Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Toy Horse 34
Media gouache on paper
Dated 1978
Size 28 x 20.25 in. / 71.1 x 51.4 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed; very minor cracking noted

Provenance
Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, label verso
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title God Series
Media pastel and mixed media on paper
Dated 1978
Size 19.5 x 25.5 in. / 49.5 x 64.8 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower centre; bears title on label verso; framed

Provenance
Circle Arts, Toronto and Winchester Galleries, Victoria, labels verso
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Charlie Chaplin in the Fireman #43/36
Media lithograph on paper
Dated 1970
Size 18.25 x 11.75 in. / 46.4 x 29.8 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; framed

Provenance
private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title W.C. Fields as Mr. Micawber #38/149
Media lithograph on paper
Dated 1970
Size 19 x 7.5 in. / 48.3 x 19 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; framed

Provenance
private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title The Sign #1/1
Media colour monoprint on paper
Dated 1956
Size 19.5 x 15.75 in. / 49.5 x 40 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; titled verso; framed

Provenance
Mazelow Gallery, Toronto, and W.R. Mitchell and Associates, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Salon Lady #26/80
Media colour lithograph on paper
Dated 1969
Size 18.5 x 13 x 1 in. / 47 x 33 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated centre left; bears title on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Mazelow Gallery, Toronto, partial label verso
Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Untitled - Autographic Black and Pink Abstract
Media colour monoprint on paper
Size 19.75 x 15.75 in. / 50.2 x 40 cm.

Notes
embossed estate stamp and stamped signature along bottom; unframed; minor handling marks noted

Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Chaplin and Cherrill in City Lights #67-137
Media lithograph on paper
Dated 1971
Size 11 x 11.5 in. / 27.9 x 29.2 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; bears title on paper attached verso; framed with archival mat

Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Untitled - Composition 4 '56
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1956
Size 16.5 x 13 x 1 in. / 41.9 x 33 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower left; framed

Reference
see another example from this time period Fall of Babylon, 1956 in Town, by D.Burnett pg. 39 and discussed pg. 34

Estimate CAD$9,000-$12,000

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Untitled - Magenta Stretch #42-99
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1971
Size 28.25 x 40.25 x 1 in. / 71.8 x 102.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; framed

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

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title French Postcard #4/100
Media lithograph on paper
Dated 1971
Size 38 x 25 x 1 in. / 96.5 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed; some handling marks noted

Reference
Fleet Galleries poster for September 22 to October 20, 1971, exhibition

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

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Rudolph Valentino #5/68
Media colour lithograph on paper
Dated 1970
Size 19.75 x 13.25 x 1 in. / 50.2 x 33.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered along top; framed with archival mat

Reference
in 1971 Harold Town had an exhibition titled Silent Stars, Sound Stars, Film Stars at the Rothman's Art Gallery, Stratford, Ont. which went on to tour in Chicago and Toronto

Provenance
Kensington Downtown Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Patriotic Arch
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1960
Size 12 x 12 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm.

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

Provenance
private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$5,000-$7,000

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Big Act
Media collage and monoprint on paper
Dated 1954
Size 19.75 x 15.75 x 1 in. / 50.2 x 40 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated upper right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed [damaged]

Provenance
Jerrold Morris Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,500

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title French Postcard #5/100
Media lithograph on paper
Dated 1971
Size 38 x 25 x 1 in. / 96.5 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered lower centre; unframed

Reference
Fleet Galleries poster for September 22 to October 20, 1971, exhibition

Provenance
ex-collection Doris Hamill / Fleet Galleries, Winnipeg
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title French Postcard #4/100
Media lithograph on paper
Dated 1971
Size 38 x 25 x 1 in. / 96.5 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered lower centre; unframed

Reference
Fleet Galleries poster for September 22 to October 20, 1971, exhibition

Provenance
ex-collection Doris Hamill / Fleet Galleries, Winnipeg
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title LOT OF TWO
Media lithograph on paper
Dated 1970
Size 18 x 9 x 1 in. / 45.7 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
LOT OF TWO

Provenance
Mazelow Gallery, Toronto, label verso; ex-collection Doris Hamill / Fleet Galleries, Winnipeg
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Untitled - W.C. Fields #16/190
Media lithograph on paper
Size 22.5 x 12 x 1 in. / 57.2 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; unframed; minor fading noted

Reference
reproduced on front cover ; book included with lot

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Untitled - Clown
Media colour monoprint on paper
Dated 1956 --57
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm #96/135
Media lithograph on paper
Dated 1977
Size 15 x 18.25 x 1 in. / 38.1 x 46.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed by both authors and numbered; bound in suede leather, in a portfolio case; includes signed, dated and numbered lithograph 'Portrait of Tom Thomson' by Harold Town

Reference
by Harold Town and David Silcox, published by McClelland and Stewart Publishing

Estimate CAD$500-$600

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Time Slice [in Profile]
Media oil and Lucite on canvas
Dated 1959
Size 12 x 18 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; signed and dated verso; titled on [exhibition?] label verso

Reference
in 1959 the artist exhibited 'July' in the Third Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art in addition to being included in show in The Brooklyn Museum, NY, Yugoslavia, Switzerland and the Canadian Group of Painters Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Toronto

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$4,000-$5,000

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Toy Horse #27
Media mixed media on paper
Dated 1978
Size 22.25 x 29.75 x 1 in. / 56.5 x 75.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; signed, titled and inscribed 'Jan-Feb.78' verso; unframed

Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,000

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Lopsided Totems
Media colour monoprint on paper
Size 20 x 16 x 1 in. / 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
titled along bottom; some artist's handling marks note; unframed

Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,200

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Ancient Husband #13/25
Media etching on paper
Dated 1960
Size 11.5 x 11.75 x 1 in. / 29.2 x 29.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; signed, dated and numbered verso; bears title on label; some light damage

Provenance
Mazelow Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Toronto and by descent
Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title God Series #13
Media mixed media on paper
Dated 1979
Size 19.25 x 24.5 x 1 in. / 48.9 x 62.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated 'Dec.78-Jan.4.79' lower right

Provenance
corporate collection, Calgary; Waddington Galleries, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Summer Bridge
Media monoprint on paper
Dated 1957
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and indistinctly inscribed along bottom; archival mat

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

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Time Slice [in Profile]
Media oil and lucite on canvas
Dated 1959
Size 12 x 18 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; signed and dated verso; titled on label verso

Reference
see Landmarks in Canadian Art, by P.Mellon, pg.216 for painting of the same time period in Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery; and Town, by D.Burnett, chapter 4 for this time period

Estimate CAD$3,500-$4,000

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Rudolph Valentino #5/68
Media lithograph on paper
Dated 1970
Size 19.75 x 13.25 x 1 in. / 50.2 x 33.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered along top; archival material throughout

Reference
in 1971 Harold Town had an exhibition titled Silent Stars, Sound Stars, Film Stars at the Rothman's Art Gallery, Stratford, Ont. which went on to tour in Chicago, Toronto, Detroit and London, Ont.

Provenance
Kensington Downtown Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Harold Barling Town
Title Vale Variation - Pyramid of Roses
Media rubber resist, poster paint, ink on pape
Dated 1975
Size 19.5 x 25.75 x 1 in. / 49.5 x 65.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower left; signed, titled, dated and inscribed verso; archival material throughout

Reference
see Town, by D.Burnett, pg.167-175, for discussion of this time period in the artist's career

Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500