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.
JOANNE CLARKE
Old Mountain Shadows
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 2004 on the reverse
24 x 24 ins ( 61 x 61 cms )
Price: $200.00
GORDON APPELBE SMITH
Mountain Landscape
lithograph
signed and dated 1976 in the lower margin; unframed
9 x 14 ins ( 22.9 x 35.6 cms )
Price: $150.00
ELAINE GOBLE
Robin
egg tempera on board
signed and dated 1990 lower right
22 x 18 ins ( 55.9 x 45.7 cms )
Price: $400.00
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Selection of Books On Yousuf Karsh
4 books
Full listing of books within cataloguing details
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
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Rome (Cathedral)
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated “660604” (June 4th, 1966) on the reverse
30 x 48 ins ( 76.2 x 121.9 cms )
Price: $5,000.00
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: $1,400.00
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 )
Price: $180.00
STANLEY MOREL COSGROVE
Collection of Six Landscapes and Still-Lifes
six colour lithographs
Full listing of prints within cataloguing details
25 x 18.75 ins ( 63.5 x 47.6 cms ) ( largest )
Price: $225.00
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
PAUL ARCHIBALD CARON
Verchères; Old Windmill at Verchères, P.Q.
double-sided charcoal on paper
“Verchères” (titled lower left and stamped lower right); “Old Windmill at Verchères, P.Q.” (signed lower right, titled lower left)
10.5 x 14.75 ins ( 26.7 x 37.5 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $650.00
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
A Selection of Six Books
Full listing of books within cataloguing details
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Price: $80.00
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Five Books on Canadian and International Arts
Full listing of books within cataloguing details
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Price: $80.00
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
A Selection of Six Books
six books
Full listing of books within cataloguing details
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Price: $80.00
CLARENCE ALPHONSE GAGNON
Château Galliard, Les Andelys
oil on board
certified by Lucile Rodier Gagnon in 1946 (no. 432) and inscribed “France” on a label on the reverse
6.25 x 9 ins ( 15.9 x 22.9 cms )
Price: $11,500.00
JOHN HAROLD THOMAS SNOW
Painting II
oil on board
signed, titled and dated 1963 on the reverse
24 x 20.25 ins ( 61 x 51.4 cms )
Price: $1,300.00
HAROLD KLUNDER
Deventer
lithograph on handmade paper
signed, titled, dated 1979 and numbered 5/5 toward the lower edge
29.5 x 20 ins ( 74.9 x 50.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Price: $1,100.00
GUY MICHON
Vitrail #3
oil on canvas, laid on board
signed and dated 1966 lower right; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Price: $650.00
JOHN MASSEY
Crimea (Soldiers Series) 2001
digital print
titled, dated and numbered 4/5 to a label on the reverse
27 x 34.25 ins ( 68.6 x 87 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $4,000.00
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Nine Canadian Art Reference Books
nine books
- “Bernard Aimé Poulin: A Portrait” (Benoît Cazabon, Marcel Broquet Éditeur, Candiac, Quebec, 2019 - signed by the artist on the title page);
- “Aba Bayefsky: Drawings of the Market” (Canadian Portfolio Editions, Toronto, 1978 - signed by the artist and numbered 12/250 to a label on the inside back cover);
- “The Early Days on the Great Lakes: The Art of William Armstrong” (Henry C. Campbell, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto & Montreal, 1971);
- “A First Book of Canadian Art” (Richard Rhodes, Owl Books, Toronto, 2001);
- “The Growth of Canadian Painting” (Donald W. Buchanan, Collins, London and Toronto, 1950);
- “The Ontario Collection” (Fern Bayer, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Markham, 1984);
- “Home Truths” (Joan Murray, Key Porter Books, Toronto, 1997);
- “Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980” (Rebecca Sisler, Clarke, Irwin & Company Ltd., Toronto/Vancouver, 1980);
- “The Canadian Earth: Landscape Paintings by the Group of Seven” (Roger Boulet, Cerebus/Prentice-Hall, 1982)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Price: $110.00
SOREL ETROG
In the Shadow I
painted bronze
stamped with signature, date (1969) and edition 1/7
