Historical Results
![#80 ~ Holgate - Nude, Artist's Wife #80 ~ Holgate - Nude, Artist's Wife](/images/upload/auction_images/20240421/medium/080.jpg)
![#80 ~ Holgate - Nude, Artist's Wife #80 ~ Holgate - Nude, Artist's Wife](/images/upload/auction_images/20240421/small/080.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title Nude, Artist's Wife
Media charcoal on paper
Size 17.25 x 11.25 in. / 43.8 x 28.6 cm.
Notes
signed lower left; bears title on gallery label verso; framed
Reference
illustrated on page 149, cat. No. 130 in Edwin Holgate by Rosalind Pepall and Brian Foss, published by Montreal Museum in Fine Arts, 2005; exhibition label verso; also illustrated on approx. page 66 in Group of Seven Drawings by Paul Duval, published by Burns and MacEachern Limited, 1965
Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Montreal, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$6,000-$8,000
![#69.1 ~ Holgate - Spring Spate #69.1 ~ Holgate - Spring Spate](images/upload/auction_images/20221106/medium/069_1.jpg)
![#69.1 ~ Holgate - Spring Spate #69.1 ~ Holgate - Spring Spate](/images/upload/auction_images/20221106/small/069_1.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title Spring Spate
Media oil on wood panel
Size 8.5 x 10.5 in. / 21.6 x 26.7 cm.
Notes
signed with initials lower left; signed and titled verso; framed; minor handling marks on frame noted
Estimate CAD$10,000-$15,000
![#443 ~ Holgate - Mary Frances Holgate's Book [Frances Holgate Bookplate] #443 ~ Holgate - Mary Frances Holgate's Book [Frances Holgate Bookplate]](images/upload/auction_images/20210418/medium/443.jpg)
![#443 ~ Holgate - Mary Frances Holgate's Book [Frances Holgate Bookplate] #443 ~ Holgate - Mary Frances Holgate's Book [Frances Holgate Bookplate]](/images/upload/auction_images/20210418/small/443.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title Mary Frances Holgate's Book [Frances Holgate Bookplate]
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 4 x 2.5 in. / 10.2 x 6.4 cm.
Notes
unsigned; framed
Reference
catalogue #58 and illustrated in The Prints of Edwin Holgate by Ian M. Thom, published by McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1990
Estimate CAD$500-$700
![#56 ~ Holgate - Reclining Nude #56 ~ Holgate - Reclining Nude](images/upload/auction_images/20190414/medium/056.jpg)
![#56 ~ Holgate - Reclining Nude #56 ~ Holgate - Reclining Nude](/images/upload/auction_images/20190414/small/056.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title Reclining Nude
Media gouache and graphite on paper
Dated
ca. 1922
Size 4.25 x 8.5 in. / 10.8 x 21.6 cm.
Notes
signed with initials lower right; titled and dated on label verso; framed with archival mat
Provenance
ex-collection artist Bruno Bobak
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,500
![#49 ~ Holgate - Totem Poles No. 3 #14/18 #49 ~ Holgate - Totem Poles No. 3 #14/18](images/upload/auction_images/20170423/medium/049.jpg)
![#49 ~ Holgate - Totem Poles No. 3 #14/18 #49 ~ Holgate - Totem Poles No. 3 #14/18](/images/upload/auction_images/20170423/small/049.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title Totem Poles No. 3 #14/18
Media wood engraving on paper
Dated
1926
Size 6 x 5.25 in. / 15.2 x 13.3 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; inscribed 'Totems - Skeena River - '26...' on label verso; framed
Reference
illustrated in The Prints of Edwin Holgate, by Ian Thom, cat.#22
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$6,000-$8,000
![#441 ~ Holgate - Untitled - Snow Clouds #36/100 #441 ~ Holgate - Untitled - Snow Clouds #36/100](images/upload/auction_images/20141123/medium/441.jpg)
![#441 ~ Holgate - Untitled - Snow Clouds #36/100 #441 ~ Holgate - Untitled - Snow Clouds #36/100](/images/upload/auction_images/20141123/small/441.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title Untitled - Snow Clouds #36/100
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Size 15.5 x 20.5 x 1 in. / 39.4 x 52.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000
![#38 ~ Holgate - Untitled - Ploughing the Field #38 ~ Holgate - Untitled - Ploughing the Field](images/upload/auction_images/20101211/medium/038.jpg)
![#38 ~ Holgate - Untitled - Ploughing the Field #38 ~ Holgate - Untitled - Ploughing the Field](/images/upload/auction_images/20101211/small/038.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title Untitled - Ploughing the Field
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 5 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower right; unframed
Estimate CAD$100-$150
![#51 ~ Holgate - Gulls #51 ~ Holgate - Gulls](images/upload/auction_images/20080621/medium/051.jpg)
![#51 ~ Holgate - Gulls #51 ~ Holgate - Gulls](/images/upload/auction_images/20080621/small/051.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title Gulls
Media wood block on paper
Dated
ca. 1942
Size 5.25 x 6.25 x 1 in. / 13.3 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
printed artist's name and title on backing; adhered along top to backing; ink stain noted lower centre; unframed
