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Cover: Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923 - 2002) Sous Bois II, 1958, oil on canvas, 45 x 57.5 inches Back Cover: Brian Jones (1950 - 2008) View from the Sidewalk, c. 1982 - 83 oil on canvas, 32 x 30 inches

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Lawren Stewart Harris (1885 - 1970) House in the Ward, Winter City Painting No. 1, c. 1924 oil on canvas, 32 x 38.38 inches Signed and on verso titled Street Scene, Winter on the Laing Galleries label Provenance: Laing Galleries, Toronto; Volkswagen Canada, acquired from the above in 1957; Private Collection, Switzerland; Important Canadian Art, Sotheby’s Canada, May 11, 1994, lot 102; A Prestigious Corporate Collection, Canada; Heffel, November 24, 2022, lot 118 Literature: Doris Mills, L.S. Harris Inventory, 1936, City Paintings, catalogue #1, location noted as the Art Gallery of Toronto; Exploring Lawren Harris’ Masterpiece: House in the Ward, Winter, City Painting No. 1 Literature References: Doris Mills, L.S. Harris Inventory, 1936, City Paintings, catalogue #1, Art Gallery of Toronto; Jeremy Adamson, Lawren S. Harris: Urban Scenes and Wilderness Landscapes, 1906 – 1930, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1978, page 25; Paul Duval, Lawren Harris: Where the Universe Sings, 2011, page 105, titled as House in the Ward, City Painting No. 1, circa 1918

Thomas John (Tom) Thomson (1877 – 1917) Ragged Oaks, 1916 oil on panel, 8.5 x 10.5 inches Estate stamp lower right; Estate stamp and inscribed “M. Thomson”, “134” and “23” on the reverse; inscribed with title, “Not for Sale” and “16” on a label on the reverse Provenance: Estate of the Artist; Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound; Margaret Thomson Tweedale, Toronto; Fraser Thomson, Seattle and Outremont, Québec; Ina (Mrs. Fraser) Thomson, Seattle, by descent; Acquired by an Important Private Collection, 1971; Cowley Abbott, An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art – June 8th, 2023, Lot 116; Private Collection Exhibited: An Exhibition of Paintings by the late Tom Thomson, The Arts Club, Montréal, travelling to the Art Association of Montréal, March 1st – April 12th, 1919, no. 16; The Art of Tom Thomson, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, travelling to Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Montréal Museum of Fine Arts; Confederation Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, October 30th – September 4th, 1972, no.

101; Collectors Canada: Selections from a Toronto Private Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, travelling to the Musée du Québec, Québec City; Vancouver Art Gallery; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, May 14th, 1988 – May 7th, 1989, no. 56; Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, travelling to the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo; Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands; McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, October 19th, 2011 – October 28th, 2012, no.

29; Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven, Vancouver Art Gallery, travelling to the Glenbow Museum, Calgary; Art Gallery of Hamilton, October 30th, 2015 – September 25th, 2016; Pop Up Museum, Canadian Friends of the Isreal Museum, August 9th, 2017; Collectors’ Treasures, Galerie Eric Klinkhoff, Montréal, October 19th – November 2nd, 2019, no. 53; Tom Thomson (Annual Loan Exhibition), Galerie Eric Klinkhoff, Montréal, November 5th – 19th, 2022, no. 19 Literature: Fraser Thomson, Letter to Blodwen Davies, May 19th, 1930, Blodwen Davies Collection, C-4579, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa; Joan Murray, The Art of Tom Thomson, Toronto, 1971, reproduced page 85; Harold Town and David P. Silcox, Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm, Toronto, 1977, reproduced page 160; 2017 edition, reproduced page 154; Dennis Reid, Collector’s Canada: Selections from a Toronto Private Collection, Toronto, 1988, no. 56, reproduced page 58; Joan Murray, Tom Thomson: Trees, Toronto, 1999, pages 88-89, reproduced page 89; Ian C. Dejardin, Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, London, 2011, reproduced page 96; Ian C. Dejardin and Sarah Milroy, Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, London, 2011, reproduced page 96; Ian Thom, et al., Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven, Vancouver/London, 2015, reproduced page 136; Joan Murray, Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné (2016): inventory no. 1916.86; Tom Thomson (Annual Loan Exhibition), Galerie Eric Klinkhoff, Montréal, 2022, no. 19, reproduced page 22

David Brown Milne (1882 - 1953) City Rain, 1911 - 1912 oil on canvas, 18.25 x 15.25 inches On verso titled on the gallery labels Provenance: Estate of the Artist; Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto; Private Collection, Canada; Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto; Private Collection, Ontario; Heffel, May 24, 2017, Lot 110; Private Collection, Ontario Literature: David P. Silcox, Painting Place: The Life and Work of David B. Milne, 1996, page 34; David Milne Jr. and David P. Silcox, David B. Milne: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Volume 1: 1882 – 1928, 1998, reproduced page 67, catalogue #104.3 Exhibited: Marlborough-Godard, Toronto, 1972, titled as City Rain, New York and dated circa 1911, catalogue #3; Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, 1994, catalogue #2

