April 26th Canadian Fine Art
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2001 MOLLY LAMB BOBAK (Canadian, 1920-2014)
The Royal Visit to Hartland (Princess Anne) Oil on canvas board
Signed lower right
H. 6 1/2”
W. 10 1/2”
Provenance: Titled and signed by the artist on verso in ink; inventory sticker #86-0150; Galerie Walter Klinkhoff (Montreal)
$6,000 - $8,000
2002 ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT (Canadian, 1898-1967)
Quebec Home Oil on panel
Signed bottom right
H. 7”
W. 9”
Provenance: Inventory tag verso #1472-1 (Nov. 1992)
$3,000 - $5,000
2003 ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON (Canadian, 1898-1992)
Barn Interior, Lake Kashagawigamog
Oil on board
Signed lower right
Dated 1923 on verso
H. 9”
W. 11”
Provenance: Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on verso in ink; Robert Gallery (Toronto) label verso; stock #6811J
This painting is a product of one of A.J. Casson’s initial trips to the small towns of Haliburton County in the early 1920s, likely alongside his mentor Franklin Carmichael. The painting dates to 1923, an important year for Casson as he became a member of the Ontario Society of Artists and just three years before he became a member of the Group of Seven.
Casson’s love of painting barns and cottages is well documented throughout his career. However, in contrast with his usual abstracted exterior perspectives, we are presented with an interior viewpoint that still allows the surrounding landscape to find its way into focus. The open door invites a cascade of sunlight to bathe the dim room, highlighting the straw on the floor and panels of the roof, and the bright blue of Lake Kashagawigamog in the background serves to punctuate the deep browns of the darkened walls.
$15,000 - $25,000
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2004 JOHN KASYN (Canadian, 1926-2008)
Off Montague St. (Toronto) Oil on masonite board
Signed and dated ‘70 lower right
H. 12”
W. 9”
Provenance: Remnants of Gallerie Ustel (Toronto) label on verso
$2,000 - $3,000
2006
ALLEN SAPP (Canadian, 1928-2015)
Getting Water for the Horse Acrylic on canvas
Signed bottom right
H. 11 1/2”
W. 15 1/2”
Provenance: Copyright stamp verso (dated 1986)
$1,500 - $2,500
2005
ARTO YUZBASIYAN (Canadian, b. 1948)
Cabbagetown Houses in Fall Oil on board
Signed lower right
Provenance: Artist label on verso (dated 1988)
H. 7 1/2”
W. 5 1/2”
$800 - $1,200
2008
THOMAS KEITH ROBERTS (Canadian, 1909-1998)
Winter Morning, Odessa Oil on board Signed bottom left
H. 25”
W. 37 1/4”
Provenance: Roberts Gallery (Toronto) label verso
$1,500 - $2,500
2007
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS (Canadian, 1904-1974)
Untitled: Possibly St. Lawrence River At Port-Au-Persil Oil on masonite board
Signed lower right
H. 11 1/2”
W. 15 1/2”
$2,500 - $3,500
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2009
BRUNO JOSEPH BOBAK (Canadian, 1923-2012)
Green Lake
Oil on canvas board
Signed lower left
H. 7 1/2”
W. 9 1/2”
Provenance: Roberts Gallery (Toronto) label verso, Stock #5410J (dated 1985)
$1,200 - $1,500
2011 MOLLY LAMB BOBAK (Canadian, 1920-2014)
Beach Oil on canvas board
Signed lower right
H. 6”
W. 12”
Provenance: Inventory #87-0111; Galerie Walter Klinkhoff (Montreal) label on verso
$3,000 - $4,000
2012 MARY FRANCES PRATT (Canadian, 1935-2018)
Landscape
Watercolour on paper
Signed and dated ‘62 lower left
H. 6”
W. 11”
$2,000 - $3,000
2010
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN (Canadian, 1866-1934)
Untitled (winter river landscape)
Oil on panel
Signed bottom right
H. 10”
W. 13 1/2”
$6,000 - $8,000
2013
GEORGE HENRY GLYDE (Canadian, 1906-1998)
Quiet Corner, Pender Island B.C.