14 x 8.75 x 10.5 ins ( 35.6 x 22.2 x 26.7 cms ) ( overall )
Price: $18,000.00
THOMAS SHERLOCK HODGSON
Manganese Blue
oil and metal eyelets on canvas
signed lower right; dated 1977 upper right
57.25 x 57.25 ins ( 145.4 x 145.4 cms )
Price: $6,500.00
GORDON RAYNER
Lagoon, January, 1973
acrylic, paper and wood on canvas
signed (three times), titled (twice) and dated “Jan. 1973” (twice) on the reverse and stretcher
60 x 72 ins ( 152.4 x 182.9 cms )
Price: $4,000.00
ROLPH SCARLETT
Untitled Abstraction
oil on canvas
signed lower right; inscribed “3.” on the reverse
40 x 60 ins ( 101.6 x 152.4 cms )
Price: $6,500.00
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Visionaire 26 Fantasy (1998)
mixed media
unbound circular images and an original Hermès mask contained within a round box; number 1720 in an edition of 6000 (Fall 1998)
13 x 13 x 2 ins ( 33 x 33 x 5.1 cms ) ( box )
Price: $225.00
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Visionaire 29 Woman
mixed media
book of photographs bound in red suede, within a mirrored case; number 940 in an edition of 6000 (Fall 1999)
13.25 x 9.5 x 13 ins ( 33.7 x 24.1 x 33 cms ) ( case )
Price: $225.00
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Factory and Rapids
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled (twice) and inscribed “No. ‘49” with Roberts Inventory Number (106) on the reverse
19 x 22 ins ( 48.3 x 55.9 cms )
Price: $3,500.00
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Spring Landscape
oil on canvas
signed lower right; Roberts Inventory Number (1976) inscribed on the stretcher
19 x 22.25 ins ( 48.3 x 56.5 cms )
Price: $3,000.00
BARKER FAIRLEY
12 Georgian Bay Sketches
twelve photolithographs
signed in the lower margin on print #12; unframed
9.25 x 11.75 ins ( 23.5 x 29.8 cms ) ( each sheet )
Price: $320.00
BEATRICE HAGARTY ROBERTSON
Still Life
oil on board
signed lower right
19.5 x 23.75 ins ( 49.5 x 60.3 cms )
Price: $150.00
FRANK LEONARD BROOKS
Mexican Window
oil on canvas
signed and titled on the stretcher
18 x 29 ins ( 45.7 x 73.7 cms )
Price: $1,200.00
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Pierre Alechinski publication
publication
“Alechinski” (Jean-François Revel, Galerie de France, Paris, 1962)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Price: $300.00
WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT
Six Historical Prints
prints
- “Fish-Market, Toronto”
- ”The Ottawa River, at Bytown”
- “Kingston, Lake Ontario”
- “The Horse Shoe Falls, Niagara”
- “The Cathedral, Montreal”
- “Saint John, New Brunswick”
each unframed, housed in portfolio box
7.75 x 10.5 ins ( 19.7 x 26.7 cms ) ( each sheet )
Price: $125.00
KENNETH DANBY
Six Olympic Prints and “Danby: Images of Sport” book
six lithographs
- “The Gymnast”;
- “The High Jumper”;
- ”The Diver”;
- “The Sprinter”;
- “The Sculler”;
- “The Cyclist”;
each unframed, housed with the book in a portfolio box
11.75 x 14 ins ( 29.8 x 35.6 cms ) ( each sheet )
Price: $220.00
JEAN LEFÉBURE
Petite déferlante
pastel
signed and dated 2009 lower right; titled on a label on the reverse
19.75 x 19.25 ins ( 50.2 x 48.9 cms )
Price: $350.00
EVAN PENNY
Torso (Jim)
bronze
signed, dated 1985 and numbered 3/3 at the lower area of the right leg
40 x 25 x 23 ins ( 101.6 x 63.5 x 58.4 cms ) ( excluding pedestal measurement )
Price: $16,000.00
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Six Canadian Art Reference Publications
six books
Full listing within cataloguing details
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Price: $80.00
MOLLY LAMB BOBAK
Evening in Venice
oil on board
signed lower right; titled indistinctly ”Evening” and to two gallery labels “Venice” on the reverse
40.25 x 60.25 ins ( 102.2 x 153 cms )
Price: $27,500.00
DENNIS EUGENE NORMAN BURTON
Reclining Woman
pencil drawing
signed and dated 12.29.65 lower right
15.25 x 22.75 ins ( 38.7 x 57.8 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $325.00
SOREL ETROG
La Dance
bronze
stamped signature and numbered 1/7
19 x 14 x 6.25 ins ( 48.3 x 35.6 x 15.9 cms )
Price: $25,000.00
KELLY MARK
Bold (Bold & Giesserei series)
letraset print
24 x 24 ins ( 61 x 61 cms ) ( sheet )
Price: $700.00
KELLY MARK
USA Order No. 65144BC
letraset on archival matte board
signed, titled and dated 2001 on the reverse
11 x 14 ins ( 27.9 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $700.00
ARTHUR DRUMMOND
Bass Harbour Head, Mount Desert Island, Maine
watercolour
signed lower left; titled on a label on the reverse
