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Lot #2054, Lot #2055, Lot #2056, Lot #2057, Lot #2058

Artist: Alfred Joseph Casson ~ [1898-1992] Canadian CSPWC, CGP, OSA, RCA

#2054 ~ Casson - Untitled - Ducks in Flight
#2055 ~ Casson - Untitled - Wild Orchids
#2056 ~ Casson - Untitled - Frog on Lilypad
#2057 ~ Casson - Untitled - Daffodils
#2058 ~ Casson - Untitled - Daffodils with Delph Figure
Lot #2054, Lot #2055, Lot #2056, Lot #2057, Lot #2058

Artist: Alfred Joseph Casson ~ [1898-1992] Canadian CSPWC, CGP, OSA, RCA

Reference: see A.J. Casson, by P.Duval, Roberts Gallery, 1975; A.J. Casson, by J.Murray, Art Gallery of Windsor, 1978; A.J. Casson: His Life and Works / A Tribute, by P.Duval, Cerebrus, 1980; A.J. Casson, My Favourite Watercolours 1919 to 1957, by P.Duval, Cerebrus, 1982; A.J. Casson: Early Works, by I.Thom, McMichael Collection, 1984; A.J. Casson: An Artist's Life by Christopher E. Jackson, published by McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1998;A.J. Casson: Behind the Scenes, C. Jackson, Varley Art Gallery, 2006; biographies in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.180; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.63; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.122; Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 60; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg. 65; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2059, Lot #2060, Lot #2061

Artist: Robert Lee Chadwick ~ [1905-1971] Canadian

#2059 ~ Chadwick - Bend in the Road by Halls Lake
#2060 ~ Chadwick - Late Winter Landscape
#2061 ~ Chadwick - Stumps on the Hawk River, Haliburton, Ont.
Lot #2059, Lot #2060, Lot #2061

Artist: Robert Lee Chadwick ~ [1905-1971] Canadian

Reference: biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 61, Westbridge Pub., 1999; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.67; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2062, Lot #2063, Lot #2064

Artist: Rod Charlesworth ~ [b.1955] Canadian

#2062 ~ Charlesworth - Mackinaw Coast, Peggy
#2063 ~ Charlesworth - Late Autumn Snow [Coldstream]
#2064 ~ Charlesworth - Winter Frolic
Lot #2062, Lot #2063, Lot #2064

Artist: Rod Charlesworth ~ [b.1955] Canadian

Reference: see artist's website www.rodcharlesworth.com; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.63, Westbridge Pub., 1999; see also Magazin'Art Biennial Guide 1998-1999, by Editart, pg.254, Magazin'Art, 1998 and Artists of the Okanagan, by J.Davis, pg.73, Okanagan Mainline Seniors Writers, 1988; chosen for the Artist of the Year, 2005 by Trout Unlimited Canada, Calgary; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2065

Artist: Clifton Roy [C.R.] Cheek ~ [1937-2019] American

#2065 ~ Cheek - The Wrangler  #8/25
Lot #2065

Artist: Clifton Roy [C.R.] Cheek ~ [1937-2019] American

Reference: exhibited at Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary; has exhibited for many years with the Calgary Stampede; obituary can be seen at claytonstevensonmemorialchapel.com/obituaries/clifton-ray-cheek-sr-age-82-of-wolf-point/

Lot #2065.1

Artist: Victor Cicansky ~ [b.1935] Canadian

#2065.1 ~ Cicansky - Untitled - Jar of Strawberries
Lot #2065.1

Artist: Victor Cicansky ~ [b.1935] Canadian

Reference: see Victor Cicansky, Clay Sculpture, by B.Ferguson, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1983; The Garden of Art, Vic Cicansky, Sculptor, by D.Kerr, 2004, UofC Press; The Mendel Art Gallery, 25 Years of Collecting, by M.Teitelbaum, pg.71; University of Saskatchewan Permanent Art Collection, by L.Bell, pg.31; Biographical Dictionary of Saskatchewan Artists - Men by M.Newman, pg.47, Fifth House Pub., 1994; represented by Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto and Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 19, pg. 157, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009;listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2066

Artist: Phil Clark ~ [b.1925] Canadian

#2066 ~ Clark - Ranch People [Cam + Bob]
Lot #2066

Artist: Phil Clark ~ [b.1925] Canadian

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2067

Artist: Albert Edward Cloutier ~ [1902-1965] Canadian CSPWC, RCA

#2067 ~ Cloutier - Treetops, Lake Superior
Lot #2067

Artist: Albert Edward Cloutier ~ [1902-1965] Canadian CSPWC, RCA

Reference: biography and another example in N.G.C., Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.55; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.75 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.72; biography in Dict. of Canadian Artists - Vol.1, by C.MacDonald, pg.132; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 19, pg. 600, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009