Oil on artist board
Signed and dated ‘62 lower right
H. 9 7/8”
W. 11 3/4”
Provenance: Title and artist’s name written in ink on canvas verso; offered at Bonham’s New York in “American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture including Canadian Art”, November 29, 2011, Lot #1164
$1,000 - $1,500
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2014 FRANKLIN ARBUCKLE (Canadian, 1909-2001)
Barnyard Lane
Oil on board
Signed bottom left
H. 23 1/2”
W. 31 1/2”
Provenance: Galerie Walter Klinkhoff (Montreal) label verso
$1,200 - $1,500
2015
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON (Canadian, 1907-1996)
View From the Battery, St. John’s Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
H. 10”
W. 12”
Provenance: Signed and titled on verso; The Gallery Fine Art (St. John’s, Newfoundland)
$1,200 - $1,500
2016
THOMAS KEITH ROBERTS (Canadian, 1909-1998)
Street in St. John’s, Newfoundland Oil on masonite
Signed lower left
H. 20”
W. 30”
Provenance: Titled and dated 1972 on verso in ink; Galerie Walter Klinkhoff (Montreal) label verso
$1,200 - $1,500
2017 RITA MOUNT (Canadian, 1888-1967)
Old Cars of Montreal Oil on canvas
Signed bottom left
H. 23 1/2”
W. 26 1/2”
Provenance: Royal Academy of Arts label on verso, 832 Dorchester St East; displayed at the 1940 Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Exhibition as “Old Cabs, Montreal” (#116)
$5,000 - $7,000
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2018 FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL (Canadian, 1890-1945)
Still Life #2 (Zinnias, Marigolds & Phlox) Oil on beaverboard
Signed and dated 1922 lower right
H. 12”
W. 10”
Provenance: Verso of panel signed by the artist; inventory number 1114A; Roberts Gallery (Toronto)
Stock #8632S
$8,000 - $12,000
2019 FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL (Canadian, 1890-1945)
Still Life #1 (Hollyhocks, Zinnias & Daises) Oil on beaverboard
Signed and dated 1922 lower right
H. 12”
W. 10”
Provenance: Verso of panel signed by the artist; inventory number 1113A; Roberts Gallery (Toronto)
Stock #8631S
$8,000 - $12,000
2020 ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON (Canadian, 1898-1992)
Haliburton Cabin Oil on canvas board
Signed lower right
Dated 1938 on gallery label
H. 9”
W. 11”
Provenance: Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on verso in ink; Roberts Gallery (Toronto) label verso, stock #9257S
$25,000 - $35,000
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1928-2015)
Just Taking His Time Oil on Canvas Signed bottom right
H. 23 3/4”
W. 30”
Provenance: Gallerie de Bellefeuille (Toronto) label and stamped on stretcher
$4,000 - $6,000
1898-1984)
Otter Lake Oil on masonite
Signed bottom left
H. 9 1/2”
W. 13 1/2”
$500 - $700
1926-2008)
Back Yard on Major Street (Toronto) Oil on masonite board
Titled and signed by the artist on verso
H. 12”
W 9”
Provenance: Gallerie Ustel (Toronto) label verso
$2,000 - $3,000
(Near) Farm at Maple Lake Haliburton Oil on canvas board
Dated 1938 (verso)
Signed lower right
H. 9”
W. 11”
Provenance: Titled and signed by the artist on verso in pencil and with a label; Roberts Gallery (Toronto) label verso
$20,000 - $30,000
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2021 THOMAS HAROLD BEAMENT (Canadian,
2022 ALLEN SAPP (Canadian,
2023 JOHN KASYN (Canadian,
2024 ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON (Canadian, 1898-1992)
2025
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON (Canadian, 1898-1992)
(July Sky) Near Barry Bay
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Double signed verso; label dated 1959
H. 11 1/2”
W. 14 1/2”
Provenance: Private Collection of the late Harold Vail Shaw, Canadian artist and employee of SampsonMathews and friend of the artist. By descent through the family.
This painting by Casson captures a serene rural landscape, depicting several barns nestled among rolling fields beneath towering abstracted clouds. Painted in Barry’s Bay, in the township of Madawaska Valley, this work portrays one of Casson’s favorite subjects in one of his favorite places to visit during his time with the Group of Seven.
This particular painting has been held privately since Casson gifted it to Harold Vail Shaw. Both Shaw and Casson worked for the Sampson-Matthews print program; Casson joined the firm in 1926, became its Art Director in 1932, and its Vice President in 1946. Shaw was also an artist and is recorded as a contributor of sketches of Canadian Prime Ministers for the limited edition book “The First Hundred Years” published in 1969.
$25,000 - $35,000
2026
LAWREN STEWART HARRIS (Canadian, 1885-1970)
Untitled (White Cottage)
Oil on panel
Signed lower left
H. 8”
W. 10”
Provenance: Verso of panel “II Sketch Lawren Harris / $125” in pencil; Gallery stamp for Kastel Gallery (Westmount, Quebec); The Art Emporium Inc. (Seattle, WA) label verso, Sale # F1272, September 19, 1987
This charming panel by Harris is emblematic of his fascination with houses during his early career. It is reminiscent of other early examples of houses, such as those made during his trip to the Laurentians with J.W. Beatty in 1909, his visits to Haliburton County in 1910, and throughout his early career in Toronto.