Reference
print supplement to Maritime Art, October, 1942
Estimate CAD$100-$150
![#451 ~ Holgate - Quebec Farm #451 ~ Holgate - Quebec Farm](images/upload/auction_images/19981102/medium/451.jpg)
![#451 ~ Holgate - Quebec Farm #451 ~ Holgate - Quebec Farm](/images/upload/auction_images/19981102/small/451.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title Quebec Farm
Media silkscreen on paper
Dated
1931
Size 3.75 x 4.75 x 1 in. / 9.5 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in screen lower left; bears title and name on printed border
Reference
see Painters of Canada Series, Exhibition of Christmas Cards, by S.Gervais, cat.#38 and #39, National Archives of Canada, 1991
Estimate CAD$300-$400
![#448 ~ Holgate - The Crier or The Auction #448 ~ Holgate - The Crier or The Auction](images/upload/auction_images/19971103/medium/448.jpg)
![#448 ~ Holgate - The Crier or The Auction #448 ~ Holgate - The Crier or The Auction](/images/upload/auction_images/19971103/small/448.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Crier or The Auction
Media wood block on paper
Dated
1927
Size 5 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower left
Reference
illustration for Other Days Other Ways, by G.Bouchard; see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, cat.#31; illustrated N.G.C., Vol.2, G-K, ed.C.Hill, pg.140
Estimate CAD$200-$250
![#449 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel #449 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel](images/upload/auction_images/19971103/medium/449.jpg)
![#449 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel #449 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel](/images/upload/auction_images/19971103/small/449.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Spinning Wheel
Media wood block on paper
Dated
1927
Size 4.75 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 12.1 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower right
Reference
illustration for Other Days Other Ways, by G.Bouchard; see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, cat.#34; illustrated N.G.C., Vol.2, G-K, ed.C.Hill, pg.140
Estimate CAD$200-$250
![#97 ~ Holgate - Untitled - The Lumberjack #97 ~ Holgate - Untitled - The Lumberjack](images/upload/auction_images/19970505/medium/097.jpg)
![#97 ~ Holgate - Untitled - The Lumberjack #97 ~ Holgate - Untitled - The Lumberjack](/images/upload/auction_images/19970505/small/097.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title Untitled - The Lumberjack
Media charcoal on paper
Size 26 x 19.5 x 1 in. / 66 x 49.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials lower left; small paint drip right centre; archival mat front and back
Reference
this would appear to be a study for Lumberjacks, cat.#29 in The Prints of Edwin Holgate, by I.Thom, obviously a mirror image for the woodcut
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000
![#438 ~ Holgate - The Plough #438 ~ Holgate - The Plough](images/upload/auction_images/19970505/medium/438.jpg)
![#438 ~ Holgate - The Plough #438 ~ Holgate - The Plough](/images/upload/auction_images/19970505/small/438.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Plough
Media wood block on paper
Dated
1927
Size 5 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower right; in two colours
Reference
frontispiece for Other Days Other Ways, by G.Bouchard; see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, cat.#30
Estimate CAD$200-$250
![#439 ~ Holgate - The Blacksmith #439 ~ Holgate - The Blacksmith](images/upload/auction_images/19970505/medium/439.jpg)
![#439 ~ Holgate - The Blacksmith #439 ~ Holgate - The Blacksmith](/images/upload/auction_images/19970505/small/439.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Blacksmith
Media wood block on paper
Dated
1927
Size 3.25 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 8.3 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block upper right
Reference
illustration for Other Days Other Ways, by G.Bouchard; see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, cat.#33
Estimate CAD$200-$250
![#440 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom #440 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom](images/upload/auction_images/19970505/medium/440.jpg)
![#440 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom #440 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom](/images/upload/auction_images/19970505/small/440.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Old Loom
Media wood block on paper
Dated
1927
Size 4 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 10.2 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower left
Reference
illustration for Other Days Other Ways, by G.Bouchard; see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, cat.#32
Estimate CAD$200-$250
![#439 ~ Holgate - The Plough #439 ~ Holgate - The Plough](images/upload/auction_images/19961104/medium/439.jpg)