Lot #2068

Artist: Stanley Morel Cosgrove ~ [1911-2002] Canadian CGP, RCA

#2068 ~ Cosgrove - Untitled - Pitcher and Apple Still Life
Lot #2068

Artist: Stanley Morel Cosgrove ~ [1911-2002] Canadian CGP, RCA

Reference: see Cosgrove, by J.Bazin, Collection Signatures, 1980; N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.213; A.G.O, by the A.G.O., pg.81; Dict. of Canadian Artists - Vol.1, by C.MacDonald, pg.145 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.73, Westbridge Pub., 1999 for biographies; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., pg.83 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.82

Lot #2069, Lot #2070, Lot #2071

Artist: Reta Madeline Cowley ~ [1910-2004] Canadian CSPWC

#2069 ~ Cowley - Sept. 24 1981
#2070 ~ Cowley - Untitled - Prairie Flora
#2071 ~ Cowley - West of Langham, Sask.
Lot #2069, Lot #2070, Lot #2071

Artist: Reta Madeline Cowley ~ [1910-2004] Canadian CSPWC

Reference: see Reta Summers Cowley, by T.Fenton, Mendel Art Gallery, 2006; Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Women, by M.Newman, pg.29; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.150; Saskatchewan: Art and Artists, by N.Dillow, pg.28, MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1971; Watercolour Painting in Saskatchewan 1905-1980, by Robert D. Christie, Mendel Art Gallery, 1981; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.75, Westbridge Pub., 1999; North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, ed. J.Heller, pg.138, Garland Pub., 1995; represented by art placement, Saskatoon; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2072

Artist: Leonard E. Creo ~ [1923-2020] American

#2072 ~ Creo - Untitled - Mother and Child  #89/100
Lot #2072

Artist: Leonard E. Creo ~ [1923-2020] American

Reference: for more biographical information and examples of the artist's work, check out The Shayne Gallery

Lot #2073, Lot #2074, Lot #2075

Artist: Duncan MacKinnon Crockford ~ [1920-1991] Canadian

#2073 ~ Crockford - Autumn in the Foothills [Nr. Black Diamond, Alta.]
#2074 ~ Crockford - Untitled - Mountain River
#2075 ~ Crockford - Untitled - Early Snow Foothills
Lot #2073, Lot #2074, Lot #2075

Artist: Duncan MacKinnon Crockford ~ [1920-1991] Canadian

Reference: biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.77, Westbridge Pub., 1999; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 22, pg. 380, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009

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Lot #2076, Lot #2077

Artist: Salvador Dali ~ [1904-1989] Spanish

#2076 ~ Dali - Untitled - Nude in Sepia  #11/120
#2077 ~ Dali - Japanese Fairytales - Opus 742  #E.A.
Lot #2076, Lot #2077

Artist: Salvador Dali ~ [1904-1989] Spanish

Reference: see Salvador Dali: Catalogue Raisonne of Etchings and Mixed Media Prints 1924-1980, by R.Michler & L.Wopsinger, Prestel-Velag, Munich, Germany, 1994; Salvador Dali, by R.Descharmes, Abrams, N.Y., 1993; The Official Catalogue of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali, by Albert Field, Salvador Dali Archives, 1996; biography in Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome 3, pg.14

Lot #2078, Lot #2079

Artist: Jean-Guy Dallaire ~ [1943-2023] Canadian

#2078 ~ Dallaire - Untitled - To the Skies No. LXXIV
#2079 ~ Dallaire - Head  #1/7
Lot #2078, Lot #2079

Artist: Jean-Guy Dallaire ~ [1943-2023] Canadian

Reference: Dallaire was born in Quebec, raised in Alberta and taught in Vancouver; see Sahara Foam to Bronze: A Revolutionary Medium and Techniques for the Modern Sculptor, by Jean-Guy Dallaire, published by Blurb, 2015; The Language of Stones, by Jean-Guy Dallaire, published by Blurb, 2015; Wreck Beach Originals: Small Bronze Sculptures Inspired by Stones, Pebbles and Concretions, by Jean-Guy Dallaire, published by Blurb, 2015; biography included in Dictionnaire des auteurs et artistes francophones de l'Ouest; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2080, Lot #2081, Lot #2082, Lot #2083