The piece presents an idyllic summer scene with a bright blue sky, lush vegetation, and a lighted white cottage; the bright red chimney signals the bold use of colour that he would utilize for his Group period interpretations of city and country home life. It is possible that Harris painted this around June of 1915, when he and his wife were known to be visiting Little Métis (their arrival is noted in the “Social Events” announcements of the June 22, 1915, issue of The Globe). This panel is far less somber and dark than his earlier recorded works, and does not yet contain traces of his Algoma or Lake Superior palettes of the late teens and twenties.
$40,000 - $60,000
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2027
FREDERICK SIMPSON COBURN (Canadian, 1871-1960)
A Sunny Day Near Melbourne Oil on canvas
Signed and dated ‘30 bottom left
“F.S. Coburn R.C.A.” plaque on frame
H. 14”
W. 21”
Provenance: Watson Art Gallery (Montreal) label verso: two stamps dated “Aug 12 1930” and “Aug 21 1930” on verso
$3,000 - $5,000
2028
FREDERICK ARTHUR VERNER (Canadian, 1836-1928)
Untitled (winter landscape)
Watercolour
Signed and dated 1900 bottom right
H. 9”
W. 13”
$600 - $800
2029
PEGI NICOL MACLEOD (Canadian, 1904-1949)
Suckling Pigs
Watercolour
Signed lower right
H. 18 3/4”
W. 24 3/4”
Provenance: John Cory, Havelock, N.B., Elide Albert Architect, Bouctouche, N.B., from whom Cory acquired the present Private Collection, Moncton, N.B.
Note: Hand written note on backing suggests Cory may have acquired from Madge Smith, who ran an artist shop in Fredericton between 1936 and 1961, and who represented MacLeod as well as other local artists (e.g. Molly and Bruno Bobak, Jack Humphrey et al.)
Literature: Harper, J Russell. PAINTING IN CANADA: A HISTORY
(Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966), p. 339 (illustrated)
$1,200 - $1,500
2030
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN (Canadian, 1866-1934)
Low Tide (Côte-de-Beaupré, PQ [Beaupre Coast,QC]), 1899
Oil on canvas, backed with aluminum Signed and dated ‘99 recto, lower right; with an unknown affixed typeset label, “Maurice Cullen R.C.A. 1866-1934 / ‘Low Tide’ 18-29 / [oil?] on canvas - applied on alum.” Cullen Inventory No. 829
H. 17 3/4”
W. 28 3/4”
Between the years of 1896 and 1904, the area around Beaupré Coast held a special significance for several of the members of Montreal’s Pen and Pencil Club, including William Brymner, James Wilson Morrice, Edmond Dyonnet, and Maurice Cullen. It is well documented that Cullen travelled frequently to the Beaupré Coast. He and Brymner rented the lower level a house as a studio, with Edmund Morris occupying the second floor of the same building [1]. A remarkably similar composition by Cullen from a year prior is housed in the Winnipeg Art Gallery [2] and several other canvases by his fellow painters of the beautiful vistas the Beaupré Coast area provided are housed in public and private collections throughout Canada.
Prior to the arrival of this group of painters, the area was en route to a popular pilgrimage destination for Catholics visiting the Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré. With these visitors brought the need for lodging. By the 1870s, a budding tourism industry began to take shape and by the 1890s the area had been transformed into a fashionable vacation destination for American visitors.
The meeting point of three geological structures, namely the St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Laurentians and the Appalachians, situated on the lower St. Lawrence, the area offered picturesque views to vacationers and the visiting artists.
The present canvas, dated 1899 was likely worked up from his sojourn in either the summer of 1898 or 1899. Low Tide exemplifies Cullen’s particular approach to painting, which was intimate and which sought to remain faithful to the topography of the landscape. Here, Cullen offers a focused view of fishing boats moored in a wharf, which affords the riggings and sails of several vessels to dominate the scene. The boat’s forms overlap and intertwine — so much so that if it were not for the masts of ships that punctuate the sky, the boundaries from one boat to the next would be nearly indecipherable. Taken together, we may read this as a celebration of the bustling flow of marine traffic that passed through the area. While Cullen barely hints at the human element of his scene, the lone sailor in his muted red shirt cannot be missed. Considerable focus, however, is lavished on the natural elements of the picture. A masterfully painted sky gives the impression of a warm summer’s day with luminous, fluffy clouds that billow amidst the blue sky like a fast moving weather laden armada. In the blue distance of water, we spot rolling sapphire hills and an intervening stretch of green landscape. In his foreground of foamy surf, sand, and craggy rocks, Cullen works out with great success the gamut of the highest light and deepest shadows. The composition, when taken on the whole, illustrates the hallmarks of Cullen’s abilities as a painter: fluidity of forms and the feeling of spaciousness, full of light and air.