![#439 ~ Holgate - The Plough #439 ~ Holgate - The Plough](/images/upload/auction_images/19961104/small/439.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Plough
Media wood block on paper
Dated
1927
Size 5 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower right; in two colours
Reference
frontispiece for Other Days Other Ways, by G.Bouchard; see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, cat.#30
Estimate CAD$200-$250
![#440 ~ Holgate - The Crier or The Auction #440 ~ Holgate - The Crier or The Auction](images/upload/auction_images/19961104/medium/440.jpg)
![#440 ~ Holgate - The Crier or The Auction #440 ~ Holgate - The Crier or The Auction](/images/upload/auction_images/19961104/small/440.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Crier or The Auction
Media wood block on paper
Dated
1927
Size 5 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower left
Reference
illustration for Other Days Other Ways, by G.Bouchard; see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, cat.#31
Estimate CAD$200-$250
![#441 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom #441 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom](images/upload/auction_images/19961104/medium/441.jpg)
![#441 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom #441 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom](/images/upload/auction_images/19961104/small/441.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Old Loom
Media wood block on paper
Dated
1927
Size 4 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 10.2 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower left
Reference
illustration for Other Days Other Ways, by G.Bouchard; see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, cat.#32
Estimate CAD$200-$250
![#442 ~ Holgate - The Blacksmith #442 ~ Holgate - The Blacksmith](images/upload/auction_images/19961104/medium/442.jpg)
![#442 ~ Holgate - The Blacksmith #442 ~ Holgate - The Blacksmith](/images/upload/auction_images/19961104/small/442.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Blacksmith
Media wood block on paper
Dated
1927
Size 3.25 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 8.3 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block upper right
Reference
illustration for Other Days Other Ways, by G.Bouchard; see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, cat.#33
Estimate CAD$200-$250
![#443 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel #443 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel](images/upload/auction_images/19961104/medium/443.jpg)
![#443 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel #443 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel](/images/upload/auction_images/19961104/small/443.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Spinning Wheel
Media wood block on paper
Dated
1927
Size 4.75 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 12.1 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower right
Reference
illustration for Other Days Other Ways, by G.Bouchard; see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, cat.#34
Estimate CAD$200-$250
![#102 ~ Holgate - Labrador Kitchen #3/30 #102 ~ Holgate - Labrador Kitchen #3/30](images/upload/auction_images/19950501/medium/102.jpg)
![#102 ~ Holgate - Labrador Kitchen #3/30 #102 ~ Holgate - Labrador Kitchen #3/30](/images/upload/auction_images/19950501/small/102.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title Labrador Kitchen #3/30
Media wood block on paper
Dated
1930
Size 6.25 x 5 x 1 in. / 15.9 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block upper left; signed and numbered below image; archival mat
Reference
see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, by I.Thom, cat.42; catalogue #88 in Images of the Land, 1919-1945, by P.Ainslie
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500
![#94 ~ Holgate - Totem Poles No. 4 #94 ~ Holgate - Totem Poles No. 4](images/upload/auction_images/19941101/medium/094.jpg)
![#94 ~ Holgate - Totem Poles No. 4 #94 ~ Holgate - Totem Poles No. 4](/images/upload/auction_images/19941101/small/094.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title Totem Poles No. 4
Media wood engraving on paper
Dated
1926
Size 6 x 4.75 x 1 in. / 15.2 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower right; signed in pencil along bottom; retouched crease mark lower right; archival mat front and back
Reference
see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, by I.Thom, cat.#23; illustrated in CSGA catalogue of 1930 and The New Woodcut; Thom writes 'The central pole is probably the Mountain Goat pole at Gitsegyukla' also illustrated as fontispiece in Images of the Land 1919-1945, by P.Ainslie
Provenance
private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500
![#435 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom #435 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom](images/upload/auction_images/19941101/medium/435.jpg)
