Historical Results
Artist John William Beatty
Title Untitled - Edge of River
Media oil on wood panel
Size 8.25 x 10.25 in. / 21 x 26 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; framed
Provenance
corporate collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$4,000-$6,000
Artist John William Beatty
Title Untitled - Afternoon on the River
Media oil on canvas
Size 8 x 10 in. / 20.3 x 25.4 cm.
Notes
signed lower left; framed; canvas relined; cracking in paint noted
Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$4,000-$6,000
Artist John William Beatty
Title Untitled - Training Sight on Deer
Media oil on canvas board
Dated
1895
Size 5.5 x 13.25 in. / 14 x 33.7 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; framed; paint loss on margins noted throughout; chips, scuffs and handling marks on frame noted
Provenance
private collection, Ontario
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,500
Artist John William Beatty
Title Summer Cloud
Media gouache on paper board
Size 7.5 x 10 in. / 19 x 25.4 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; bears title verso; framed
Provenance
Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver and Winchester Galleries, Victoria, labels verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,500
Artist John William Beatty
Title Untitled - Sunset Harvest
Media oil on paper board
Size 4 x 5.5 in. / 10.2 x 14 cm.
Notes
signed lower left; framed; some minor touchup noted around edges and in sky
Reference
most of these smaller panels were sketches and seem to date from 1899-1912 time period
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000
Artist John William Beatty
Title Autumn Landscape
Media oil on wood board
Dated
1928
Size 10 x 13.5 in. / 25.4 x 34.3 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed
Provenance
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary and Agghazy Gallery, Calgary, labels verso; from the Estate of James Richardson Fish with proceeds to the Calgary Foundation
Estimate CAD$4,000-$6,000
Artist John William Beatty
Title Near Jasper, Mt. Edith Cavell
Media oil on wood panel
Dated
ca. 1914
Size 8.25 x 10.5 x 1 in. / 21 x 26.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower left; bears title and date on gallery label verso; framed
Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso; ex-collection P. Campbell, Toronto
Estimate CAD$5,000-$6,000
Artist John William Beatty
Title Mountains Near Jasper
Media oil on board
Dated
ca. 1914
Size 7.5 x 9.5 x 1 in. / 19 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; bears artist's name, title and date on gallery label verso; framed
Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$6,000-$8,000
Artist John William Beatty
Title Northern Mining Town
Media oil on wood panel
Size 10 x 12 x 1 in. / 25.4 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and titled verso; framed
Estimate CAD$4,500-$6,500
Artist John William Beatty
Title Untitled - City Park
Media oil on paper board
Dated
1908
Size 6 x 8.5 x 1 in. / 15.2 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left; framed
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000
Artist John William Beatty
Title Untitled - The Country Road
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1907
Size 11.25 x 8 x 1 in. / 28.6 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left; framed with special glass
Provenance
private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,200
Artist John William Beatty
Title Untitled - On the Canal, Holland
Media oil on paper board
Dated
ca. 1912
Size 7.25 x 9 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; bears title and date on plaque
Reference
the artist travelled to Europe several times including 1900, 1906 and 1908; the National Gallery of Canada purchases Rag Market, Bruges in 1913 [but comments as a Canadian would prefer to be represented by a Canadian picture - the NGC purchases Morning in Algonquin Park in 1915]
Estimate CAD$2,800-$3,200
Artist John William Beatty
Title Old Toll Road, Yellowhead Pass
Media oil on paper board
Size 8.5 x 10.5 x 1 in. / 21.6 x 26.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; titled verso
Reference
in 1914 Beatty arranged a commission with the Canadian Northern Railways to paint the construction camps along the Yellowhead Pass; see The Group of Seven, by D.Reid, pg.73, N.G.C., 1970 and A Painter's Country; the Autobiography of A.Y. Jackson, by A.Jackson, pg.35, Clarke Irwin, 1958 about this time period in the artists' life
Provenance
private collection, B.C.
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000