$40,000 - $60,000
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1. Edmund Morris, Diaries, 1886-1904, Edmund Montague Morris sous-fonds, Queen’s University Archives, Kingston, Ont, Collection 2140 2. Maurice Cullen, Wharf at Beaupré, 1898, Winnipeg Art Gallery, acc. no. 6-97-20.
2031
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT (Canadian, 1898-1967)
Arbour Scene, Newfoundland Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
H. 18”
W. 24”
Provenance: Sotheby’s “Important Canadian Art”, May 19, 1993, Lot 91
$15,000 - $25,000
2032
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD (Canadian, 1889-1971)
Autumn Reflection Oil on canvas
Signed bottom left
“M. Mac” carved into verso of frame
H. 19 1/2”
W. 25 1/2”
$2,000 - $3,000
2033
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON (Canadian, 1898-1992)
Baldwin Oil on board
Signed lower right
H. 11 3/4”
W. 14 1/2”
Provenance: Arts & Letters Sketch Club, signed and dated ‘75 on verso
$20,000 - $30,000
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2034 ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT (Canadian,
1898-1967)
River landscape, winter
Oil on panel
Signed lower right
H. 12”
W. 16”
Provenance: Sotheby’s “Important Canadian Art” auction at Toronto on November 15th, 1995 (Lot #10)
$5,000 - $7,000
2036 PETER CLAPHAM P.C. SHEPPARD (Canadian 1879-1964)
Fair For Britain; Night Scene, Riverdale Park, Toronto, 1942-43 (Cabbagetown east side)
Oil on board
Signed lower right; titled on verso
H. 20”
W. 23 3/4”
Provenance: Cowley Abbot, November 22, 2016
2035 ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON (Canadian,
1898-1992)
During World War II, the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition operated as a recruitment and training centre for the Canadian Armed Forces. The closure of the CNE grounds did not deter midway provider James “Patty” Conklin, who staged the Fair for Britain in Toronto’s Riverdale Park [1]. Partial proceeds from the two week program were given in support of the war effort overseas as well as simultaneously “helping to sustain the morale of citizens through entertainment” and “providing work for unemployed carnies and others during hard times” [2] [3].
Snake Island
Watercolour on Linden Fibre paper
Signed and dated 1924 lower right
H. 9”
W. 10 1/2”
Provenance: Roberts Gallery (Toronto) labels on verso
$12,000 - $15,000
Such a patriotic effort obviously captured the attention of P.C. Sheppard, whose most celebrated works intimate his fondness for creating pictures that celebrated the scenes of life found variously throughout his hometown of Toronto. Additionally, Sheppard’s interest and success in depicting scenes of amusements and attractions in Toronto is well documented throughout his artistic career [4]. A colourist of the highest order, the present picture makes clear that the artist’s quintessential handling of pigments is no less effective when rendering a nocturne. Sheppard captures the dramatic lamps that twinkle amidst the fairgrounds and tents to light up the carnival goers. Four scintillating rays beam outward from the ferris wheel at right angles to shine jubilantly over the event. So effective is the artist’s rendition that one can practically hear the hum of the crowd and eclectic whorls of the various attractions and rides when looking at this sketch.
Although the merriment of the scene is clear, there is a pathos to the work that cannot be denied. Sheppard’s vantage point is one that situates him above the crowd so that he seems to be contemplating the scene, rather than partaking in the various activities that the fair offered. As Tom Smart notes of the artist’s later works, “it is as if he [Sheppard] takes the attitude of his works as an observer, a chronicler, watching life around him from the edge of a scene [...] from an out-of-the-way vantage point. [...] This is where I find the inquisitive, probing eye of the artist” [5].
1. NB: Previously, erroneously list Conklin as the head of the CNE. Elwood Hughes was the General Manager at this time.
2. “Fair Will Aid British Relief: Big Even to Open at Riverdale Park Monday,” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 28 Aug 1942, p. 4
3. 1942 Conklin Show Poster, Canadian National Exhibition Heritage, https://cneheritage.com/
4. For similar works see Tom Smart, Peter Clapham Sheppard: His Life and Work, (Richmond Hill, Ont: Firefly Books Ltd., 2018), Arrival of the Circus, 1919, p. 112-3; Circus (Study), 1919, p. 115; Circus (Study), 1919, p. 119; Christie Pits, Toronto, 1936, p. 204; Christie Pits, Toronto, 1936, p. 205. See also Horticultural Building, Canadian National Exhibition, p. 116. Also illustrated in Waddington’s, Toronto, The Canada Auction Series: Canadian Fine Art, 2 Dec 2022, lot 553, Price Realized: CAD 33,600.00.
