Works on Paper & Prints
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FREDERICK ARTHUR VERNER
Ojibwa Encampment on the Severn, 1876
watercolour
signed and dated 1876 lower right; titled on the reverse
15.5 x 28.25 in ( 39.4 x 71.8 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized: $6,600.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
WASHINGTON FRIEND
Behind the American Falls, Niagara, Winter
watercolour and gouache
signed lower left
14.5 x 10 in ( 36.8 x 25.4 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized: $3,360.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Harvesting Hops, British Columbia
watercolour
signed and dated 1888 lower right; titled to the gallery labels on the reverse
13 x 19.25 in ( 33 x 48.9 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized: $5,760.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Crawford Notch, White Mountains (New Hampshire), 1895
watercolour
signed and dated 1895 lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse; inscribed "Showing the track of the [great] slide from Mount Willy [sic], whose summit is seen in the shadow on the right side of the [sic]" on the reverse
13 x 19 in ( 33 x 48.3 cm ) ( sight )
This sale is now closed.
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Horseshoe Falls, Niagara, 1893
watercolour over graphite and laid down on card
signed and dated 1893 at centre of left side
26.25 x 15.75 in ( 66.7 x 40 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized: $3,120.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
THOMAS WESLEY MCLEAN
Untitled (Bridge over a River)
watercolour
signed lower right
5.25 x 11.75 in ( 13.3 x 29.8 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized: $240.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
CAROLINE HELENA ARMINGTON
Porte et Logis du Roi, Mont Saint-Michel; La Cathédrale d'Anvers
two etchings
- "Porte et Logis du Roi, Mont Saint-Michel" - signed and inscribed "epreuve d'essai" in the lower margin; titled in the plate; 13 x 8.5 inches (plate);
- "La Cathédrale d'Anvers" - signed and numbered 44/100 in the lower margin; titled in the plate; 13.75 x 8.5 inches (plate)
13.75 x 8.5 in ( 34.9 x 21.6 cm ) ( plate size, the largest )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized: $360.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
CAROLINE HELENA ARMINGTON
Le Petit Point à Monet; Le Vieux Puits: Musée de Cluny, Paris
two etchings
- "Le Petit Point à Monet" signed and numbered 31/75 in the lower margin; titled and dated 1917 in the plate; 5 x 7 inches (plate);
- "Le Vieux Puits: Musée de Cluny, Paris" signed and numbered 21/100 in the lower margin; titled and dated 1929 in the plate; 5.75 x 4.25 inches (plate)
5 x 7 in ( 12.7 x 17.8 cm ) ( plate size, the largest )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $300.00
Price Realized: $120.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Winter Sunset
pastel
signed lower left; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
13.5 x 13.5 in ( 34.3 x 34.3 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized: $3,360.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
CHARLES JONES WAY
Flower Sketch
ink
signed lower left and dated "23 March 1988" lower right; titled on the artist and gallery labels on the reverse
7.75 x 4.75 in ( 19.7 x 12.1 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized: $108.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
GLADYS MONTGOMERY
Untitled (Church Yard)
pastel
signed lower right; signed on the reverse
24.25 x 18.5 in ( 61.6 x 47 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized: $120.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
ALBERT JACQUES FRANCK
Elm and Centre Streets
watercolour
signed lower right; titled and dated 1966 to the artist and gallery labels on the reverse
8.5 x 11.5 in ( 21.6 x 29.2 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized: $2,160.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
ALBERT JACQUES FRANCK
Untitled, Winter Landscape
watercolour
signed and dated 1965 lower left
10.5 x 16.5 in ( 26.7 x 41.9 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,440.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
ALBERT JACQUES FRANCK
Street Views
two watercolours
each signed lower right; each unframed
4.75 x 3.5 in ( 12.1 x 8.9 cm ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized: $840.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
FREDERICK HENRY BRIGDEN
Mountain Brook
watercolour
signed lower left; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
9.75 x 13 in ( 24.8 x 33 cm ) ( sight )
This sale is now closed.
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Ontario: 24 Colour Prints housed in the original cherry wood box
twenty-four photolithographic reproductions
set of 24 photolithographic reproductions including:
Anglican Church at Magnetawan;
Country Road;
Drowned Land;
Farm House;
General Store;
House at Parry Sound;
Lake Superior;
Little Island;
March Day;
North Country;
Old Storm In Salem;
Parry Sound;
Passing Storm;
Rock Pool;
Summer Morning;
Summer Sun;
Summer Storm;
Sun After Thunder;
Thunderstorm;
Village House;
Village Mill (2 copies);
Whitney;
White Pine;
each initialed, titled and numbered “232/250” in pencil in the lower margin, with an additional copy of “Village Mill” numbered 126/250); housed within a handmade cherry wood box
Condition noted: scratches present to the cherry wood box. This work is offered "as is" and is not subject to return.
19.75 x 24 in ( 50.2 x 61 cm ) ( each (unframed) )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized: $2,160.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
JOE ROSENTHAL
Untitled (Mother and Child)
graphite
signed lower right
11.75 x 8.25 in ( 29.8 x 21 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized: $600.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
GERALD TROTTIER
Female Figure
charcoal
titled, dated "circa 1977-79" and inscribed "Catalogue #592" on the artist estate label on the reverse
20 x 14 in ( 50.8 x 35.6 cm ) ( sight )
This sale is now closed.
MANLY EDWARD MACDONALD
Two Studies of Reclining Nudes
two charcoal and conté drawings
each unframed (matted)
8.75 x 11.75 in ( 22.2 x 29.8 cm ) ( sheet (each) )
This sale is now closed.
PAUL-ÉMILE BORDUAS
Sketch of a Woman
pencil drawing
signed lower right; dated 1925 on the reverse; unframed
12 x 9 in ( 30.5 x 22.9 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized: $360.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
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