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vente aux enchères VENTE AUX ENCHÈRES mercredi 18 novembre 2026

155 avenue Yorkville, 2e étage, unités 1 et 2 Entrée au STK, 153 avenue Yorkville Ainsi qu’avec la salle de vente virtuelle d’Heffel Inscriptions requises pour enchérir ou assister à la vente Présentation vidéo 16 h 30 HE Art d’après-guerre et contemporain, 17 h HE Art canadien impressionniste et moderne 19 h HE

expositions Galerie Heffel, Calgary

220 chemin Manning NE, unité 1080 du vendredi 2 octobre au dimanche 4 octobre de 11 h à 18 h MT Galerie Heffel, Vancouver

2247 rue Granville du mercredi 14 octobre au dimanche 18 octobre de 11 h à 18 h HP Galerie Heffel, Montréal

1840 rue Sherbrooke Ouest du jeudi 29 octobre au lundi 2 novembre de 11 h à 18 h HE Galerie Heffel, Toronto

13 avenue Hazelton Ainsi qu’à nos galeries de Yorkville du mardi 10 novembre au lundi 16 novembre de 11h à 18h HE


auction Auction Wednesday, November 18, 2026

155 Yorkville Avenue, 2nd Floor, Units 1 & 2, Toronto Entrance at STK, 153 Yorkville Avenue Together with Heffel’s Digital Saleroom Registration required to attend or bid in person Video Presentation 4:30 PM ET Post-War & Contemporary Art 5 PM ET Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art 7 PM ET

Previews Heffel Gallery, Calgary

220 Manning Road NE, Unit 1080 Friday, October 2 through Sunday, October 4, 11 am to 6 pm MT Heffel Gallery, Vancouver

2247 Granville Street Wednesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 18, 11 am to 6 pm PT Galerie Heffel, Montreal

1840 rue Sherbrooke Ouest Thursday, October 29 through Monday, November 2, 11 am to 6 pm ET Heffel Gallery, Toronto

13 Hazelton Avenue Together with our Yorkville exhibition galleries Tuesday, November 10 through Monday, November 16, 11 am to 6 pm ET


p o s t - wa r & C o n t e m p o r a ry ART

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1 Edward John (E.J.) Hughes Wharves at Chemainus

watercolour on paper 20 × 24 in, 50.8 × 61 cm Estimate: $30,000 – 40,000

2 Edward John (E.J.) Hughes Wharves at Ladysmith, BC

pencil on artist board 15 1/4 × 18 3/4 in, 38.7 × 47.6 cm Estimate: $20,000 – 30,000

3 Edward John (E.J.) Hughes Trees, Sooke Harbour

watercolour on paper 24 × 20 in, 61 × 50.8 cm Estimate: $30,000 – 40,000

4 Edward John (E.J.) Hughes

The Hope River at Chilliwack, BC oil on canvas 25 × 32 in, 63.5 × 81.3 cm Estimate: $70,000 – 90,000

5 Paul-Émile Borduas À pied d’oeuvre

oil on canvas 9 × 13 in, 22.9 × 33 cm Estimate: $100,000 – 150,000

6 Jean Paul Riopelle Cache au canard

oil on canvas 18 × 13 in, 45.7 × 33 cm Estimate: $60,000 – 80,000


7 Joseph Hector Yvon (Joe) Fafard Vincent Ultimo

bronze sculpture with patina 36 × 23 1/2 × 5 1/4 in, 91.4 × 59.7 × 13.3 cm Estimate: $25,000 – 35,000

8 Jack Hamilton Bush Slope and Across

acrylic on canvas 27 1/2 × 41 in, 69.8 × 104.1 cm Estimate: $50,000 – 70,000

9 Alex Simeon Janvier

Precontact Super Nature

acrylic on canvas 60 × 72 in, 152.4 × 182.9 cm Estimate: $60,000 – 80,000

10 Alex Simeon Janvier Brother’s Luck

acrylic on linen 36 × 48 in, 91.4 × 121.9 cm Estimate: $30,000 – 40,000

11 Ted Harrison Sunset N.W.T.

acrylic on canvas 36 × 48 in, 91.4 × 121.9 cm Estimate: $20,000 – 30,000

12 Gershon Iskowitz Seasons #9

oil on canvas 60 × 53 in, 152.4 × 134.6 cm Estimate: $25,000 – 35,000


13 Joe Talirunili

Migration Boat, with Standing Figure

stone, hide, wood and thread sculpture 14 1/2 × 5 3/4 × 13 3/4 in, 36.8 × 14.6 × 34.9 cm Estimate: $100,000 – 150,000