5. Tom Smart, Peter Clapham Sheppard: His Life and Work, (Richmond Hill, Ont: Firefly Books Ltd., 2018), p. 203
$7,000 - $9,000
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2037
FREDERICK SIMPSON COBURN (Canadian, 1871-1960)
Untitled (Hauling Logs)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated ‘29 lower left
H. 30”
W. 40”
$8,000 - $12,000
2038
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT (Canadian, 1898-1967)
Pine Tree, Ste. Genevieve (Quebec)
Oil on panel
Signed and dated ‘35 bottom right
H. 12”
W. 17”
Provenance: Signed, titled and dated verso; Inventory number on board O/S 996; Ritchie’s (Toronto) inventory label
$5,000 - $7,000
2039
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON (Canadian, 1882-1974)
Madawaska River (March 1960)
Oil on board
Signed lower right
H. 12”
W. 14”
Provenance: Title and date on verso together with artist’s signature and “Loosemore” (possible family name / gift inscription); Ritchie’s (Toronto) inventory label
$25,000 - $35,000
2040
DAVID BROWN MILNE (Canadian, 1882-1953)
Autumn Landscape
Oil on canvas
Signed later lower right
H. 16”
W. 20”
Provenance: Patsy Milne; Blodwen Davis, Markham, Ontario, 1962; Morris Gallery, Toronto, 1962; Max Merkur, Toronto, 1962; Sotheby’s, Toronto, 1988, bought in; Joyner Fine Art, Toronto, 1990, bought in; Kinsman Robinson Galleries, Toronto
Literature: Milne, David. DAVID B. MILNE: CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE PAINTINGS (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998), vol. 1, pg. 23, inv. # 102.24. Title in Catalogue Woods in Autumn, New York, c.1906 - 8.
The 1998 catalogue raisonné dates this work between 1906-1908, suggesting that it was painted just after David Milne’s tenure at the Art Students League in New York. Painted during his formative years, this work displays obvious Impressionist(ic) tendencies. The landscape is rich with subtle earth tones that are enhanced by golden yellows and brilliant burgundies in the sumac bushes found amongst the foreground; and the nearly monochromatic sky is painted in an austere yellow-grey that anticipates his later works of minimalistic colour and open canvas.
NB: the raisonné also states that this piece was not originally signed, and it is widely known that Milne did not sign his works until after 1910. However, it is ostensibly recorded in Blodwen Davies’ 1962 work “Small Notebook” that Patsy Milne later oversaw the signing of this painting.
$30,000 - $50,000
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2041
GEORGE FRANKLIN ARBUCKLE (Canadian, 1909-2001)
Napanee, Ontario Oil on masonite board
Signed bottom right
H. 11 1/2”
W. 15 1/2”
Provenance: Roberts Gallery (Toronto) label verso
$600 - $800
2043
ALLEN SAPP (Canadian, 1928-2015)
Untitled (children in winter)
Acrylic on canvas
Signed bottom right
H. 11 1/2”
W. 15 1/2”
Provenance: “Property of David H. Brown” written in ink on verso
$2,500 - $3,500
2042
BRUNO JOSEPH BOBAK (Canadian, 1923-2012)
A Bank of Golden Rod Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
H. 16”
W. 24”
Provenance: Titled verso; Galerie Walker Klinkoff (Montreal) label verso
$1,500 - $2,500
2044
DAVID T. ALEXANDER (Canadian, b. 1947)
Ice Lift Oil on Canvas
Signed lower right
Dated 1990 on verso
H. 20”
W. 24 1/4”
$2,000 - $3,000
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2045
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON (Canadian, 1898-1992)
Autumn Tapestry Oil on board
Signed lower right
H. 11 1/2”
W. 14 1/2”
Provenance: Art Gallery of Toronto, Grange Park, Toronto; J.W. Seagram label verso
$20,000 - $30,000
2046
THOMAS KEITH ROBERTS (Canadian, 1909-1998)
The Hay Wagon (south of Brampton, Peel county) Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
H. 20”
W. 26”
Provenance: Roberts Gallery (Toronto) label verso; signed and titled in ink on stretcher
$1,500 - $2,500
2047
ARTHUR SHILLING (Canadian, 1941-1986)
Child Sleeping Oil on canvas
Signed bottom left
H. 24”
W. 20”
Provenance: Kinsman Robinson Galleries (Toronto) label verso (dated 1985)
$4,000 - $6,000
2048
ARTHUR SHILLING (Canadian, 1941-1986)
Portrait of Old Mike Oil on canvas
Signed and dated ‘71 lower left
H. 33”
W. 26”
Provenance: Kinsman Robinson Galleries (Toronto) label verso
$4,000 - $6,000
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2049
DUSAN KADLEC (Czech/Canadian, 1942-2018)
View of Halifax Citadel Oil on canvas
Signed bottom right
H. 15 1/2”
W. 19 1/2”
Provenance: Gallery 1667 (Halifax) stamp verso; “Presented to / WALTER F. LIGHT / Director / March 15th, 1972 - July 31st, 1974 / Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company, Limited / From / The Board of Directors” (plaque to recto of frame).
