Historical Results
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Untitled - Before the Storm
Media watercolour on paper
Size 10.25 x 14.25 in. / 26 x 36.2 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; framed; some surface dirt on mat noted; some handling marks on frame noted
Provenance
corporate collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$500-$600
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Honesty #2/50
Media etching on paper
Size 4.75 x 3.75 in. / 12.1 x 9.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed; some minor handling marks on frame noted
Provenance
private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$100-$150
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Interval Land
Media oil on canvas
Size 12 x 16 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso; framed
Provenance
Gallery 78 Inc., New Brunswick, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Low Tide
Media oil on canvas board
Size 5 x 8 in. / 12.7 x 20.3 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso; framed
Provenance
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, stamp verso; private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Windy Pines
Media oil on canvas board
Size 5 x 8 in. / 12.7 x 20.3 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso; framed
Provenance
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, stamp verso; private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Inner Harbour
Media ink on paper
Dated
1959
Size 15.25 x 23.5 in. / 38.7 x 59.7 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; bears date and inscription on backing; framed with archival mat
Provenance
Winchester Galleries, Victoria, label verso; private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$700-$900
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Four Flower Studies
Media watercolour on paper
Size 5.5 x 3.5 in. / 14 x 8.9 cm.
Notes
LOT OF FOUR; all identical in size; all signed lower right; all framed with archival mat
Estimate CAD$400-$500
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Winter Campus [St. Thomas]
Media oil on canvas board
Size 11.75 x 15.5 in. / 29.8 x 39.4 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; bears title on labels verso; framed
Provenance
Gallery 78, Fredericton, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Cap Lumiere
Media oil on canvas board
Size 6.75 x 10.75 in. / 17.1 x 27.3 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso; framed
Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Reluctant Model
Media oil on wood board
Size 6.5 x 4.5 in. / 16.5 x 11.4 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed
Provenance
Gallery 78, Fredericton, label verso
Estimate CAD$700-$900
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Beach Form #19/20
Media wood engraving on paper
Dated
1949
Size 5.25 x 8 in. / 13.3 x 20.3 cm.
Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat
Provenance
The Collectors' Gallery of Art, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$200-$250
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Red Beach P.E.I.
Media oil on canvas board
Size 6 x 12 in. / 15.2 x 30.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso; framed
Provenance
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, stamp verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,200
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Untitled - Flora Study #8
Media watercolour on paper
Size 5.5 x 4.25 in. / 14 x 10.8 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; framed with archival mat
Provenance
private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$200-$400
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Untitled - Seated Nude
Media gouache on paper
Size 6.5 x 8 in. / 16.5 x 20.3 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; framed with archival mat
Provenance
Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, label verso; from an Ottawa estate
Estimate CAD$400-$500
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Untitled - Molly
Media graphite on paper
Size 10.5 x 18 in. / 26.7 x 45.7 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; framed
Reference
Bruno Bobak Drawings, published by Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1983; exhibition catalogue included with lot
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$350
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title River Breakup #13/200
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Size 11.25 x 18 x 1 in. / 28.6 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed
Provenance
West End Gallery, Edmonton, label verso; from the estate of Frank and Frances Staplin, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Grey Winter Day #A/P
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Size 12.75 x 19.75 x 1 in. / 32.4 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; titled verso; framed
Estimate CAD$100-$150
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Autumn #137/150
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 12 x 16 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed
Provenance
private collection, Pennsylvania
Estimate CAD$150-$250
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title High Water
Media oil on wood board
Size 7 x 10.75 x 1 in. / 17.8 x 27.3 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; titled and inscribed 'DG 3002' verso; framed
Provenance
from the estate of Hanka Martin, Calgary
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Lynn Canyon Boulders
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1952
Size 9.75 x 12.75 x 1 in. / 24.8 x 32.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; signed, titled and inscribed '... North Vancouver' on backing; in period frame
Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Nude
Media oil on canvas board
Size 9.5 x 6.25 x 1 in. / 24.1 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed centre right; signed verso; bears title on gallery label verso; framed
Provenance
Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal, label verso; from the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Horn
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,500
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Evening Swamp
Media oil on canvas board
Size 7 x 10.75 x 1 in. / 17.8 x 27.3 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower left; signed and titled verso; framed
Provenance
Roberts Gallery, Toronto, label verso; from the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Horn
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,500
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Wild Flowers
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1960
-'s
Size 13.25 x 9.25 x 1 in. / 33.7 x 23.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed
Reference
possible exhibition label from Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, verso
Provenance
Waddington Galleries, Montreal, label verso; from the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Horn
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title River Breakup #13/200
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Size 11.25 x 18 x 1 in. / 28.6 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed
Provenance
West End Gallery, Edmonton, label verso; from the estate of Frank and Frances Staplin, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Renous
Media oil on canvas board
Size 15 x 21 x 1 in. / 38.1 x 53.3 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower left; titled verso; framed
Reference
Renous River in New Brunswick is a tributary of the Miramichi River
Provenance
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, stamp verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Winter Berries #9/30
Media colour lino block on paper
Size 8 x 4.75 x 1 in. / 20.3 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; archival mat
Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$200-$250
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Untitled - Stormy Pasture
Media oil on canvas
Size 16 x 24 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 61 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Nude
Media oil on canvas board
Size 5 x 8 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right
Reference
see another example in The Nude in Canadian Painting, by J.Morris, pg.58
Provenance
Cassel Galleries, Fredericton, label verso
Estimate CAD$350-$450
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title A Pot of Daffodils
Media oil on canvas board
Size 16 x 11.75 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 29.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso
Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Westmount, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Fall Crocuses
Media oil on canvas board
Size 9.75 x 13.75 x 1 in. / 24.8 x 34.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso
Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Westmount, stamp verso
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Stone Face
Media mixed media on paper
Dated
ca. 1954
Size 21.25 x 17.25 x 1 in. / 54 x 43.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed upper left; archival mat front and back
Reference
exhibited Fortieth Annual Exhibition of Northwestern Art, cat.11, Seattle, 1954; Canadian Group of Painters, 1954; Winnipeg West, E.A.G., 1983; illustrated The Making of the West: Western Canada Since 1945, pg.221 U. of C Press
Provenance
Edmonton Art Gallery label verso
Estimate CAD$600-$900
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Untitled - Landscape
Media watercolour and ink on paper
Size 19 x 24.75 x 1 in. / 48.3 x 62.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right
Provenance
corporate collection, Calgary; Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, stamp verso
Estimate CAD$400-$500
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title Winter Berries #9/30
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 8 x 4.75 x 1 in. / 20.3 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; some acid burns and tear upper right margin
Reference
another example of the artist's prints can be seen in Printmaking in B.C., by N.Tuele, n.p.
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title First Snow
Media acrylic on canvas board
Size 3.75 x 1.75 x 1 in. / 9.5 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso
Provenance
private collection, Fredericton, N.B.
Estimate CAD$350-$450
Artist Bruno Bobak
Title River Breakup #74/100
Media silkscreen on paper
Size 11.5 x 18 x 1 in. / 29.2 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; embossed chop in margin; archival mat
Provenance
corporate collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$200-$300