Fine Art Private Sales
Although Cowley Abbott's primary avenue of sale is through our live and online auctions, our firm also offers the option of private sale in some cases. Please contact our Specialists for further information and discussion, should the private sale option be of interest to you.
These select artworks are available for immediate purchase. To inquire about purchasing these works please contact us.
TONI ONLEY
Exchange
ink and collage
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
10 x 13 ins ( 25.4 x 33 cms ) ( image )
Price: $600.00
SHARI OSTI
Pasturelands XI
monoprint
signed, titled and dated 1988 in the lower margin
21.75 x 31.25 ins ( 55.2 x 79.4 cms ) ( subject )
Price: $125.00
THOMAS SHERLOCK HODGSON
Silver Haired Dancer
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1967 lower right; titled on the stretcher
48 x 39.75 ins ( 121.9 x 101 cms )
Price: $7,000.00
OTTO DONALD ROGERS
Point in Light
acrylic on gesso ground on canvas
signed and dated 1973 on the reverse
60 x 60 ins ( 152.4 x 152.4 cms )
Price: $15,000.00
LOUIS DE NIVERVILLE
Interior
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1976 lower right; unframed
80 x 96.25 ins ( 203.2 x 244.5 cms )
Price: $3,000.00
RICHARD BORTHWICK GORMAN
Above All; Georgian Bay; Love Seat; Spanish Grotto; Young at Wellesley; Eastern Western
six etchings
each signed, titled, dated 1992 and numbered 63/100; each unframed
8.5 x 6.75 ins ( 21.6 x 17.1 cms ) ( each sheet )
Price: $325.00
TONI ONLEY
Untitled
mixed media collage
signed and dated 1964 lower right
11.75 x 13.75 ins ( 29.8 x 34.9 cms )
Price: $2,500.00
GILLES GINGRAS
Québec et ses ponts couverts
book with pastel
“Québec et ses ponts couverts” (Gilles Gingras, with poems by Ernest Pallascio-Morin, Edition Monticule Inc., 1976) signed, numbered 41/200 and dated 1980 by Gilles Gingras on title page, includes 30 accompanying unframed illustrations (14.5 ins x 11 ins (sheet)); in original case; sold with “Tempête” - pastel, signed, titled and dated 1983 lower margin (8.5 ins x 11.5 ins)
15.5 x 11 x 1.75 ins ( 39.4 x 27.9 x 4.4 cms )
Price: $60.00
CALEB KEENE
Cottage on the Lake
oil on board
signed lower right
7.25 x 10.5 ins ( 18.4 x 26.7 cms )
Price: $350.00
CHRISTOPHER PRATT
Girl on my Couch
graphite
signed and dated “Jan. ‘84” lower right; titled on the reverse
11 x 20 ins ( 27.9 x 50.8 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $5,500.00
MYFANWY PAVELIC
Portrait of Pierre Trudeau
oil on canvas
signed lower right
20 x 18 ins ( 50.8 x 45.7 cms )
Price: $950.00
CLAUDE BREEZE
Outerland Image: Spring
colour lithograph
signed, titled, dated 1982 and numbered 7/15 in the lower margin
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )
Price: $350.00
GATHIE FALK
Footed Violet Bowl
ceramic sculpture
signed with initials and titled at edge of base (incised) (Condition Noted: multiple chips and losses within violets and rim of bowl; sold “as is” and not subject to return)
14.5 x 4.25 x 4.25 ins ( 36.8 x 10.8 x 10.8 cms ) ( overall )
Price: $325.00
GATHIE FALK
Two Egg Cups with Single Egg
ceramic sculptures
Condition Noted: multiple chips and losses within base of sculptures; sold “as is” and not subject to return
3.75 x 4.5 x 2.25 ins ( 9.5 x 11.4 x 5.7 cms ) ( each overall )
Price: $275.00
WILLIAM KURELEK
Letter to an Old Friend
watercolour, heightened with white, laid down on board
12 x 10 ins ( 30.5 x 25.4 cms )
Price: $9,500.00
PIERRE HENRY
Girl Grooming Horse
charcoal drawing heightened with white
signed lower left
16.5 x 11.5 ins ( 41.9 x 29.2 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $125.00