$1,200 - $1,500
2051 FRANK LEONARD BROOKS (Canadian, 1911-2011)
Autumn Still Life Mixed media Signed bottom right
H. 36”
W. 26 1/2”
Provenance: Roberts Gallery (Toronto) label verso
$800 - $1,200
2050 ADAM SHERRIFF-SCOTT (Canadian, 1887-1980)
Inuit in the Mountains Oil on canvas
Signed bottom left
H. 29 1/2”
W. 23 1/2”
$1,000 - $1,500
2052 BRUNO COTÉ (Canadian, 1940-2010)
Saint-Fidèle Oil on masonite
Signed to lower right, dated verso ‘90
H. 21 1/4”
W. 25”
$2,500 - $3,500
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2053
HENRI MASSON (Canadian, 1907-1996)
Fin d’hiver (Masham, Que.) Oil on canvas
Signed bottom right
H. 15 1/2”
W. 19 1/2”
Provenance: Galerie Walter Klinkhoff (Montreal) label verso
$1,200 - $1,500
2054
CHARLES WILLIAM JEFFERYS (Canadian, 1869-1951)
Spring at Bobcaygeon Oil on board
Signed lower left; titled verso
H. 10”
W. 13 3/4”
Provenance: From the collection of Dr. Robert Hevenor (Toronto / Tillsonburg, Ontario)
$800 - $1,200
2055
LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD (Canadian, 1913-1973)
The Pond, Baie St. Paul Oil on masonite Signed bottom left
H. 19 1/2”
W. 25 1/2”
Provenance: Two labels affixed to verso from Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art Inc.
$1,000 - $1,500
2057
ALLEN SAPP (Canadian, 1928-2015)
The Little Boys Having Fun Acrylic on canvas Signed bottom right
H. 11 1/2”
W. 15 1/2”
Provenance: Lourie Gallery (Toronto) label verso; “Property of David H. Brown” written in ink on verso
$2,500 - $3,500
2056
LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD (Canadian, 1913-1978)
Houses near the village St. Cyrre de Wendover, Que. Oil on masonite board Signed bottom right
H. 7 3/4”
W. 11 3/4”
Provenance: Signed, titled and dated 1966 verso; Galerie Walter Klinkhoff (Montreal) label verso
$500 - $700
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2058
BERTHE DES CLAYES (Canadian, 1877-1968)
Fall Landscape with Red Maples Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
H. 20”
W. 25”
$1,000 - $1,500
2059
LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD (Canadian, 1913-1978)
Dans Le Rang, Cantons De L’Est (Eastern Townships)
Oil on board
Signed lower left
H. 11 1/2”
W. 15 1/2”
Provenance: Galerie Walter Klinkhoff (Montreal) label verso
$600 - $800
2060
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON (Canadian, 1907-1996)
Altar Boys Oil on masonite
H. 16”
W. 12”
$600 - $800
2061
FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY (Canadian, 1881-1969)
In The Arctic Pencil sketch Signed bottom left
H. 8 1/2”
W. 11”
Provenance: Roberts Gallery (Toronto) label verso; Varley Inventory stamp #1093 verso; La Maison des Beaux Arts (Montreal) stamp #1611 verso
$1,500 - $2,500
2062
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS (Canadian, 1884-1963)
Vista Lake Wood engraving
Signed bottom right Edition #180/200
H. 6 3/4”
W. 8”
$1,500 - $2,500
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2063
LIONEL LEMOINE FITZGERALD (Canadian, 1890-1956)
Jug on Windowsill Linocut
H. 6 3/4”
W. 3 3/4”
$600 - $800
2065
ALFRED LALIBERTÉ (Canadian, 1878-1953)
L’etoile Tombee (c.1925) Bronze
W. 7 1/2”
$1,500 - $2,500
2064
MARY FRANCES PRATT (Canadian, 1935-2018)
Forest Landscape
Pastel and ink on paper
Signed and dated ‘79 lower right
H. 6 1/2”
W. 9 1/2”
Provenance: The Gallery Fine Art (St. John’s, Newfoundland) label verso
$1,500 - $2,500
2066
SIMON MUSCAT (Canadian, 20th C)
Bronze Sumos Business card holders