14 Joe Talirunili

Migration Boat

stone, hide, wood and thread sculpture 9 × 3 1/2 × 9 3/4 in, 22.9 × 8.9 × 24.8 cm Estimate: $100,000 – 150,000

15 Jean Paul Riopelle Brumaire

oil on canvas 35 × 45 5/8 in, 88.9 × 115.9 cm Estimate: $1,500,000 – 2,000,000

16 Takao Tanabe

Sechelt Peninsula, the Mainland

acrylic on canvas 24 × 72 in, 61 × 182.9 cm Estimate: $70,000 – 90,000

17 Takao Tanabe

Nootka 2/91: In Cook Channel

acrylic on canvas 46 × 15 3/4 in, 116.8 × 40 cm Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000

18 Kazuo Nakamura Solitude

oil on canvas 41 × 42 in, 104.1 × 106.7 cm Estimate: $30,000 – 50,000


19 Jean Paul Riopelle La brise geint

oil on canvas 31 7/8 × 39 3/8 in, 81 × 100 cm Estimate: $400,000 – 600,000

20 Jack Hamilton Bush Red Pink Cross

acrylic on canvas 66 1/8 × 88 3/4 in, 168 × 225.4 cm Estimate: $125,000 – 175,000

21 Jack Hamilton Bush Double Road Mark

acrylic on canvas 85 × 68 5/8 in, 215.9 × 174.3 cm Estimate: $125,000 – 175,000

22 Jean Paul Riopelle Chalcis

oil on canvas 29 × 36 in, 73.7 × 91.4 cm Estimate: $200,000 – 300,000

23 Paul-Émile Borduas Empâtement

oil on canvas 28 3/4 × 23 1/2 in, 73 × 59.7 cm Estimate: $300,000 – 500,000

24 Marcelle Ferron Sans titre

oil on paper on canvas 28 3/4 × 38 7/8 in, 73 × 99 cm Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000


25 Jean Paul Riopelle Herbeuse

oil on canvas 64 × 50 7/8 in, 162.6 × 129.5 cm Estimate: $175,000 – 225,000

26 Rita Letendre

Les fleurs d’angoisse

oil on canvas 20 × 24 in, 50.8 × 61 cm Estimate: $30,000 – 40,000

27 Rita Letendre Les départs

oil on canvas 26 × 30 1/4 in, 66 × 76.8 cm Estimate: $25,000 – 35,000

28 William Kurelek

I Knew How the Clouds Arise

mixed media on board 48 × 48 in, 121.9 × 121.9 cm Estimate: $200,000 – 300,000

29 Ivan Kenneth Eyre Golden Rod

acrylic on canvas 56 × 60 in, 142.2 × 152.4 cm Estimate: $90,000 – 120,000

30 Ivan Kenneth Eyre Yellow Wood

acrylic on canvas 36 1/2 × 55 3/4 in, 92.7 × 141.6 cm Estimate: $70,000 – 90,000


31 William Kurelek

Wiener Roast on My Father’s Farm

mixed media on board 48 × 36 in, 121.9 × 91.4 cm Estimate: $100,000 – 150,000

32 Christopher Pratt

Cape Norman from Barge Bay, Strait of Belle Isle

oil on board 18 3/4 × 26 3/4 in, 47.6 × 67.9 cm Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000

33 William Kurelek

Ambushing the Enemy

mixed media on board 10 1/2 × 26 1/4 in, 26.7 × 66.7 cm Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000

34 Jean Albert McEwen Verticale nocturne

oil on canvas 59 7/8 × 39 in, 152.1 × 99 cm Estimate: $70,000 – 90,000

35 Henry Moore

Semi-Seated Mother and Child bronze sculpture 6 × 7 3/4 × 4 3/4 in, 15.2 × 19.7 × 12.1 cm Estimate: $90,000 – 120,000

36 Edward John (E.J.) Hughes Mount Rundle

oil on canvas 24 × 36 in, 61 × 91.4 cm Estimate: $100,000 – 150,000


37 Lawren Stewart Harris Untitled LSH #102 (Frolic)

oil on canvas 48 × 48 in, 121.9 × 121.9 cm Estimate: $90,000 – 120,000

38 Gordon Appelbe Smith The Byway Trees

acrylic on canvas 46 × 80 in, 116.8 × 203.2 cm Estimate: $50,000 – 70,000

39 Edward John (E.J.) Hughes

The Freighter “World Ares” at Crofton oil on canvas 32 × 39 1/2 in, 81.3 × 100.3 cm Estimate: $80,000 – 120,000

