The Academy
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FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
The Heart of the White Mountains, 1883
oil on canvas; book
signed and dated 1883 lower left; titled on an exhibition label on the reverse; sold with Donald E. Keyes, "The White Mountains: Place and Perceptions", New Hampshire, 1980
32.5 x 57 in ( 82.6 x 144.8 cm )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Next bid is: $12,000.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
ATTRIBUTED TO ANTOINE PLAMONDON
Saint Catherine of Siena (after Christofano Allori, 1577-1621)
oil on canvas
42 x 32 in ( 106.7 x 81.3 cm )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Next bid is: $12,000.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
HORATIO WALKER
Moonrise with Sheep
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and with estate stamp certified by Clarence A. Gagnon on the reverse
11 x 17 in ( 27.9 x 43.2 cm )
Auction Estimate: $5,500.00 - $6,500.00
Next bid is: $5,000.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
MARY HEISTER REID
Winter Twilight Study
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
12.25 x 14.25 in ( 31.1 x 36.2 cm )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Next bid is: $4,000.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
LUDGER LAROSE
Still Life with Onions, 1898
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1898 upper right; signed and dated on the reverse; inscribed “$40” on a label affixed to the stretcher
14 x 17 in ( 35.6 x 43.2 cm )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Next bid is: $1,500.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
GEORGE HERIOT
Calumet Dance, 1799
watercolour over graphite on paper laid down on card
signed with initials lower right margin, titled lower centre of margin; unframed (matted)
8.25 x 13 in ( 21 x 33 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Current bid: $1,000.00Next bid is: $1,100.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
OTTO JACOBI
Rapids on a Northern River, 1876
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1876 lower left; titled on an exhibition label on the reverse
15 x 26 in ( 38.1 x 66 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Next bid is: $1,200.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
JOHN YOUNG JOHNSTONE
The Belfry, Grande Palace, Bruges
oil on board
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
9.5 x 10 in ( 24.1 x 25.4 cm )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Current bid: $1,600.00Next bid is: $1,700.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
SIR DANIEL WILSON
Caw-we-cham, a Cowlitz Woman and Child
watercolour
titled and inscribed “Drawn by D. Wilson, L.L.D., From sketches by Paul Kane” on the reverse
8.75 x 6.75 in ( 22.2 x 17.1 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Next bid is: $700.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
ATTRIBUTED TO ZACHARIE VINCENT (1815-1886)
Huron de Lorette; Femme Huron de Lorette
two oils on canvas mounted to metal board
each titled on a gallery label on the reverse
9.75 x 7.75 in ( 24.8 x 19.7 cm ) ( each )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Next bid is: $1,500.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
HERBERT SIDNEY PALMER
A Muskoka Pasture
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on an exhibition label on the reverse
10.25 x 13.25 in ( 26 x 33.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $900.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
HENRY SANDHAM
Murray Bay, Quebec
oil on canvas
signed with initials lower right; titled on the stretcher on the reverse
8.25 x 19.25 in ( 21 x 48.9 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Next bid is: $800.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
GEORGE PAGINTON
Homage to Tom Thomson
double-sided oil on board
signed on the reverse; titled and dated c.1938 to the exhibition label on the reverse; inscribed "Country Road" on the reverse
10.5 x 8.5 in ( 26.7 x 21.6 cm )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Next bid is: $500.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
JOSEPH SIDNEY HALLAM
Track
oil on board
signed lower right; titled to 3 labels on the reverse; dated 1949 to a label on the reverse
20 x 26 in ( 50.8 x 66 cm )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Current bid: $600.00Next bid is: $650.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Lily Plants and Fruit, c.1970
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
20 x 16 in ( 50.8 x 40.6 cm )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Next bid is: $500.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
JOSIE STORIE
Untitled (Purple Pansies)
oil on board
signed lower left
15 x 18 in ( 38.1 x 45.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $200.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
ALLAN HARDING MCKAY
Portrait of the Artist's Wife
mixed media on paper
inscribed "[...] have their own kind of structure...as ...cells of fulfillment" lower edge
58.25 x 72.75 in ( 148 x 184.8 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $200.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
JOHN COLIN FORBES
St. Ignace, Lake Superior
oil on panel laid down on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
6.25 x 10 in ( 15.9 x 25.4 cm )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Next bid is: $150.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
OTTO JACOBI
Untitled Landscape, 1868
watercolour
signed and dated 1868 lower left
7.75 x 9.25 in ( 19.7 x 23.5 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Next bid is: $100.00
Closes January 28th at 03:45:00 PM EST
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