Works by the Group of Seven: May 2024 Online Auction

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May 2024 Online
Auction Works by the Group of Seven
Front Cover Franklin Carmichael May, 1939 (Lot 335) Back Cover A.Y. Jackson, Early Spring in the Rockies, circa 1942 (Lot 326)
May 2024 Online Auction Bidding Open: May 7th to 21st 326 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1G5 416‒479‒9703 | 1‒866‒931‒8415 (toll free) mail@cowleyabbott.ca CowleyAbbott.ca Works by the Group of Seven

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FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL

Cheltenham, circa 1928 oil on board

titled, dated “June 1928”, inscribed “OS120” with the Estate Stamp on the reverse 10 x 11.75 in; 25.4 x 29.8 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Ontario

$30,000 - $40,000

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ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON

Lake Clear, 1962 oil on board

signed lower right; signed, titled, dated “October 1962” and inscribed “Dr. Robert Starrs” on the reverse 10.5 x 13.5 in; 26.7 x 34.3 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Ottawa Joyner, auction, Toronto, 26 May 2009, lot 86 Private Collection, Toronto

$20,000 - $25,000

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ARTHUR LISMER

Grand Manan Cove, N.B., 1947 oil on board

signed and dated 1947 lower right; signed, titled and dated 1947 on a label on the reverse; titled and dated on the gallery label on the reverse 11.75 x 15.5 in; 29.8 x 39.4 cm

PROVENANCE

Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Toronto Private Collection, New Brunswick

By descent to the present Private Collection, New Brunswick

$15,000 - $20,000

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FRANK HANS JOHNSTON

On the Trail oil on board

signed lower left; titled on a gallery label on the reverse 25 x 30 in; 63.5 x 76.2 cm

PROVENANCE

Blair Laing Galleries, Toronto Private Collection, Ontario By descent to the present Private Collection, Ontario

$20,000 - $30,000

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ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON

Old Barn in Autumn oil on panel signed lower right 10 x 13 in; 25.4 x 33 cm

$18,000 - $22,000

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ARTHUR LISMER

Untitled (Tree Study), 1962 pen and wash on paper signed and dated 1962 lower left 12.75 x 14.75 in; 32.4 x 37.5 cm

PROVENANCE

Cowley Abbott, auction, Toronto, September 2019, Lot 126 Private Collection, Ontario

$1,500 - $2,000

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ARTHUR LISMER

Tree Study

ink drawing

signed lower right and initialed lower left

10.5 x 13.75 in; 26.7 x 34.9 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto

$2,500 - $3,500

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FRANK HANS JOHNSTON

Poplars, circa 1924 gouache on paper signed lower left; titled on the reverse; titled and dated circa 1924 on the gallery label on the reverse 9.75 x 7.75 in; 24.8 x 19.7 cm

PROVENANCE

Masters Gallery, Calgary Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg Private Collection, Toronto

$4,000 - $6,000

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FRANK HANS JOHNSTON

Sunset tempera on board signed lower left 11 x 14 in; 27.9 x 35.6 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Edmonton

$7,000 - $9,000

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ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON

St. Aubert, 1942 oil on board

signed lower right; signed, titled, dated “November 24, 1942”and inscribed “Studio Building, Severn St., Toronto” on the reverse 10.5 x 13.5 in; 26.7 x 34.3 cm

PROVENANCE

Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal Private Collection, Kingston

Sotheby’s Ritchie’s, auction, Toronto, 25 May 1999, lot 77 Private Collection, Toronto

$20,000 - $25,000

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ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON

Quebec, Near Montebello, 1969 oil on board

signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1969 on the reverse; signed, titled and dated to the artist label on the reverse 12 x 15 in; 30.5 x 38.1 cm

PROVENANCE

Sotheby’s Canada, auction, Toronto, 26 November 1984, lot 153 as Near Montabello, Quebec, 1969 (sic) Private Collection, Toronto