40 Mary Frances Pratt Foiled in Gold

oil on canvas 20 × 30 in, 50.8 × 76.2 cm Estimate: $30,000 – 50,000

41 Christopher Pratt Tessier’s Barn

oil on linen on board 23 × 36 in, 58.4 × 91.4 cm Estimate: $70,000 – 90,000


canadian, Impressionist & modern art

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101 Walter Joseph (W.J.) Phillips House Posts, Tsatsisnukomi, BC

tempera on board 20 × 16 in, 50.8 × 40.6 cm Estimate: $20,000 – 30,000

102 Emily Carr

View from Kitsilano

watercolour on paper 10 5/8 × 14 1/2 in, 27 × 36.8 cm Estimate: $30,000 – 50,000

103 James Edward Hervey (J.E.H.) MacDonald Magnetawan River Rapids

oil on board 7 × 9 in, 17.8 × 22.9 cm Estimate: $100,000 – 150,000

104 James Edward Hervey (J.E.H.) MacDonald Flower Study

oil on board 8 × 10 1/2 in, 20.3 × 26.7 cm Estimate: $30,000 – 50,000

105 Alexander Young (A.Y.) Jackson St. Fabien, Quebec

oil on board 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 in, 21.6 × 26.7 cm Estimate: $25,000 – 35,000

106 Alexander Young (A.Y.) Jackson Lake Superior Hills

oil on board 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 in, 21.6 × 26.7 cm Estimate: $20,000 – 30,000


107 Frank Hans (Franz) Johnston The Kiss

tempera on board 20 1/2 × 27 1/2 in, 52.1 × 69.8 cm Estimate: $30,000 – 40,000

108 James Wilson Morrice

Boats at the Cale de Dinan, Saint-Malo

oil on panel 7 × 9 7/8 in, 17.8 × 25.1 cm Estimate: $60,000 – 80,000

109 Arthur Lismer

Arichat, Nova Scotia

oil on board 11 3/4 × 15 3/4 in, 29.8 × 40 cm Estimate: $15,000 – 25,000

110 Alexander Young (A.Y.) Jackson Northern Landscape

oil on canvas 41 1/8 × 50 1/8 in, 104.5 × 127.3 cm Estimate: $300,000 – 400,000

111 Clarence Alphonse Gagnon Maison de ferme, Charlevoix

oil on panel 6 × 9 1/4 in, 15.2 × 23.5 cm Estimate: $25,000 – 35,000

112 Lawren Stewart Harris Mount Leah, Maligne Lake

oil on board 10 5/8 × 13 3/4 in, 27 × 34.9 cm Estimate: $250,000 – 350,000


113 Peter Rindisbacher

A Métis Man and His Two Wives watercolour and ink on watermarked wove paper: B&R 1822 6 1/2 × 8 1/4 in, 16.5 × 21 cm Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000

114 Peter Rindisbacher

Saulteaux Family Traveling in Winter watercolour and ink on wove paper 6 5/8 × 9 1/2 in, 16.8 × 24.1 cm Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000

115 Cornelius David Krieghoff

Sleigh Racing on the St. Lawrence

oil on canvas 12 × 18 in, 30.5 × 45.7 cm Estimate: $70,000 – 90,000

116 Emily Carr

Alert Bay (with Welcome Figure)

oil on canvas 25 3/4 × 18 3/8 in, 65.4 × 46.7 cm Estimate: $1,000,000 – 1,500,000

117 Alexander Young (A.Y.) Jackson St. Lawrence, Early Spring

oil on canvas 26 1/4 × 36 1/4 in, 66.7 × 92.1 cm Estimate: $125,000 – 175,000

118 Emily Carr

Music in the Trees

oil on paper on board 35 1/2 × 23 3/4 in, 90.2 × 60.3 cm Estimate: $300,000 – 350,000


119 Lawren Stewart Harris Mountain, Winter

oil on board 18 × 22 in, 45.7 × 55.9 cm Estimate: $350,000 – 450,000

120 Alfred Joseph (A.J.) Casson The Client

oil on canvas 26 × 32 in, 66 × 81.3 cm Estimate: $150,000 – 250,000

121 Alfred Joseph (A.J.) Casson The Red Schoolhouse

oil on board 9 1/4 × 11 1/4 in, 23.5 × 28.6 cm Estimate: $20,000 – 30,000

122 Alfred Joseph (A.J.) Casson Pine Trees

oil on board 12 × 15 in, 30.5 × 38.1 cm Estimate: $20,000 – 25,000

123 Alfred Joseph (A.J.) Casson Houses in Weston, Ont.

watercolour on paper 9 1/2 × 11 1/2 in, 24.1 × 29.2 cm Estimate: $12,000 – 16,000

