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
ROBERT FORD GAGEN
Shoreline landscape
watercolour
signed lower right
9.75 x 6.75 ins ( 24.8 x 17.1 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $100.00
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Late Spring on the Nation River
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1969 on the reverse; unframed
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Price: $375.00
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Anna
oil on board
signed and dated 1985 in lower margin
6 x 8 ins ( 15.2 x 20.3 cms ) ( sheet )
Price: $125.00
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Selection of 8 Artworks
mixed media
“Corner of Madison and Lowther”- ink drawing; signed, titled and dated “30 September 73” lower right (24 ins x 17.75 ins); “Girl with Red Wine”- etching; signed, titled, dated 1982 and numbered 11/11 in the lower margin (25.5 ins x 18 ins); “Lido Series”- monotype; signed, titled, dated 1984 in the lower margin, inscribed “7” and “2-12-84” at the lower edge (17 ins x 14 ins); “The Hair Dresser”- monotype; signed, titled and dated 1984 in the lower margin (17 ins x 14 ins); “Blonde Nude”- oil on paper; signed and dated 2009 at the lower edge; inscribed “1-5-8-09 in the lower margin (14.75 ins x 17 ins); “Model in Pink Skirt”- pastel, signed and dated 1979 lower center edge (24.75 ins x 18.75 ins); “Model in Yellow Hat”- pastel; signed and dated “26 September 1979” lower center edge (24.75 ins x 18.75 ins); “Woman in Winter Coat”- pastel; signed and dated “12 April 1978” lower center edge (24.75 ins x 19 ins); all unframed
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms ) ( each sheet )
Price: $250.00
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Selection of 8 Artworks
mixed media
“Burgundy Wine”- etching; signed within the plate, signed titled, dated 1982 and inscribed “First test print” in the lower margin (26 ins x 19.5 ins); “Model with Folded Hands”- oil on paper; signed and dated 2009 at the lower center edge, inscribed “MM 2-5-8-09” in the lower margin (14.75 ins x 15.75 ins); “Lido Series”- monotype; signed, titled and dated 1984 in the lower margin, inscribed “10” and “6-12-84” at the lower edge (17 ins x 14 ins); “Seated Model”- monotype; signed, titled and dated 1984 in the lower margin, inscribed “29-11-84” at the lower left edge (17 ins x 14 ins); “Model in White Night Gown”- pastel; signed and dated 1979 lower left (24.75 ins x 18.75 ins); “Prairie Landscape”- charcoal; signed and dated 1979 near the lower center edge (19.25 ins x 25 ins); “Debbie”- pastel; signed, titled and dated 1978 at the lower edge (24.75 ins x 18.75 ins); “Reflected Model in Flower Hat”- conte; signed and dated 1979 near the lower center edge (25.5 ins x 19.5 ins); all unframed
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms ) ( each sheet )
Price: $250.00
JOHN HAROLD THOMAS SNOW
Bongo Man
colour lithograph
signed, titled and number 5/14 in the lower margin
16.25 x 8.5 ins ( 41.3 x 21.6 cms )
Price: $85.00
ARTHUR HENRY HOWARD HEMING
Ensnared Bear
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1925 lower left
24 x 22.25 ins ( 61 x 56.5 cms )
Price: $500.00
PETER HAWORTH
Georgian Bay Rhythms
watercolour
signed lower right
19.25 x 21.5 ins ( 48.9 x 54.6 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $600.00
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
ARTHUR DOMINIQUE ROZAIRE
Twilight Landscape
oil on canvas
signed lower right
22 x 28 ins ( 55.9 x 71.1 cms )
Price: $3,500.00
20TH CENTURY CANADIAN SCHOOL
Méandre de rivière près de St-Malachie
oil on canvas board
signed “Deschênes” and titled on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Price: $125.00
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
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
ROBERT NATKIN
Untitled
lithograph in colours
signed, dated 1974 and numbered “P.P. 1/3” in the lower margin; unframed
40.75 x 31 ins ( 103.5 x 78.7 cms ) ( sheet )
Price: $100.00
ROBERT GRAY MURRAY
Windhover
colour lithograph
signed, titled, dated 1976 and numbered 68/100 in the lower margin; unframed
25.5 x 19.75 ins ( 64.8 x 50.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Price: $75.00
TONI ONLEY
Old Wall, Japan
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 26/43 in the lower margin; unframed
19.75 x 24 ins ( 50.2 x 61 cms ) ( sheet )
Price: $100.00
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
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
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Across the River
oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed lower right; signed on the reverse
12.5 x 16.75 ins ( 31.8 x 42.5 cms )
Price: $6,800.00
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Purple Thrust
colour serigraph
signed, dated 1974 and numbered 47/100 in the lower left margin
29 x 20.5 ins ( 73.7 x 52.1 cms ) ( subject )
Price: $7,500.00
MIYUKI TANOBE
Le Mariage de Florentine
lithograph in colours
signed, titled, dated 1983 and numbered 105/125 in the lower margin (no glass within framing)
17.75 x 14 ins ( 45.1 x 35.6 cms ) ( plate size )
Price: $125.00
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
CHARLES JONES WAY
St. Sulpice, Lake of Geneva
watercolour
signed and titled lower right
11.25 x 23 ins ( 28.6 x 58.4 cms )
Price: $275.00
FREDERICK STANLEY HAINES
Figure within the Trees
oil on board
unsigned; condition noted: some warping of the board present, sold “as is” and not subject to return
12 x 14 ins ( 30.5 x 35.6 cms )
Price: $175.00
NICHOLAS HORNYANSKY
The Old Smithy; Waiting Teams
pair of colour aquatints
“The Old Smithy” (colour aquatint, signed and titled in the lower margin, subject 3.5 ins x 4 ins); “Waiting Teams” (colour aquatint, signed and titled in the lower margin, subject 3.5 ins x 4 ins)
3.5 x 4 ins ( 8.9 x 10.2 cms ) ( each subject )
Price: $150.00
JOHN GOODWIN LYMAN
Profile of a Woman
charcoal on paper
signed lower left
14.25 x 10.25 ins ( 36.2 x 26 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $150.00
BENJAMIN CHEE CHEE
Three Geese
photolithograph
unsigned
23.5 x 18.5 ins ( 59.7 x 47 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $50.00
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
The Fish Vendor
aquatint
signed and titled in pencil in the lower margin
7 x 4.75 ins ( 17.8 x 12.1 cms ) ( plate size )
Price: $150.00
