Artist William Kurelek
Title Woman Chopping Wood
Media watercolour on paper board
Dated ca.  1961
Size 7.25 x 12.25 in. / 18.4 x 31.1 cm.

Notes
signed with initials lower right; bears title and date on gallery labels verso; framed with archival mat and special glass

Reference
In 1959, William Kurelek joined Isaacs Gallery in Toronto as a framer and in the following year had his first one man show at the gallery [Isaacs became Kurelek’s agent for life based on a handshake]. In 1961, the women’s committee of the Art Gallery of Ontario invited Alfred Barr of the Museum of Modern Art in New York to visit and select a painting for the MOMA collection. Barr arrived and astonished them by choosing a painting by Kurelek: ‘Hailstorm in Alberta’. - kurelek.ca

Provenance
The Isaacs / Innuit Gallery, Toronto and Peter Ohler Fine Arts Ltd., labels verso; from the Estate of Dr. Joan Snyder, a prominent Calgary philanthropist; proceeds from this work will help fulfill Joan's wishes to support the University of Calgary. To read more about Dr. Joan Snyder, visit the University of Calgary's Memoriam
Estimate CAD$10,000-$15,000

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - The Last Putt #209/225
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1977
Size 12 x 9.5 in. / 30.5 x 24.1 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; signed by Jean Kurekek 'J. Kurelek [J.K.]' and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist William Kurelek
Title Skiing [Sports Portfolio] #47/225
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1977
Size 12 x 9.5 in. / 30.5 x 24.1 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; signed by Jean Kurelek 'J. Kurelek [J.K.]' and numbered along bottom; bears title on label verso; framed

Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Lacrosse #209/225
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1977
Size 12 x 9.75 in. / 30.5 x 24.8 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; signed by Jean Kurekek 'J. Kurelek [J.K.]' and numbered along bottom; some scratches on frame noted

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Hunter Awaiting Seal at Breathing Hole #1/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 11.75 x 10 in. / 29.8 x 25.4 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; framed

Reference
illustrated on page 26 in The Last of the Arctic by William Kurelek, published by Pagurian Press Limited, 1976

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist William Kurelek
Title Sky Tossing at Alaskan Whaling Celebrations #23/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 11.75 x 9.75 in. / 29.8 x 24.8 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat and special glass; some scratches and handling marks on frame noted

Reference
illustrated on page 52 in The Last of the Arctic by William Kurelek, published by Pagurian Press Limited, 1976

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist William Kurelek
Title Stalking Migrating Caribou #1/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 11.75 x 10 in. / 29.8 x 25.4 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; framed

Reference
illustrated on page 49 in The Last of the Arctic by William Kurelek, published by Pagurian Press Limited, 1976

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist William Kurelek
Title Story-Telling: A Winter Pastime #24/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 11.75 x 9.75 in. / 29.8 x 24.8 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat and special glass; some scratches and handling marks on frame noted

Reference
illustrated on page 79 in The Last of the Arctic by William Kurelek, published by Pagurian Press Limited, 1976

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist William Kurelek
Title Building A Cord Cradle #17/50
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 17 x 13 x 6.75 in. / 43.2 x 33 x 17.1 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered lower right; bears title on label verso; framed

Provenance
private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist William Kurelek
Title The Hound of Heaven #80/100
Media lithograph on paper
Size 17.5 x 13.25 in. / 44.4 x 33.7 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Turner Valley
Estimate CAD$800-$1,200

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Breakaway #47/950
Media colour photolithograph on paper
Dated 1976
Size 11.75 x 29.5 in. / 29.8 x 74.9 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; bears artist's name with artist's wife's initials and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
Paperworks, Calgary, stamp verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Lacrosse #7/225
Media colour photolithograph on paper
Dated 1977
Size 12 x 9.5 in. / 30.5 x 24.1 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; bears artist's name with artist's wife's initials and numbered along bottom; framed

Provenance
Paperworks, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Football #5/225
Media colour photolithograph on paper
Dated 1977
Size 12 x 9.5 in. / 30.5 x 24.1 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; bears artist's name with artist's wife's initials and numbered along bottom; framed

Provenance
Paperworks, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Tobogganing #219/225
Media colour photolithograph on paper
Dated 1977
Size 12 x 9.5 in. / 30.5 x 24.1 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; bears artist's name with artist's wife's initials and numbered along bottom; framed

Provenance
Sundance Gallery, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Skiing #7/225
Media colour photolithograph on paper
Dated 1977
Size 12 x 9.5 in. / 30.5 x 24.1 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; bears artist's name with artist's wife's initials and numbered along bottom; framed

Provenance
Sundance Gallery, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist William Kurelek
Title The Wind and the Rain
Media ink on paper
Dated 1976
Size 7.5 x 12 in. / 19 x 30.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials, titled, dated and long inscription along bottom; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,500

Artist William Kurelek
Title The Barn Dance #35/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Size 12 x 7.5 in. / 30.5 x 19 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated '74' in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; bears title on label attached verso; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Hunting Caribou #244/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 11.75 x 9.5 in. / 29.8 x 24.1 cm.