Artist: Kenneth Edison Danby ~ [1940-2007] Canadian RCA

#2080 ~ Danby - Cedar Break  #82/100
#2081 ~ Danby - Olympic Suite  #116/150
#2082 ~ Danby - Aquarius  #52/100
#2083 ~ Danby - Armstrong Miller  #7/50
Lot #2080, Lot #2081, Lot #2082, Lot #2083

Artist: Kenneth Edison Danby ~ [1940-2007] Canadian RCA

Reference: see Ken Danby, P.Duval, Clarke Irwin & Company, 1976; Ken Danby: the Graphic Work, Lithographs and Serigraphs, by G.Cumming, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1980; Ken Danby: the New Decade, P.Duval, Stoddart Publishing, 1984; biography and other examples in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.252; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 82, Westbridge Pub., 1999; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 24, pg. 68, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2084

Artist: Carl Gerard Danker ~ [20th century] Canadian

#2084 ~ Danker - Aural Fixations V  #A/P
Lot #2084

Artist: Carl Gerard Danker ~ [20th century] Canadian

Reference: included in the University of Calgary Millenium Portfolio, 1999 as alumnus; represented by Image 54 Art Gallery, Calgary

Lot #2085

Artist: Richard Thomas Davis ~ [b.1947] Canadian

#2085 ~ Davis - Wood Study  #Artist
Lot #2085

Artist: Richard Thomas Davis ~ [b.1947] Canadian

Reference: see www.rtdavis.com; included in www.artcyclopedia.com; represented by Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, Zwicker's Gallery, Halifax; see Canadian Artists at Auction - Vol.1, by A.Westbridge and D.Bodnar, p.85, Westbridge Publications, 2000 for biography

Lot #2086

Artist: Orestes [Rick] de Grandmaison ~ [1932-1985] Canadian

#2086 ~ de Grandmaison - Grey Evening
Lot #2086

Artist: Orestes [Rick] de Grandmaison ~ [1932-1985] Canadian

Reference: see Spaces and Places - Eight Decades of Landscape Painting in Alberta, by J.Ironside, pg.122; Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.20, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.2, pg.306 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.87, Westbridge Pub., 1999; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 60, pg. 292, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2087

Artist: Susan Derges ~ [b.1955] English

#2087 ~ Derges - River Pow-Rowan  #42/100
Lot #2087

Artist: Susan Derges ~ [b.1955] English

Reference: Susan Derges exhibits and is represented by Danziger Gallery, New York, NY; Purdy Hicks Gallery, London; Ingleby Gallery, Scotland and Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan; see the arist's website for more info www.susanderges.com

Lot #2088, Lot #2089

Artist: Jean-Guy Desrosiers ~ [b.1934] Canadian

#2088 ~ Desrosiers - Lumiere sur le parc [Parc Montmorency, Quebec]
#2089 ~ Desrosiers - Rue des artistes peintres [Quebec]
Lot #2088, Lot #2089

Artist: Jean-Guy Desrosiers ~ [b.1934] Canadian

Reference: biography and another example in Guide Vallee, III Edition, by F.Vallee, pg.417, pub. Le Guide Vallee, 1992; Magazin'Art Biennial Guide 1998-1999, by Editart, pg.295, Magazin'Art, 1998; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.91, Westbridge Pub., 1999; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2090

Artist: Walter Gibson Dexter ~ [1931-2015] Canadian

#2090 ~ Dexter - Untitled - Red Bowl
Lot #2090

Artist: Walter Gibson Dexter ~ [1931-2015] Canadian

Reference: see Walter Dexter: Surface and Sculpture curator L.MacNayr, AGGV, 1995; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2091

Artist: Jose Luis Dominguez ~ [20th century] Mexican

#2091 ~ Dominguez - Pasaje
Lot #2091

Artist: Jose Luis Dominguez ~ [20th century] Mexican

Reference:

Lot #2092

Artist: Walter Drohan ~ [1932-2007] Canadian ASA, RCA

#2092 ~ Drohan - Untitled - Landscape Pot
Lot #2092

Artist: Walter Drohan ~ [1932-2007] Canadian ASA, RCA

Reference: Studied at the Provincial Institue of Technology and Art (now Alberta University of the Arts) and studied under Luke Lindoe. After graduating, he worked at Ceramic Arts (established by Lindoe), started teaching at the Alberta College of Art and eventually served as college Dean.
see Founders of the A.C.A., by V.Greenfield, pg.78, for biography and Artists of Alberta, by S.Baker, pg.2, for another example; Spaces and Places - Eight Decades of Landscape Painting in Alberta, by J.Ironside, pg.98; included in Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, pg.12, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.96; exhibited at Wallace Galleries, Calgary

