Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Trees on a River Bank, Baie St. Paul
Media oil on wood board
Size 24.75 x 29.75 in. / 62.9 x 75.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, label verso; corporate collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$6,000-$8,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Lonely Tree
Media oil on wood board
Dated ca.  1960
Size 16 x 20 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears date verso; bears title on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Agghazy Gallery, Calgary, label verso; from the Skinner family, Calgary
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,500

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Untitled - Summer Breeze
Media oil on wood board
Dated ca.  1965
Size 20 x 24 in. / 50.8 x 61 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears inventory number '1684' verso; framed

Reference
according to the artist's son, he feels this dates to about 1965 and painted on an island in Georgian Bay

Provenance
ex-collection Bruce Phillips OC, journalist, including the Calgary Herald and CTV, and Privacy Commissioner of Canada; see his entry here
Estimate CAD$3,000-$5,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Still Life on Tabletop
Media oil on wood board
Size 20 x 24 in. / 50.8 x 61 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed; damage to bottom right corner of frame noted

Provenance
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton and Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, labels verso; from an Edmonton estate
Estimate CAD$3,000-$5,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Untitled - Landscape Through the Trees
Media watercolour on paper
Size 19.75 x 23.25 in. / 50.2 x 59.1 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed with archival mat and special glass; some wear to frame noted

Provenance
Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver and Woltjen/Udell, Edmonton, labels verso; from an Edmonton estate
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Shawanaga Bay
Media oil on wood panel
Size 16 x 20 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title on labels verso; framed

Provenance
Galerie Du Louvre, Montreal, label verso; private collection, Montreal
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Stream in Spring
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1959
Size 20 x 24 in. / 50.8 x 61 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled verso; bears date on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Galerie ARRT 1452 Inc., Montreal, label verso
Estimate CAD$4,000-$6,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Untitled - River and Woodland
Media oil on wood board
Size 12 x 16 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed

Provenance
Galerie ARRT 1452 Inc., Montreal, stamp verso
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Untitled - View of the Bay
Media oil on wood board
Size 12 x 16 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed

Reference
possibly the bay is the St. Lawrence from Port-au-Persil and painting circa 1951

Provenance
private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$1,800-$2,400

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Yellow Cloth and Yellow Jug
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1965
Size 12 x 16 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.

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

Provenance
Roberts Gallery, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Cedars on Slope
Media oil on canvas board
Dated 1965
Size 15.75 x 20 x 1 in. / 40 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled and dated verso; framed

Reference
Art Gallery Hamilton, Twenty-Second Annual Exhibition, 1971, c/o The Roberts Gallery, Toronto, label verso

Estimate CAD$4,000-$5,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Trees on a River Bank, Baie St. Paul
Media oil on wood board
Size 24.75 x 29.75 x 1 in. / 62.9 x 75.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, label verso
Estimate CAD$8,000-$10,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Untitled - Brooding Landscape
Media oil on hard board
Dated ca.  1957
Size 32 x 48 x 1 in. / 81.3 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed

Provenance
Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, label verso
Estimate CAD$15,000-$20,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Windy Day Georgian Bay
Media oil on hard board
Size 12 x 16 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso; bears partial label verso; framed

Provenance
Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art, Salt Spring Island, label verso
Estimate CAD$4,000-$5,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Untitled - Artist Sketching / Man Reading Newspaper
Media graphite on paper
Size 9.25 x 5.75 x 1 in. / 23.5 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed with sketch visible verso; three hole punch visible; archival mat

Provenance
Dominion Gallery [inventory numbers verso]
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Untitled - Man on Couch with Dog
Media graphite on paper
Size 9.25 x 7.5 x 1 in. / 23.5 x 19 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; some surface dirt and handling marks noted; archival mat

Estimate CAD$400-$450

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Untitled - Group of Men at a Party
Media graphite on paper
Size 9.75 x 8 x 1 in. / 24.8 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; archival mat

Provenance
D and E Lake Fine Arts, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$600-$700

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Untitled - Summer Landscape
Media oil on hard board
Size 32 x 43.75 x 1 in. / 81.3 x 111.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; small scratch upper right

Provenance
private collection, Montreal
Estimate CAD$12,000-$15,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Stream, Early Winter
Media oil on hard board
Dated 1960 --61
Size 20 x 24 x 1 in. / 50.8 x 61 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right

Provenance
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Winnipeg and by descent
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Untitled - Portrait
Media graphite on paper
Size 15.5 x 12.5 x 1 in. / 39.4 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; archival mat

Reference
see similar drawing titled 'Bill Kinnis Sketching' in William Goodridge Roberts 1904-1974, Drawing, pg.35

Estimate CAD$800-$1,200

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Reading Party
Media graphite on paper
Dated ca.  1940
Size 12 x 9 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; archival mat; unframed

Reference
see another example of his drawing in the N.G.C. collection Disk2 [cat.#36684]

Provenance
purchased from the artist
Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Two Men Seated
Media graphite on paper
Dated 1940
Size 7.75 x 10 x 1 in. / 19.7 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title and date on mat verso; unframed

Provenance
purchased from the artist
Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Lake Orford
Media watercolour on paper
Dated ca.  1945
Size 13.75 x 23.25 x 1 in. / 34.9 x 59.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title and date on label verso; archival mat

Reference
the artist had spent the war years with R.C.A.F. returning to teach as well as exhibit at Dominion Gallery; see Goodridge Roberts, pg.92 for 1945 canvas titled 'Lake Orford' in the collection of the N.G.C.

Provenance
Galerie d'art Michel Bigue, St. Sauveur-des-Monts, label verso
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Untitled - Winter Landscape
Media oil on hard board
Size 14 x 18 x 1 in. / 35.6 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right

Provenance
Alex Fraser Gallery, Vancouver, and Dowstairs Gallery, Edmonton, labels verso
Estimate CAD$3,000-$3,500

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title The Farm, Quebec
Media oil on canvas board
Size 12 x 16 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title verso

Provenance
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title Field and Tree, Grey Sky
Media oil on masonite
Dated 1966
Size 25 x 31.75 x 1 in. / 63.5 x 80.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; titled and dated on label verso

Reference
the artist spent the summer at Callumet and the Georgian Bay area and then exhibited his recent work at Roberts Gallery in November

Provenance
corporate collection, Calgary; Roberts Gallery, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$9,000-$12,000

Artist William Goodridge Roberts
Title The Country Road
Media oil on wood board
Dated ca.  1953
Size 25 x 32 x 1 in. / 63.5 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears date verso

Reference
selected to represent Canada at the Sao Paulo Bienniel, Brazil in 1953 as well as awarded fellowship for one year overseas work and study in France; similar painting in the collection of the W.A.G. from this year, see Goodridge Roberts, A Retrospective Exhibition, pg.49 and cat.#92

Provenance
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, and Warwick Gallery, Vancouver, labels verso
Estimate CAD$10,000-$12,000