David Brown Milne (1882 - 1953) Reflections I Boston Corners, N.Y., September 26, 1916 double side, watercolour on paper 15.38 x 19.5 inches Dated bottom left Catalogue raisonné #107.62 Provenance: Duncan/Picture Loan Society, Toronto; Morris Gallery, Toronto, 1972; Damkjar-Burton Gallery, Burlington, Ontario, 1972; R.M. MacKenzie, St. Catherines, Ontario, 1972; Mira Godard Gallery, c. 1978; Private Collection, London, Ontario, c. 1978 References: Morris Gallery, Oct-Nov 1972, repr, not titled; London Art Gallery, 1976, 29, as Reflection Literature: Duncan Catalogue EW-3, not titled, and draft as ‘Band of reflections,’ National Gallery of Canada Exhibited: Morris, Toronto, 1972; London Art Gallery, 1982, as Band of Reflections on gallery list.

David Brown Milne (1882 - 1953) Slate Hill and Green Fields Boston Corners, N.Y., May 10, 1916 verso, double side, watercolour on paper 15.38 x 19.5 inches Dated top left Catalogue raisonné #107.1 Provenance: See recto Literature: Duncan Catalogue EW-3 verso: House w. tree at left, National Gallery of Canada

Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923 - 2002) Écume, 1957 oil on canvas, 25 x 32 inches 1957.010H.1957 Signed ‘Riopelle 57’ front lower right

Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923 - 2002) Sous Bois II, 1958 oil on canvas, 45 x 57.5 inches 1958.089H.1958 Signed ‘Riopelle’ front lower right Exhibitions: 1959, Kunsthalle, Bâle, cat. n° 104; 1959, Musée des beaux-arts de Neuchâtel, Suisse; Anne-Marie Bouchard, editor, Passion privée: L’art moderne du Québec de la collection Pierre Lassonde, Musée nationale des beaux-arts du Québec, 2015, October 29, 2015 to May 23, 2016,reproduced on page 208

Arthur Lismer (1885 - 1969) Georgian Bay, c.1956 double sided, oil on aluminium, 16 x 20 inches Signed ‘A Lismer 56’ front lower right

Arthur Lismer (1885 - 1969) Georgian Bay (verso), c.1956 double sided, oil on aluminium, 16 x 20 inches

James Edward Hervey (J.E.H.) MacDonald (1873 - 1932) On Mongoose Creek, Algoma, 1919 oil on board, 8.38 x 10.5 inches Signed and dated 1919 on verso signed twice, titled, dated and inscribed Mongoose Creek, Algoma

Franklin Carmichael (1890 - 1945) Clouds, La Cloche Hills, 1939 oil on panel, 10 x 12 inches Signed ‘Frank Carmichael’ lower right; signed and dated; signed, titled and inscribed by artist on the reverse; titled and dated to gallery labels on the reverse

Alexander Young (A.Y.) Jackson Winter Afternoon, c. 1928 oil on panel, 17.75 x 19.75 inches Signed ‘A.Y. Jackson’ front lower left and on verso

William (W.K.) Kurelek (1927 - 1977) Lunch Hour Break on Road Construction, 1968 mixed media on board, 27.5 x 35 inches Initialed and dated 1968 front lower right

Robert Wakeham Pilot (1898 - 1967) Ramparts, Levis Ferry, Quebec oil on canvas, 24.25 x 32.25 inches Signed ‘R. Pilot’ front lower right Provenance: Dominion Gallery Montreal, 1969; Origine Beaux Arts Co., Montreal, May 1, 1969; Ex. Private Collection, Regina, Saskatchewan; Private Collection, Vancouver Literature: Regina Collects exhibition catalogue, No. 92, reproduced page 43 (illustrated), Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Saskatchewan Exhibited: Regina Collects, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Saskatchewan, September 7th - October 21st, 1984, No. 92

William (W.K.) Kurelek (1927 - 1977) Volleyball, 1977 mixed media on board, 14.75 x 12.75 inches Provenance: Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, ON; Loch Gallery, Toronto, ON; Private Collection, Ontario; Waddingtons, May 29, 2025, Lot 321

Jean Dallaire (1916 - 1965) Jeune Femme au Parapluie, 1957 oil on cardboard, 8 x 6 inches Signed ‘Dallaire’ front lower right

Jack Hamilton Bu Festive Spread / Mabel’s Rele acrylic on canvas, Signed, titled an

ush (1909 - 1977) ease, 19 to 22 December 1968 , 17.5 x 116 inches nd dated on verso