GEORGES ROUAULT
Woman in Side Profile
lithograph
unframed
25.5 x 20 ins ( 64.8 x 50.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Price: $350.00
FRANK LEONARD BROOKS
Shifting Blacks on Ochre
acrylic and collage on canvas
signed and dated 1977 lower right; titled on the artist’s label on the reverse
50 x 36 ins ( 127 x 91.4 cms )
Price: $4,000.00
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
His Father Dreams II: Labrador Days
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1988 and numbered 55/75 in the lower margin
15 x 35.75 ins ( 38.1 x 90.8 cms ) ( plate size )
Price: $4,000.00
CHRISTIANE PFLUG
The Squirrel
lithograph
signed, dated 1969 and numbered 37/100 in the lower margin
24 x 19 ins ( 61 x 48.3 cms ) ( subject )
Price: $500.00
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of Books On Yousuf Karsh
4 books
“Karsh Portfolio”- (Yousuf Karsh, University of Toronto Press, 1967) signed by Karsh on the inside cover page;
“Karsh: Faces of Our Time”- (Yousuf Karsh, University of Toronto Press, 1971) signed by Karsh on the inside cover page;
“Karsh: American Legends”- (Yousuf Karsh, Little, Brown and Company, 1992);
“Karsh Canadians”- (Yousuf Karsh, University of Toronto Press, 1978)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Price: $250.00
LOUIS DE NIVERVILLE
Untitled (Cake Display)
mixed media on board
signed and dated 1986 lower right
60 x 48 ins ( 152.4 x 121.9 cms )
Price: $1,500.00
LISE GERVAIS
Untitled Abstraction
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1969 lower left
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Price: $4,500.00
MARCELLA MALTAIS
Le poêle
oil on board
signed and dated 1954 lower left; titled on a label on the reverse
21 x 18 ins ( 53.3 x 45.7 cms )
Price: $1,200.00
PAUL DUVAL AND ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Casson’s Cassons
leather bound book
Volume Two: Abbot Mill Press, Toronto, 1990, First Edition; includes 51 signed and numbered colour lithographs, numbered AP 23/60; housed in a grey suede fold-over box
13.25 x 14.5 x 2.5 ins ( 33.7 x 36.8 x 6.4 cms ) ( book size )
Price: $900.00
KENNETH WEBB
Study A
acrylic on masonite
signed, titled and dated 1987 on the reverse
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )
Price: $175.00
HERBERT SIDNEY PALMER
Haliburton, Ont.
watercolour
titled on the reverse; unframed (matted)
9 x 11.5 ins ( 22.9 x 29.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Price: $275.00
GERALD GLADSTONE
Abstract Figure Studies #4
oil on canvas
titled and dated 1975 on a gallery label on the reverse; unframed
10 x 10 ins ( 25.4 x 25.4 cms )
Price: $370.00
GERALD GLADSTONE
Untitled
oil on canvas
signed upper right; titled and dated 1978 on a gallery label on the reverse; unframed
12 x 8 ins ( 30.5 x 20.3 cms )
Price: $360.00
BARRY MCCARTHY
Man with a Pipe
pencil on paper
signed and dated 1979 lower right
21 x 28 ins ( 53.3 x 71.1 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $70.00
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Joan Reading
pastel
signed lower right; Estate Inventory Number 2256 inscribed on the reverse
24 x 29 ins ( 61 x 73.7 cms )
Price: $1,900.00
CLAUDE DULUDE
Jour de fête
acrylic on canvas, mounted to board
signed and dated 1981 lower left; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
13 x 16 ins ( 33 x 40.6 cms )
Price: $300.00
PIERRE GENDRON
Givre
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1982 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
9.75 x 8 ins ( 24.8 x 20.3 cms )
Price: $675.00