Cast bronze #19
H. 2”
W. 2 1/2”
D. 3”
$800 - $1,200
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2067
JEAN-JACQUES BESNER (Canadian, 1919-1993)
Untitled; Abstract Sculpture
Aluminum
H. 10”
W. 4”
$800 - $1,200
2069
MARY FRANCES PRATT (Canadian 1935-2018)
Landscape
Pastel on paper
Signed and dated 1979 lower right
H. 8”
W. 9 1/2”
Provenance: The Gallery Fine Art (St. John’s, Newfoundland) label verso
$1,500 - $2,500
2070
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN (Canadian, 1866-1934)
Two soldiers
Ink drawings
Left drawing signed bottom left
H. 21 1/2”
W. 24 1/2”
$1,000 - $1,500
2068
JEAN-JACQUES BESNER (Canadian, 1919-1993)
Untitled; Abstract Sculpture
Aluminum
L. 27 3/4”
W. 20 1/8”
$1,000 - $1,500
2071
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS (Canadian, 1904-1974)
Two Works: Untitled, Man in Hat Ink on brown paper Each signed bottom left
H. 8 1/2”
W. 6”
$600 - $800
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2073
JOHN CHRISTOPHER PRATT (Canadian, 1935-2022)
Summer on the South East Serigraph
Signed and dated 1987 lower right Title and edition #17/70 lower left
H. 16 1/2”
W. 35”
Provenance: Mira Godard Gallery (Toronto) label verso
$2,500 - $3,500
2072
ANDRE CHARLES BIELER (Swiss/Canadian, 1896-1989)
Le Traineau Rouge
Watercolour on paper
Signed and dated ‘82 bottom right
H. 7 1/2”
W. 10”
Provenance: Andre Bieler Inc. #2306, August 1985, verso; Roberts Gallery (Toronto) stock #4851J
$800 - $1,200
2077
2074
MICHAEL PETER FRENCH (Canadian, b. 1951)
The Lady with the Far Away Eyes
Acrylic on board
Signed bottom right
H. 20 1/4”
W. 16”
Provenance: Galerie Walter Klinkhoff (Montreal) tag verso
$1,500 - $2,500
2075
MICHAEL PETER FRENCH (Canadian, b. 1951)
August Morning, St. Albans Acrylic on paper Signed and dated 1979 lower left
H. 15 1/2”
W. 12 1/2”
Provenance: Roberts Gallery (Toronto) label verso; Guaranty Trust Company of Canada label verso
$600 - $800
2076
THOMAS DEVANY FORRESTALL (Canadian, b. 1936)
Harbour Mouth Watercolour Signed bottom left
H. 14”
W. 18 3/4”
Provenance: Morrison Art Gallery Ltd. (St. John, N.B.) label verso
$800 - $1,200
2077
LEONARD HUTCHINSON (Canadian, 1896-1980)
Woodblock prints in colour Dawn, Indian Point
H. 8 1/2”
W. 10 1/4”
Burlington Bay
H. 9 1/4”
W. 10 1/2”
Provenance: Town Art Centre (2370 Lucerne Road) label verso of “Dawn, Indian Point”
$600 - $800
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2075
2075
2076
2078
MICHAEL PETER FRENCH (Canadian, b. 1951)
The Passage Acrylic on paper
Titled, signed and dated 1983 left hand side
H. 12 1/4”
W. 17”
Provenance: The Gallery Fine Art (St. John’s, Newfoundland) label verso
$800 - $1,200
2079
MICAHEL PETER FRENCH (Canadian, b. 1951)
The Freedom of Spirit Acrylic on board Signed, titled and dated 1981 bottom right
H. 15 1/2”
W. 29”
Provenance: The Gallery Fine Art (St. John’s, Newfoundland) label verso
$1,500 - $2,500
2080
THOMAS DEVANY FORRESTALL (Canadian, b. 1936)
Neighbour’s House (May Kellaugh’s house, Upper Clements, Nova Scotia)
Watercolour Signed and dated 1974 bottom left
H. 14”
W. 19”
Provenance: Roberts Gallery (Toronto) label verso; Title, medium, date (March 1974), and artist signature in ink on verso; two newspaper articles concerning Forrestall pasted to verso: 1) The Telegraph-Journal, Saint John, N.B., Saturday, November 30, 1968 and 2) Victoria Times, Saturday, January 8, 1972
$800 - $1,200
2082
WILLIAM H. “BILL” WEBB (Canadian, 1940-2020)