5.25 x 7.5 ins ( 13.3 x 19.1 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $125.00
MERV BRANDEL
Pacific Rim
oil on canvas
signed lower right
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Price: $600.00
FLORENCE WYLE
Seagulls
relief (plaster)
signed and titled in pencil on the reverse; condition noted: three fine hairline cracks, two minor chips at left edge, wear at edges
25.5 x 25.5 x 1 ins ( 64.8 x 64.8 x 2.5 cms )
Price: $600.00
BERT BELL
John Reeves, 1978; Inuit Art World
Full listing within cataloguing details
23.25 x 35.75 ins ( 59.1 x 90.8 cms ) ( sight (largest) )
Price: $125.00
FERNANDEZ ARMAN
Untitled
burnt violin in polyester resin
This unique and original work is recorded in the Arman Studio Archives, New York under number: APA# 8208.79.177; sold together with a resin stand
24 x 12 x 3.25 ins ( 61 x 30.5 x 8.3 cms ) ( overall (excluding base) )
Price: $16,500.00
NDEBELE ART
Untitled
acrylic on paper
signed “Nomsa” lower right; unframed
21.5 x 29.5 ins ( 54.6 x 74.9 cms )
Price: $250.00
NDEBELE ART
Untitled
acrylic on paper
signed “Diambili” lower right; unframed
21.75 x 29.5 ins ( 55.2 x 74.9 cms )
Price: $250.00
HENRY MOORE
Head, 1981
bronze with brown patination
incised signature and stamped edition (5/9); mounted on an acrylic base
4 x 2.8125 x 2.5625 ins ( 10.2 x 7.1 x 6.5 cms ) ( overall (excluding base) )
Price: $20,000.00
TEODORA PICA
Untitled
acrylic on canvas
singed and inscribed “6589” on the reverse; unframed
60 x 48 ins ( 152.4 x 121.9 cms )
Price: $500.00
LYNN RUSSELL CHADWICK
Maquette II Walking Woman
bronze
stamped signature, edition (7/9) and inscriptions of “C6S” & “Ⓑ” on the underside
11.75 x 6 x 8 ins ( 29.8 x 15.2 x 20.3 cms ) ( overall )
Price: $75,000.00
LYNN RUSSELL CHADWICK
Detector III
bronze
incised signature, indistinct date, edition (1/4) and inscription (“430”)
16.875 x 7 x 4.5 ins ( 42.9 x 17.8 x 11.4 cms ) ( overall )
Price: $21,500.00
KENNETH ARMITAGE
Two Figures with a Drawing
mixed media sculpture
aluminum cast with screenprint; signed with initials, dated “1972-76” and editioned 3/4 on the underside
15 x 15.75 x 7.5625 ins ( 38.1 x 40 x 19.2 cms ) ( overall )
Price: $9,500.00
CANADIAN SCHOOL
Floral Still Life
watercolour
12.5 x 9.25 ins ( 31.8 x 23.5 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $300.00
PAUL A. HALLAM
Home for Lunch
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1998 and inscribed “South of Gerrard, E of Coxwell behind Baron Byng Can. Legion”
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Price: $200.00
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Thirteen International Art Reference Books
Full listing within cataloguing details
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Price: $225.00
STEFAN HORIK
Reflect Solaire
oil on board
signed and titled on the reverse
12.75 x 48 ins ( 32.4 x 121.9 cms )
Price: $700.00
JOHN MEREDITH
Abstraction
coloured inks on paper
signed and dated c. 1972 upper left
16.75 x 13.75 ins ( 42.5 x 34.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Price: $1,500.00
CLAUDE BREEZE
Crown Mountain
acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1978 on the stretcher; titled and dated 1978 to two gallery labels on the reverse
63 x 48 ins ( 160 x 121.9 cms )
Price: $5,000.00
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Landscape with Trees
oil on canvas
signed lower right
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
Price: $1,325.00
LANGLEY THOMAS DONGES
Through the Trees
watercolour
signed lower right; titled on a label on the reverse; unframed (matted)
8.5 x 11.5 ins ( 21.6 x 29.2 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $70.00
DAVID SEATON SMITH
Autumn Landscape; Summer Landscape
two watercolours
- “Autumn Landscape” (signed and dated ’40 lower left - 10.25 x 13.25 [sight]);
- “Summer Landscape” (signed lower right - 10 x 14.75 ins. [sight]);
each unframed (matted)
10 x 14.75 ins ( 25.4 x 37.5 cms ) ( sight (largest) )
Price: $125.00
JOHN ENSOR
Summer’s Store
sampson-matthews silkscreen
artist name, title and “Issued by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa” printed in the lower margin; signed within the plate and inscribed “Supervised by A.J. Casson” lower right; a Sampson-Matthews label on the reverse; unframed
19.75 x 28.25 ins ( 50.2 x 71.8 cms )
Price: $150.00
RICK MCCARTHY
Galatea
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 2002 upper left; signed, titled and dated 2002 on the reverse; unframed
72 x 60 ins ( 182.9 x 152.4 cms )
Price: $950.00