Lot #2093, Lot #2094, Lot #2095

Artist: William [Bill] Duma ~ [b.1936] Canadian ASA, RCA

#2093 ~ Duma - Cloud Bank
#2094 ~ Duma - Farm Buildings
#2095 ~ Duma - Mountains and Setting Sun
Lot #2093, Lot #2094, Lot #2095

Artist: William [Bill] Duma ~ [b.1936] Canadian ASA, RCA

Reference: During Duma's many years as a painter he participated in numerous one-man and group shows throughout Canada and abroad. His work is represented in many major public, corporate and private collections in Canada, USA and Europe such as The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Massey Foundation Ottawa, the BC Government Collection, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask., Alberta House in England and Japan, the Nickel Arts Museum, Edmonton Art Gallery, University of Alberta and the Glenbow Museum. (Source: www.albertasocietyofartists.com/bill-duma/)
see Founders of the A.C.A. by L.Greenfield, pg.79 for biography and another example of the artist's work; Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.12, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; included in Alberta Society of Artists, the First Seventy Five Years, by K.Zimon, pg.90, UofC Press; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.98, Westbridge Pub., 1999; chosen for the Artist of the Year, 2002 by Trout Unlimited Canada, Calgary

Lot #2096

Artist: Renee Duval ~ [20th century] Canadian

#2096 ~ Duval - Philoscope 12
Lot #2096

Artist: Renee Duval ~ [20th century] Canadian

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; the artist is represented by Herringer Kiss Gallery in Calgary

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Lot #2097

Artist: Emily Louise Orr Elliott ~ [1867-1952] Canadian

#2097 ~ Elliott - Untitled - Blue and Purple Bouquet
Lot #2097

Artist: Emily Louise Orr Elliott ~ [1867-1952] Canadian

Reference: see E.P.E.C., by R.Harper, pg.104 for biography; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.116

Lot #2098

Artist: Emmanuel Embler ~ [1894-?] Austrian

#2098 ~ Embler - Untitled - View to the Village
Lot #2098

Artist: Emmanuel Embler ~ [1894-?] Austrian

Reference:

Lot #2099

Artist: Edward Epp ~ [b.1950] Canadian

#2099 ~ Epp - Bulkley River
Lot #2099

Artist: Edward Epp ~ [b.1950] Canadian

Reference: biography in Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by M.Newman, pg.75, Fifth House Pub., 1994; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2100, Lot #2101, Lot #2102

Artist: John Kenneth Esler ~ [1933-2001] Canadian ASA, CSGA, CPE, MSA, RCA

#2100 ~ Esler - Freeway and the Cherry Orchard No. 1  #?/25
#2101 ~ Esler - Summer House III
#2102 ~ Esler - To Climb a Mountain [Tac Board I]  #82/100
Lot #2100, Lot #2101, Lot #2102

Artist: John Kenneth Esler ~ [1933-2001] Canadian ASA, CSGA, CPE, MSA, RCA

Reference: born in Pilot Mound, Manitoba. He attended the School of Art at the University of Manitoba where he received his Bachelor of Art [1960] and Bachelor of Education [1962]. He became an instruct at the Alberta College of Art in print making, drawing and design from 1964-68. He taught print making and drawing at the University of Calgary until his retirement [1968-80]. Esler also established Trojan Press with artist Ken webb for local printmakers.
see 35 Years and 15 Minutes, prints by John Kenneth Esler, by S.Ford, Nickle Arts Museum, 1994; Founders of the A.C.A., by V.Greenfield, pg.80 and Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985, by B.Cochran, pg.66-69 as well as N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.300; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1 pg.192; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 106, Westbridge Pub., 1999; Manitoba Society of Artists by J.Stoppler, pg.158, the Manitoba Society of Artists, 2003; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 35, pg. 65, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2103, Lot #2104

Artist: Elena Evanoff ~ [b.1964] Canadian

#2103 ~ Evanoff - Untitled - Pastel Petal
#2104 ~ Evanoff - Untitled - In from the Rain
Lot #2103, Lot #2104

Artist: Elena Evanoff ~ [b.1964] Canadian

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; represented by Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary; see artist's website at http://www.elenaevanoff.com/ for biography and other examples of her work

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