2081 ANDRE CHARLES BEILER (Swiss/Canadian, 1896-1989)
The Passage Acrylic on paper
Titled, signed and dated 1983 left hand side
H. 12 1/4”
W. 17”
Provenance: The Gallery Fine Art (St. John’s, Newfoundland) label verso
$800 - $1,200
Afternoon Thaw
Acrylic on canvas
Signed bottom left
H. 24”
W. 36”
Provenance: Hollander York Gallery (Toronto) label verso
$1,500 - $2,500
2083
WILLIAM H. “BILL” WEBB (Canadian, 1940-2020)
Autumn Vista
Acrylic on canvas
Signed bottom right
H. 24”
W. 36”
Provenance: Hollander York Gallery (Toronto) label verso
$1,500 - $2,500
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2084
ANNE MEREDITH BARRY (Canadian, 1932-2003)
Newfoundland Summer Lithograph in colour
Signed and dated ‘92 bottom right Titled bottom left Edition 63 / 65
H. 23”
W. 31”
$600 - $800 2085
ANDRE CHARLES BIELER (Swiss/Canadian, 1869-1989)
La Chapelle de St. Familleiled Orleans Woodblock print
H. 14”
W. 16 1/2”
$500 - $700
2088
MERCEDES HORNE (Canadian, 1925-2011)
2087
PAT FAIRHEAD (British/Canadian, b. 1927)
Untitled Mixed Media
Signed bottom margin
H. 14 3/4”
W. 23 1/2”
$600 - $800
2086
GORDON APPELBE SMITH (Canadian, 1919-2020)
Tofino Night Aquatint “Press werk proof”
Titled, signed, and dated ‘82 lower margin
H. 18 1/2”
W. 24 1/2”
$700 - $900
Through The Looking Glass Series
Mixed media
H. 40”
W. 30”
Provenance: Shaw-Rimmington Studio Gallery (Toronto) label verso
$600 - $800
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2089
ANDRE CHARLES BIELER (Swiss/Canadian, 1869-1989)
Untitled (pink church) Woodblock
H. 7”
W. 7 1/2”
$500 - $700
2090
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER (Canadian, 1909-1996)
Autumn Leaves Oil on Artist Board Signed lower right
H. 10”
W. 8”
Provenance: Roberts Gallery Label, verso, dated 1986
$400 - $600
2091
MICHAEL PETER FRENCH (Canadian, b. 1951)
2092
ANDRE CHARLES BIELER (Swiss/Canadian, 1896-1989)
Boudoir Watercolour
Signed bottom left
H. 8”
W. 6”
Provenance: Roberts Gallery (Toronto) label verso
$400 - $600
2093
ADRIEN HEBERT (French/Canadian, 1890-1697)
Market scene Watercolour Signed bottom right
H. 12”
W. 21 1/2”
$300 - $500
2094
MICHAEL PETER FRENCH (Canadian, b. 1951)
Cook’s Hill Acrylic on paper
Signed and dated ‘76 lower left
H. 7 1/2”
W. 7”
Provenance: Roberts Gallery (Toronto) stock #6413H verso
$500 - $700
Dawn Watercolour
Signed, titled, and dated 1984 bottom
H. 12 1/2”
W. 14 1/2”
Provenance: The Gallery Fine Art (St. John’s, Newfoundland) label verso
$500 - $700
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2095
ANDRE CHARLES BIELER (Swiss/Canadian, 1896-1989)
La Laine des Moutons Woodblock
Signed and numbered bottom margin
Edition #25/25
H. 8 1/2”
W. 9 1/2”
$500 - $700
2096
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT (Canadian, 1909-1998)
Hornby Suite Lithograph
Signed and dated ‘69 bottom margin
Edition # 150/150
H. 22 1/2”
W. 14 1/4”
Provenance: Bau-Xi Gallery (Toronto) label verso
$400 - $600
2097
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT (Canadian, 1909-1998)
Secret Garden #6 Stone lithograph
Signed, numbered, and titled bottom margin
Edition #15/40
H. 19”
W. 25” $400 - $600
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1. “Princess talks about the horses with stricken jockey Turcotte,” Montreal Gazette, 26 June 1986, p. 23
2. Molly Lamb Bobak to Ian G Lumdsen, The Queen Comes to New Brunswick : Paintings and Drawings, (Fredericton, NB: Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 1977), p. 8-12.
Lot 2001
