00
Closes July 14th at 02:30:00 PM EDT
JOHN CARL HEYWOOD
Still Life with Glass Bottle and Guitar (A Study in Surfaces)
screenprint
signed, titled, dated 1999 and numbered 10/50 in pencil in the lower margin
27.5 x 35.5 ins ( 69.9 x 90.2 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $300.00 - $500.00
Current bid: $200.00Next bid is: $225.00
Closes July 14th at 02:30:00 PM EDT
RODOLPHE DUGUAY
L’épouvantail; Le four
pair of woodblock prints
each signed and titled within the margin of the plate; each unframed (affixed to supports)
7.5 x 8.25 ins ( 19.1 x 21 cms ) ( largest )
Estimated: $350.00 - $450.00
Next bid is: $250.00
Closes July 14th at 03:00:00 PM EDT
RODOLPHE DUGUAY
Le Benedicite; Le quêteux
pair of woodblock prints
each signed and titled within the margin of the plate; each unframed (affixed to supports)
7.5 x 8.5 ins ( 19.1 x 21.6 cms ) ( largest )
Estimated: $350.00 - $450.00
Next bid is: $250.00
Closes July 14th at 03:00:00 PM EDT
GORDON APPELBE SMITH
Homage to Bill Skow ‘47
colour lithograph
signed, titled, dated 1993 and inscribed “Original drawing made in 1947 at Alert Bay - When Chief Bill Scow (sic) took me to Gwayasdums in his fish boat”; unframed
30.25 x 22.5 ins ( 76.8 x 57.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $300.00 - $400.00
Current bid: $250.00Next bid is: $275.00
Closes July 14th at 02:30:00 PM EDT
EDYTHE HEMBROFF-SCHLEICHER
Emily Carr: The Untold Story / Studio Billie’s Callendar 1909
two books with thirteen reproduction prints
“Emily Carr: The Untold Story” by Edith Hembroff-Schleicher, published by Hancock House Publishers Ltd., Saanichton, B.C., 1978, signed by the author, dated “Nov/78” and numbered 83/150, within the original slipcover; accompanied by “Emily Carr: Studio Billie’s Calendar 1909” (thirteen numbered facsimilie reproductions, signed by Edith Hembroff-Schleicher on the cover page, each print dated “Nov/78” and numbered “83/150”), presented within the original slipcover
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Estimated: $300.00 - $400.00
Next bid is: $200.00
Closes July 14th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
RODOLPHE DUGUAY
Sur le St. Maurice, 21 avril 1936
colour woodblock
signed, titled and dated “21 avril 1936” in the lower margin
10.5 x 13 ins ( 26.7 x 33 cms ) ( image )
Estimated: $300.00 - $400.00
Current bid: $200.00Next bid is: $225.00
Closes July 14th at 03:00:00 PM EDT
CARL BEAM
The Way of the Cross
mixed media on paper
signed lower right; artist’s seal lower left; unframed
15 x 12 ins ( 38.1 x 30.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $300.00 - $400.00
Next bid is: $200.00
Closes July 14th at 04:15:00 PM EDT
CARL BEAM
Indian Residential Schools
mixed media on paper
signed lower right; artist’s seal lower left; unframed
11.5 x 15.5 ins ( 29.2 x 39.4 cms ) ( sheet )
Estimated: $300.00 - $400.00
Current bid: $200.00Next bid is: $225.00
Closes July 14th at 02:30:00 PM EDT
PETER ALFRED HARRIS
Reclining Nude
mixed media on paper
signed and dated 1969 lower right
21 x 26.75 ins ( 53.3 x 67.9 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $300.00 - $400.00
Next bid is: $150.00
Closes July 14th at 03:00:00 PM EDT
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Six Group of Seven Art Reference Books
six books
-“A.J. Casson: His Life and Works, A Tribute” (Paul Duval, Cerebrus/Prentice-Hall, Toronto, 1980), signed by A.J. Casson on the title page;
- “The Tangled Garden: The Art of J.E.H. MacDonald” (Paul Duval, Cerebrus/Prentice-Hall, Toronto, 1978);
- “Frederick H. Varley” (Peter Varley, Key Porter Books, Toronto, 1983), signed by the author;
- “F.H. Varley: Portraits into the Light” (Katerina Atanassova, Dundurn Press, Toronto, 2007);
- “F.H. Varley: A Centennial Exhibition” (The Edmonton Art Gallery, 1981);
- “The Group of Seven in Western Canada” (Catharine M. Mastin (ed.), Key Porter Books, Toronto, 2002, 2008)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Estimated: $300.00 - $400.00
Current bid: $200.00Next bid is: $225.00
Closes July 14th at 02:45:00 PM EDT
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Picasso 347
two oblong folios
Contains 347 black and white illustrations by the artist. Random House/Maecenas Press, New York (1970); First Edition; folios contained within original clamshell box
17.5 x 12.5 ins ( 44.5 x 31.8 cms )
Estimated: $300.00 - $400.00
Next bid is: $200.00
Closes July 14th at 03:30:00 PM EDT
ISABEL MCLAUGHLIN
Untitled (Tree of Life)
ink on paper
signed and dated 1958 lower right
9 x 11 ins ( 22.9 x 27.9 cms ) ( sight )
Estimated: $300.00 - $400.00
Current bid: $200.00Next bid is: $225.00
Closes July 14th at 03:30:00 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
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Tuesday, July 7th at 10:00 am EDT
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