$20,000 - $30,000

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ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON

Early Spring in the Rockies, circa 1942 oil on board

signed lower right; titled and dated circa 1942 to a gallery label on the reverse 10.5 x 13.5 in; 26.7 x 34.3 cm

PROVENANCE

Kaspar Gallery, Toronto Private Collection, Toronto

$18,000 - $22,000

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FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY

Untitled Landscape

double-sided oil on board

signed lower right; sketch of a forest interior on the reverse 12 x 16 in; 30.5 x 40.6 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Toronto

$15,000 - $20,000

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ARTHUR LISMER

Phileas Bedard, Arts & Letters Club, 1925 ink drawing

signed, dated “Apr. 10, 1925” and inscribed “Arts and Letters Club” lower left; titled and inscribed “Chanteur de Chansons populaire, St. Rei de Napierville Quebec” to a label on the reverse; titled and dated to the gallery label on the reverse

9.5 x 7.5 in; 24.1 x 19.1 cm

PROVENANCE

Collection of Marius Barbeau Framing Gallery, Toronto Private Collection, Calgary

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B.C. Forest, 1952 oil on board

signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1952 on the reverse 16 x 12 in; 40.6 x 30.5 cm

PROVENANCE

Sotheby’s Canada, auction, Toronto, 2 November 1982, lot 78 Private Collection, Toronto

$8,000 - $12,000

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ARTHUR LISMER

Ile au Coudre, Mill & Ox Cart ink drawing signed lower right; titled and dated 1925 to a label on the reverse 8.5 x 11 in; 21.6 x 27.9 cm

PROVENANCE

Collection of Marius Barbeau Framing Gallery, Toronto Private Collection, Calgary

$1,000 - $1,500

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ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON

Farm at Avoca, Quebec oil on panel

signed lower left; signed, titled, dated “Oct. 1966” and inscribed “canvas 16 x 20” on the reverse 10.5 x 13.5 in; 26.7 x 34.3 cm

PROVENANCE

Purchased from the artist by Raymond Bourque, Ottawa Dominion Gallery, Montreal Private Collection, Toronto Cowley Abbott, auction, Toronto, 19 November 2019, Lot 7 Private Collection, Ontario

LITERATURE

Consignor Canadian Fine Art, Auction of Important Canadian Art, auction catalogue, Toronto, November 23, 2017, page 59 (lot 73) for the canvas of this subject (entitled “Quebec House”)

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ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON

Landscape with Timber oil on canvas signed lower left 16 x 20 in; 40.6 x 50.8 cm

PROVENANCE

Wallack Galleries, Ottawa Sotheby’s Canada, auction, Toronto, November 26, 1984, lot 217 Private Collection

$30,000 - $40,000

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ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON

Swamp on Caledon Lake oil on board

signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1957 on the reverse 9.5 x 11.5 in; 24.1 x 29.2 cm

PROVENANCE

Joyner Fine Art, auction, Toronto, 21 November 2000, lot 65 Private Collection, Toronto

$18,000 - $22,000

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ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON

Georgian Bay oil on board

signed lower left 10 x 13 in; 25.4 x 33.0 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection

Sotheby’s, auction, Toronto, 10 November 1987, lot 55 Private Collection, Burlington

$18,000 - $22,000

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May, 1939

oil on panel signed and dated 1939 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse 10 x 11.75 in; 25.4 x 29.8 cm

PROVENANCE

Roberts Gallery, Toronto Private Collection, London

$60,000 - $80,000

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ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON

Weir, Quebec oil on panel

signed lower left; titled and dated “April 1958” on the reverse 10.5 x 13.5 in; 26.7 x 34.3 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Edmonton

$18,000 - $22,000

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FRANK HANS JOHNSTON

Cold and Sunny oil on board

signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse 10 x 13 in; 25.4 x 33 cm

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Ontario By descent to the present Private Collection, Whitby, Ontario

$6,000 - $8,000

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