![#435 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom #435 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom](/images/upload/auction_images/19941101/small/435.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Old Loom
Media wood engraving on paper
Dated
1927
Size 4.5 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 11.4 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower right; signed and inscribed 'No.6' along bottom
Reference
see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, by I.Thom, cat.#32; published in the book Other Days Other Ways in 1927
Provenance
Galerie Royale, Vancouver, label verso; private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$300-$400
![#116 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel #116 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel](images/upload/auction_images/19940426/medium/116.jpg)
![#116 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel #116 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel](/images/upload/auction_images/19940426/small/116.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Spinning Wheel
Media wood engraving on paper
Dated
1927
Size 4.75 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 12.1 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower right; archival mat front and back
Reference
see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, by I.Thom, cat.#34; published in the book Other Days Other Ways in 1927
Provenance
Chapman Galleries, Red Deer, label verso; private collection, Alberta
Estimate CAD$300-$400
![#117 ~ Holgate - Other Days, Other Ways #117 ~ Holgate - Other Days, Other Ways](images/upload/auction_images/19940426/medium/117.jpg)
![#117 ~ Holgate - Other Days, Other Ways #117 ~ Holgate - Other Days, Other Ways](/images/upload/auction_images/19940426/small/117.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title Other Days, Other Ways
Media book on paper
Dated
1928
Size 8.25 x 6.25 x 1 in. / 21 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
lacks dust jacket otherwise in good condition
Reference
see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, by I.Thom cat.#30-36 of some of the 27 images in the book
Estimate CAD$300-$600
![#96 ~ Holgate - The Readers No.4/30 #96 ~ Holgate - The Readers No.4/30](images/upload/auction_images/19931101/medium/096.jpg)
![#96 ~ Holgate - The Readers No.4/30 #96 ~ Holgate - The Readers No.4/30](/images/upload/auction_images/19931101/small/096.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Readers No.4/30
Media wood engraving on tissue
Dated
1930
Size 5.75 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 14.6 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower left; signed and numbered along bottom; in sepia toned ink
Reference
see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, by I.Thom, cat.#38
Provenance
Four Corners Gallery, Red Deer, label verso; private collection, Alberta
Estimate CAD$1,750-$2,000
![#97 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom #97 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom](images/upload/auction_images/19931101/medium/097.jpg)
![#97 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom #97 ~ Holgate - The Old Loom](/images/upload/auction_images/19931101/small/097.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Old Loom
Media wood engraving on paper
Dated
1927
Size 4 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 10.2 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower left; signed and dated - 1929 along bottom; archival mat front and back
Reference
see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, by I.Thom, cat.#32; published in the book Other Days Other Ways in 1927
Provenance
Chapman Galleries, Red Deer, label verso; private collection, Alberta
Estimate CAD$400-$500
![#98 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel #98 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel](images/upload/auction_images/19931101/medium/098.jpg)
![#98 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel #98 ~ Holgate - The Spinning Wheel](/images/upload/auction_images/19931101/small/098.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Spinning Wheel
Media wood engraving on paper
Dated
1927
Size 4.75 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 12.1 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in block lower right
Reference
see The Prints of Edwin Holgate, by I.Thom, cat.#34; published in the book Other Days Other Ways in 1927
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400
![#99 ~ Holgate - The Village #99 ~ Holgate - The Village](images/upload/auction_images/19931101/medium/099.jpg)
![#99 ~ Holgate - The Village #99 ~ Holgate - The Village](/images/upload/auction_images/19931101/small/099.jpg)
Artist Edwin Headley Holgate
Title The Village
Media linoblock on paper
Dated
1927
Size 1.75 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 4.4 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
unsigned; with block print of Christmas greetings from George Bouchard, author of Other Days Other Ways; unframed
Reference
Thom #35
Estimate CAD$250-$300