ELIOT FURNESS PORTER
Plates from the book “In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World”
set of 10 colour lithographed prints
from the book “In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World”; housed in a portfolio
13.5 x 10.25 ins ( 34.3 x 26 cms ) ( sheet (each) )
Price: $100.00
BOOKS AND REFERENCE
Canadian Art Reference Publications
eight books
full cataloguing in details
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Price: $150.00
JOACHIM GEORGE GAUTHIER
Homestead in Winter
sampson matthews silkscreen
11.25 x 15.5 ins ( 28.6 x 39.4 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $360.00
PHILIP CRAIG
Italian Landscape
reproduction giclee on canvas
31.75 x 41 ins ( 80.6 x 104.1 cms )
Price: $250.00
FRANK LEONARD BROOKS
Sun Catchers on the Beach; By the Shore
two watercolours
- “Sun Catchers on the Beach” (watercolour, signed lower right; 7 x 10 inches (sight); condition noted);
- “By the Shore” (watercolour, 7.75 x 11 inches (sight))
7 x 10 ins ( 17.8 x 25.4 cms ) ( largest )
Price: $275.00
ROY KIYOOKA
StoneDGloves
gelatin silver print mounted to board
signed, titled and dated 1971 lower right; unframed
Condition Noted: losses present at the image layer (full condition report available by request). Artwork is sold “as is” and not subject to return
26 x 39 ins ( 66 x 99.1 cms ) ( sheet )
Price: $500.00
FRANK LEONARD BROOKS
Elora
watercolour
signed and titled lower left
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $225.00
GATHIE FALK
Two Egg Cups with Single Egg; Footed Violet Bowl
ceramic sculptures
- Two Egg Cups with Single Egg: 3.75 x 4.5 x 2.25 (each overall) Condition Noted: multiple chips and losses within base of sculptures; sold “as is” and not subject to return
- Footed Violet Bowl: 14.5 x 4.25 x 4.2 5 (overall) 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)
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Price: $275.00
WILLIAM ABERNETHY OGILVIE
Winter Sun
watercolour
signed and dated 1971 lower right; titled and dated 1971 to a gallery label on the reverse
10.75 x 19 ins ( 27.3 x 48.3 cms ) ( sight )
Price: $300.00
STEPHEN ARTHURS
To Be A Bird on High...
acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated “1991-1992” on the reverse
29.25 x 31.25 ins ( 74.3 x 79.4 cms )
Price: $2,000.00
PIERRE GENDRON
Géometrie 1
acrylic, metal and card on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1991 and inscribed “#14” on the reverse
40 x 30 ins ( 101.6 x 76.2 cms )
Price: $750.00
PIERRE GENDRON
Géometrie 2
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1992 and inscribed “#15” on the reverse
40 x 30 ins ( 101.6 x 76.2 cms )
Price: $750.00
MARJORIE PIGOTT
Sundance
poster print
signed and numbered 17/350 in the margin
16.5 x 15.5 ins ( 41.9 x 39.4 cms )
Price: $50.00
YVES GAUCHER
Silences
colour etching
signed, tilted, dated 1996 and numbered 11/75 in the lower margin
24.75 x 35.5 ins ( 62.9 x 90.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Price: $900.00
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Seven Prints from the “Homage to Jack Bush” Portfolio
three serigraphs; four etchings
- K.M. Graham, “For Jack” (signed, titled, dated 1983 and numbered 79/90);
- Joseph Drapell, “Heart” (signed, titled, dated 1984 and numbered 79/90);
- Dan Christensen, “One for Jack” (signed, titled, dated 1984 and numbered 79/90);
- Friedel Dzubas, “Fugue” (signed, titled and numbered 79/90);
- Darryl Hughto, “Grotto” (signed, titled, dated 1984 and numbered 79/90);
- Michael Steiner “Untitled” (signed and numbered 79/90);
- Dorothy Knowles, ”Summer Day” (signed, titled, dated 1984 and numbered 79/90);
all measuring approximately 22 ins x 30 ins [sheet], each unframed
22 x 30 ins ( 55.9 x 76.2 cms ) ( each sheet )
Price: $1,300.00
JOHN GODFREY
On Route to Paris
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled and dated “April 1974” on the reverse
19.5 x 25.25 ins ( 49.5 x 64.1 cms )
Price: $775.00
GAGNON
Fonte des neiges
lithograph
signed and numbered 9/75 in pencil lower left; titled on a label on the reverse
22.5 x 30 ins ( 57.2 x 76.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Price: $100.00
TELFORD FENTON
Portrait of a Woman
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1989 lower right; unframed
60 x 60 ins ( 152.4 x 152.4 cms )
Price: $1,200.00
TELFORD FENTON
Portrait of a Man
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1990 lower left; unframed
60 x 60 ins ( 152.4 x 152.4 cms )
Price: $1,200.00