124 Alexander Young (A.Y.) Jackson Old Mine, Cobalt

oil on board 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 in, 21.5 × 26.6 cm Estimate: $35,000 – 45,000


125 Lawren Stewart Harris

Cathedral Mountain from the Opabin, Mountain Sketch XVII

oil on board 12 × 15 in, 30.5 × 38.1 cm Estimate: $250,000 – 350,000

126 Emily Carr

The Young Forest oil on paper on board 34 × 23 in, 86.4 × 58.4 cm Estimate: $250,000 – 350,000

127 Lawren Stewart Harris Newfoundland Sketch

oil on board 10 1/2 × 13 7/8 in, 26.7 × 35.2 cm Estimate: $90,000 – 120,000

128 Emily Carr

Forest Interior

oil on paper on board 24 × 36 in, 61 × 91.4 cm Estimate: $125,000 – 175,000

129 Alfred Joseph (A.J.) Casson Killarney

oil on canvas 20 × 28 in, 50.8 × 71.1 cm Estimate: $70,000 – 90,000

130 William Percival (W.P.) Weston Mt. Denver—Evening

oil on canvas 30 × 37 in, 76.2 × 94 cm Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000


131 Alfred Joseph (A.J.) Casson Island at Oxtongue Lake

oil on board 20 × 24 in, 50.8 × 61 cm Estimate: $80,000 – 100,000

132 Emily Carr Forest View

watercolour on paper 22 × 15 in, 55.9 × 38.1 cm Estimate: $30,000 – 50,000

133 Helen Galloway McNicoll Avenue of Trees

oil on canvas 18 × 14 in, 45.7 × 35.6 cm Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000

134 David Brown Milne Green Chiffonier

watercolour and gouache on paper 23 7/8 × 16 in, 60.6 × 40.6 cm Estimate: $50,000 – 60,000

135 Peleg Franklin Brownell Waiting for the Nevis Boats

oil on canvas 17 1/8 × 21 1/4 in, 43.5 × 54 cm Estimate: $50,000 – 70,000

136 David Brown Milne

Gray Chimney / Village in White II (verso)

double-sided oil on canvas 20 1/2 × 24 3/4 in, 52.1 × 62.9 cm Estimate: $80,000 – 120,000


137 Franklin Carmichael

July Afternoon

oil on board 10 × 12 in, 25.4 × 30.5 cm Estimate: $40,000 – 60,000

138 Arthur Lismer

French River, Ont.

oil on canvas on board 20 × 24 in, 50.8 × 61 cm Estimate: $25,000 – 35,000

139 James Edward Hervey (J.E.H.) MacDonald Rocky Mountains

oil on board 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 in, 21.6 × 26.7 cm Estimate: $70,000 – 90,000

140 Clarence Alphonse Gagnon Winter Scene, Quebec

pastel on paper 18 1/2 × 29 1/4 in, 47 × 74.3 cm Estimate: $15,000 – 25,000

141 Maurice Galbraith Cullen Bow River, Banff

oil on canvas 20 × 24 in, 50.8 × 61 cm Estimate: $20,000 – 30,000

142 Edwin Headley Holgate Laurentian Back Street

oil on board 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 in, 21.6 × 26.7 cm Estimate: $15,000 – 20,000


143 Lawren Stewart Harris Near Metis, Quebec

oil on board 10 1/2 × 13 3/4 in, 26.7 × 34.9 cm Estimate: $80,000 – 120,000

144 David Brown Milne

Billowing Trees (New York)

oil on canvas 15 × 18 1/4 in, 38.1 × 46.4 cm Estimate: $70,000 – 90,000

145 Franklin Carmichael After the Shower

oil on board 10 × 12 in, 25.4 × 30.5 cm Estimate: $70,000 – 90,000

146 David Brown Milne Tower and Balcony

oil on canvas 12 × 16 in, 30.5 × 40.6 cm Estimate: $30,000 – 50,000

147 David Brown Milne

Clarke’s House, Late Afternoon

oil on canvas 11 7/8 × 16 in, 30.2 × 40.6 cm Estimate: $30,000 – 50,000


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