FREDERICK HAGAN
Hands: Hagan in Newfoundland Portfolio
six lithographs
-”I” (signed, titled and numbered 1/24 in the lower margin; 15.25 x 22 ins);
-”II” (signed, titled and numbered 1/20 in the lower margin; 15.25 x 22 ins);
-“III” (signed, titled, and numbered 1/19 in the lower margin; 22 x 15.25 ins);
-”IV” (signed, titled, and numbered 1/20 in the lower margin; 22 x 15.25 ins);
-”V” (signed, titled and numbered 1/30 in the lower margin, 15.25 x 22 ins);
-”VI” (signed, titled and numbered 1/20 in the lower margin, 25.25 x 22 ins);
each unframed, housed in original wood and card case with cover page and accompanying introductory text pages
25.25 x 22 ins ( 64.1 x 55.9 cms ) ( largest )
Price: $200.00
DONALD MACKAY HOUSTOUN
Tree Patterns
pencil on watercolour paper
signed and dated 1978 lower right; signed and titled on reverse; label on reverse inscribed with dedication to artist’s son
15 x 20.75 ins ( 38.1 x 52.7 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $350.00
STANLEY FRANCIS TURNER
Untitled (Summer Afternoon)
oil on canvas
signed lower right; unframed
40 x 50 ins ( 101.6 x 127 cms )
Price: $2,200.00
KAREL UHER
Bauernhof (Farm)
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled and dated 1965 on the reverse
20 x 28 ins ( 50.8 x 71.1 cms )
Price: $150.00
NICHOLAS HORNYANSKY
Set of Three Prints
colour prints
“Houseboats, Caban (Quebec)” (signed and titled within the plate, 17.25 x 20.25 ins. (sheet) (unframed);
“Mount McKay - at the Lakehead” (signed and titled within the plate, 17.25 x 20.25 ins. (sheet) (unframed);
“Riverside, Fort Chambley” (signed and titled within the plate, 18 x 20 ins. (sheet) (unframed)
18 x 20 ins ( 45.7 x 50.8 cms ) ( (sheet) (largest piece) )
Price: $200.00
NICHOLAS HORNYANSKY
Set of Four Prints
colour prints
“Mount McKay - at the Lakehead” (signed and titled within the plate, 17.25 x 20.5 ins. (sheet) (unframed);
“Guelph in Summer” (signed and titled within the plate, 17.25 x 20.5 ins. (sheet) (unframed);
“Woodcarvers’ Corner” (signed and titled within the plate, 17.5 x 20.5 ins. (sheet) (unframed);
“Windmills on the Richelieu” (signed and titled within the plate, 17.25 x 20 ins. (sheet)(unframed)
17.5 x 20.5 ins ( 44.5 x 52.1 cms ) ( largest sheet )
Price: $200.00
BRUCE ST. CLAIR
Three Works: Gieslers; Exploring; Jackknife
three etchings
-“Gieslers” (colour etching, signed, titled, dated 1983 and numbered 1/50 in the lower margin, 9.5 x 6.25 ins. [plate]);
-“Exploring” (etching, signed, titled, dated 1983 and numbered 1/50 in the lower margin, 8.25 x 11.5 ins. [plate]);
-”Jackknife” (etching, signed, titled, dated ‘83 and numbered 1/50 in the lower margin, 9.5 x 6.5 ins. [plate])
8.25 x 11.5 ins ( 21 x 29.2 cms ) ( plate size (largest) )
Price: $400.00
FERNAND TOUPIN
Mon pays bleu
acrylic and powdered marble on canvas
signed and dated 1970 lower left; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
38 x 51 ins ( 96.5 x 129.5 cms )
Price: $6,000.00
JEAN-LOUIS LEFORT
Girl Playing at Beach
oil on canvas laid down on board
signed lower left
8 x 5 ins ( 20.3 x 12.7 cms )
Price: $350.00
JOHN MEREDITH
Abstraction
coloured inks on paper
signed and dated 1972 lower left; sold together with the publication “John Meredith: Fifteen Years” (Marie Fleming, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1974)
13.5 x 16.75 ins ( 34.3 x 42.5 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $2,300.00
GORDON APPELBE SMITH
Men-an-Tol
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 12/15 in the lower margin
18 x 12 ins ( 45.7 x 30.5 cms )
Price: $375.00
