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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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