Ivan Kenneth Eyre (1935 - 2022) Man on the Bridge, 1963 oil on canvas, 26 x 34 inches Signed ‘Eyre’ bottom right; signed ‘I. Eyre’ on verso Provenance: Private Collection, Winnipeg; Private Collection, Winnipeg Exhibited: “Ivan Eyre: Personal Mythologies”, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, travelling to Winnipeg Art Gallery; Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary; The Edmonton Art Gallery; London Regional Art Gallery, 28 September 1988‒21 January 1990, no. 5 Literature: Terrence Heath, “Ivan Eyre: Personal Mythologies”, Winnipeg, 1988, no. 5, reproduced page 33; Donalda Johnson, “Eyre With Honour”, Winnipeg, 1994, page 8; “Ivan Eyre: The Paintings”, Assiniboine Park, 2004, pages 18-19; Denis Cooley, Amy Karlinsky and Mary Reid, “Figure Ground: The Paintings and Drawings of Ivan Eyre”, Winnipeg, 2005, pages 17-18

Ivan Kenneth Eyre (1935 - 2022) Umber Concave, c. 1971 acrylic on canvas, 62 x 62 inches

Ivan Kenneth Eyre (1935 - 2022) Spring Brocade, 2008 acrylic on canvas, 48 x 40 inches signed ‘Ivan Eyre’ bottom right

Brian Jones (1950 - 2008) View from the Sidewalk, c. 1982 - 83 oil on canvas, 32 x 30 inches signed ‘Brian Jones’ lower right Provenance: Loch Gallery; Brian Jones estate; Private Collection Notes: Susanne Jones” “Boy on Sidewalk - A “Neighbours” style painting from the height of the London era, c. 198283, this oil on canvas was inspired by a black and white family snapshot of a boy in front of Brian’s childhood home at 33 Stone Avenue in Chatham. This is one of the few paintings in which the human figure ... and the surrounding landscape ... are both equally distorted and stylized”

John Goodwin Lyman (1886 - 1967) Plage Laurentides (Bathing Beach, Lake Ouimet, Laurentians), c. 1939 oil on panel, 13 x 18 inches Signed ‘Lyman’ lower right Provenance: Private Collection; Galerie Valentin, Montreal; Private Collection, Toronto Exhibited: Possibly exhibited at the Première exposition des Indépendants, Galerie municipale, Palais Montcalm, Quebec City from April 26–May 3, 1941, by Marie-Alain Couturier and inaugurated by Robert Lapalme, listed as #30 “Plage Laurentide”; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, “Some Modern Canadians”, August 1 - August 30, 1953; Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec City, Morrice and Lyman in the Company of Matisse, May 8 – September 7, 2014, traveling to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, October 4, 2014 – January 4, 2015 Illustrated: Lucie Dorais et al., Morrice and Lyman in the Company of Matisse, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, 2014, Catalogue #110; A.K. Prakash, Canadian Art: Selected Masters from Private Collections, 2003, reproduced page 164

John William (J.W.) Beatty (1869 - 1941) Autumn Hillside, 1912 oil on panel, 9.5 x 6.25 inches Signed and dated “J.W. Beatty 17” front lower left

Ozias Leduc (1864 - 1955) Portrait de mon père, 1888 oil on cardboard, 12 x 9.75 inches Signed ‘Ozias Leduc’ front lower right

Alfred Pellan (1906 – 1988) Une Danseuse, 1924 oil on paper on panel, 8 x 7 inches Signed ‘A Pellan” front lower left

Marc Aurèle Fortin (1888 – 1970) Ste Rose en Automne, 1924 oil on canvas, 16.5 x 31.5 inches Signed ‘M.A. Fortin’ front lower left

William Blair Bruce (1859 – 1906) Highlanders at Campfire, 1885 oil on board, 7 x 10.25 inches Signed and dated 1885 front lower left

Maurice Cullen (1866 – 1934) Le Vieux Pont, Sainte-Marguerite, c. 1929 oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches Signed ‘R.Cullen’ front lower right

Peleg Franklin Brownell (1857 - 1946) Street Scene, West Indies, 1915 oil on canvas, 15 x 18 inches Signed and dated ‘F. Brownell 15.’ front lower left

William Henry Clapp (1879 - 1954) Harbour Scene, 1910 oil on board, 4.75 x 7 inches Signed and dated ‘W.H. Clapp 10.’ front lower right

Frank Milton Armington (1876 - 1941) New York at Night, 1930 oil on canvas, 36.25 x 29 inches Signed “Frank M. Armington” and dated bottom left

Frank Milton Armington (1876 - 1941) Windsor Castle, 1940 oil on canvas, 29 x 36.25 inches Signed and dated ‘Frank M. Armington 1940’ bottom left; also inscribed with artist and title verso Provenance: Private Collection, Toronto, Canada; Freeman’s: Monday, January 25, 2016,Lot 155, European Art & Old Masters

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