Notes
signed and dated with initials in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; unframed; some handling marks noted

Provenance
from the Estate of Dr. Margaret [Marmie] Perkins Hess, for more information on Dr. Hess visit her Alberta Order of Excellence biography
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Stories in the Igloo #249/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 11.75 x 9.5 in. / 29.8 x 24.1 cm.

Notes
signed with initials in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; unframed; some handling marks noted

Provenance
from the Estate of Dr. Margaret [Marmie] Perkins Hess, for more information on Dr. Hess visit her Alberta Order of Excellence biography
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Planting Potatoes #264/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1973
Size 11.75 x 8.75 in. / 29.8 x 22.2 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; unframed

Provenance
from the Estate of Dr. Margaret [Marmie] Perkins Hess, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Newfie Jokes #275/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Size 11.75 x 9 in. / 29.8 x 22.9 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; unframed

Provenance
from the Estate of Dr. Margaret [Marmie] Perkins Hess, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Hunting Caribou #243/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 11.75 x 9.5 in. / 29.8 x 24.1 cm.

Notes
signed and dated with initials in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; unframed; some handling marks noted

Provenance
from the Estate of Dr. Margaret [Marmie] Perkins Hess, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Stories in the Igloo #226/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated ca.  1975
Size 11.75 x 9.5 in. / 29.8 x 24.1 cm.

Notes
signed with initials in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; unframed; some handling marks noted

Provenance
from the Estate of Dr. Margaret [Marmie] Perkins Hess, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Fishing #40/225
Media colour photolithograph on paper
Dated 1977
Size 12 x 9.5 in. / 30.5 x 24.1 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; signed by the artist's widow and numbered along bottom; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist William Kurelek
Title Sky Tossing at Alaska Whaling Celebrations #5/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 11.75 x 9.5 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated with initials in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist William Kurelek
Title The Barn Dance [The Happy Canadian]
Media mixed media on wood board
Dated 1974
Size 23 x 14.5 x 1 in. / 58.4 x 36.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated lower right; bears description on printed paper attached verso; framed

Reference
illustrated as frontispiece in Kurelek's Canada,

Provenance
purchased at Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton; from a prominent Calgary collection
Estimate CAD$90,000-$120,000

Artist William Kurelek
Title The Hound of Heaven #46/100
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 17.75 x 13.25 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 33.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed

Estimate CAD$800-$1,200

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Barn Dance #172/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1974
Size 11.75 x 7.5 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 19 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist William Kurelek
Title Football #138/225
Media colour photolithograph on paper
Dated 1977
Size 12 x 9.5 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; signed by the artist's widow and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
The Collectors' Gallery of Art, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$350

Artist William Kurelek
Title Children School Bound in Northern B.C. #5/50
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 22 x 15.5 x 1 in. / 55.9 x 39.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist William Kurelek
Title A Prairie Winter's Night #5/50
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 15.25 x 21.75 x 1 in. / 38.7 x 55.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist William Kurelek
Title Snowfall Ending on Quebec Ontario Border #5/50
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 15.5 x 22 x 1 in. / 39.4 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist William Kurelek
Title Evening Chore in the Maritimes #5/50
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 21.75 x 15.25 x 1 in. / 55.2 x 38.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist William Kurelek
Title Part of Machine Used to Make Mash for Hogs
Media ink, watercolour and pencil on paper
Dated ca.  1977
Size 9.25 x 15.5 x 1 in. / 23.5 x 39.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
inscribed in Ukrainian along bottom; signed with embossed artist's estate chop and widow's initials lower right; bears title verso; framed with archival mat

Reference
illustrated in The Last Days and Drawings of William Kurelek, by W.Kurelek, Tundra Books, 1988 [no page numbers]

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist William Kurelek
Title Story Telling, a Winter Past Time #116/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 11.75 x 9.75 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 24.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right, signed and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
from the book The Last of the Arctic, 1988 pub. by Pagurian Press

Estimate CAD$500-$600

Artist William Kurelek
Title Hunter Awaiting Seal at Hole #113/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 11.75 x 9.75 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 24.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right, signed and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
from the book The Last of the Arctic, 1988 pub. by Pagurian Press

Estimate CAD$500-$600

Artist William Kurelek
Title Snow Fun #67/100
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 13 x 13 x 1 in. / 33 x 33 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; framed

Provenance
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton; private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist William Kurelek
Title Stalking Migrating Caribou #114/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 11.75 x 9.5 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower left; signed and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
illustrated and described in Kurelek's Canada, by W. Kurelek, Pagurian Press, 1976, pg.48

Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist William Kurelek
Title Evening Chore in the Maritimes #OS III
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 21.75 x 15.5 x 1 in. / 55.2 x 39.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom

Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist William Kurelek
Title Building a Cord Cradle #17/50
Media lithograph on paper
Size 17 x 12.75 x 1 in. / 43.2 x 32.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered along bottom

Provenance
private collection, Winnipeg
Estimate CAD$700-$800

Artist William Kurelek
Title Stalking Migrating Caribou #198/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 11.75 x 9.5 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; archival mat

Reference
illustrated and described in Kurelek's Canada, by W.Kurelek, Pagurian Press, 1976, pg.48; BOOK INCLUDED IN LOT

Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist William Kurelek
Title Sky Tossing at Alaska Whaling Celebrations #300/300
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 11.75 x 9.5 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated in plate lower right; signed and numbered along bottom; archival mat

Reference
illustrated and described in Kurelek's Canada, by W.Kurelek, Pagurian Press, 1976, pg.53

Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist William Kurelek
Title Snow Fun #67/100
Media colour lithograph on paper
Size 13 x 13 x 1 in. / 33 x 33 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered along bottom

Provenance
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton; private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist William Kurelek
Title Children Studying Prismatic Effects in Ice Cracks
Media oil on hard board
Dated 1966
Size 11.25 x 12.5 x 1 in. / 28.6 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with monogram and dated lower right; bears title on label verso; framed in artist's frame; some handling marks noted

Reference
the artist was just beginning to get noticed in 1966; an exhibition of 20 oils and waters at the Isaacs Gallery was followed by a large exhibition of works at the Winnipeg Art Gallery see Kurelek's Vision of Canada, by J.Murray, pg.74

Provenance
Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Saskatoon
Estimate CAD$12,000-$15,000

Artist William Kurelek
Title Mendelsohn in Canadian Winter
Media oil on hard board
Dated 1967
Size 36 x 26 x 1 in. / 91.4 x 66 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated lower right; lot includes letter from artist and book Kurelek, A Biography by P. Morley and set of stamps

Provenance
Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection Edmonton
Estimate CAD$25,000-$35,000

Artist William Kurelek
Title Map of Canada #285/554
Media photo-lithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1975
Size 22 x 23.25 x 1 in. / 55.9 x 59.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered lower right; printed title and date lower left; unframed

Reference
published by Pagurian Press Limited, Toronto

Estimate CAD$350-$450

Artist William Kurelek
Title Can It Make Itself Become?
Media ink on paper
Dated ca.  1970
Size 2.75 x 7 x 1 in. / 7 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
titled with authentication note by Jean Kurelek verso

Reference
used as illustration in Someone With Me, The Autobiography of William Kurelek, published by J. Maas 1973

Provenance
D&E Lake Fine Arts, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist William Kurelek
Title All Metal Was to be Collected Separately
Media ink on paper
Dated ca.  1970
Size 2.25 x 6.5 x 1 in. / 5.7 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
bears title and inscription 'W.K. per Jean Kurelek' on paper attached verso; dry mounted on to paper board

Reference
illustration for Someone With Me, the Autobiography of William Kurelek, pg.300 in the original edition published by Centre for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education, Cornell University which differs from the unillustrated version published by McClelland and Stewart, 1980

Provenance
purchased from the estate of the artist and Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist William Kurelek
Title Manure and Bull Rushes in the Snow
Media oil and mixed media on masonite
Dated 1974
Size 5 x 14.5 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 36.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with initials and dated lower right; tilted verso; some surface dirt noted

Reference
in 1973 the artist wrote and illustrated A Prairie Boy's Winter, and in 1975 A Prairie Boy's Summer, published by Tundra Books in Montreal

Provenance
Isaac's Gallery, Toronto, and D & E Lake, Toronto, labels verso
Estimate CAD$3,500-$4,500

Artist William Kurelek
Title Light Trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange #7/950
Media photo-lithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1973
Size 16.25 x 19.25 x 1 in. / 41.3 x 48.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated in plate lower right; signed, titled and numbered along bottom

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist William Kurelek
Title Poet Dedora's Dream of B.C.
Media gouache on masonite
Dated 1972
Size 18 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 45.7 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with monogram and dated lower right; titled verso; in original artist's frame

Reference
Brian Dedora has written several books including With WK in the Workshop - A Memorial of William Kurelek [book included with lot] about the time spent they spent as framers at the Isaacs Gallery; the poet now runs his own fine framing establishment on Pender Street in Vancouver

Provenance
public collection, Alberta
Estimate CAD$9,000-$12,000

Artist William Kurelek
Title Untitled - Stock Exchange #67/950
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Dated 1973
Size 16.25 x 19.25 x 1 in. / 41.3 x 48.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; embossed chop below mat

Reference
illustrated in Toronto in Art by E.Firth, pg.187, pub. by Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1983

Provenance
private collection, Calgary; Paperworks Gallery, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$250-$350