Historical Results
Artist Margaret Shelton
Title Saint Georges Church, Banff #198/200
Media lino block in six colours on paper
Dated
1944
Size 4.5 x 5.75 x 1 in. / 11.4 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, dated - 1978, titled and numbered along bottom
Reference
MSBP #87, six colours, ed:300
Provenance
private collection, Montreal
Estimate CAD$350-$450
Artist Margaret Shelton
Title Barn at Taber #10/25
Media colour lino block on paper
Dated
1941
Size 4.5 x 6.25 x 1 in. / 11.4 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; archival material throughout; unframed
Reference
MSBP #55, four colours, ed:25; print tipped into Highlights, ASA magazine, December, 1950
Provenance
private collection, Alberta
Estimate CAD$350-$450
Artist Margaret Shelton
Title Brewsters Barn, Seeby
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1977
Size 13.75 x 20 x 1 in. / 34.9 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; inscribed in margin under mat 'May 28 /76; archival material throughout
Estimate CAD$400-$600
Artist A.C. and Barbara Leighton - Barleigh
Title Fall Flowers #8/100
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 10 x 12.25 x 1 in. / 25.4 x 31.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; archival material front and back
Provenance
High Street Gallery, Calgary label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist A.C. and Barbara Leighton - Barleigh
Title Moraine Lake #32/100
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 9.75 x 12.75 x 1 in. / 24.8 x 32.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; some yellowing
Provenance
artist's block label verso
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist A.C. and Barbara Leighton - Barleigh
Title Emerald Lake #62/100
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 11.5 x 14.75 x 1 in. / 29.2 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; tape stains extreme edge
Provenance
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, - 7th Avenue, label on inside mat
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist A.C. and Barbara Leighton - Barleigh
Title Deer, Kananaskis #21/100
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 10.5 x 10 x 1 in. / 26.7 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; some yellowing
Reference
alternative title 'Deer, Winter'
Provenance
artist's block label verso
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist James [Jim] McLaren Nicoll
Title Chinese Courtyard #A.P.
Media etching on paper
Dated
1979
Size 8.75 x 10 x 1 in. / 22.2 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed in plate lower right; signed, dated, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150
Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title Untitled - Rural Landscape #5/12 with Etching Plate
Media etching on paper
Size 3.75 x 3 x 1 in. / 9.5 x 7.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; lot includes etching plate - framed with etching; archival material throughout
Reference
see Founders of the Alberta College of Art, by V.Greenfield, pg.60 for another example of the artist's work
Estimate CAD$300-$500
Artist Francis Douglas Motter
Title Forward Pass
Media linoblock on paper
Size 7.5 x 5.5 x 1 in. / 19 x 14 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and titled along bottom; archival material throughout
Reference
used as illustration in ASA Bulletin Highlights, December, 1949
Estimate CAD$100-$150
Artist Edward William [Ted] Godwin
Title Mother & Child #2 #3/15
Media etching on paper
Size 7.25 x 5.5 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 14 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; archival material throughout
Estimate CAD$150-$200
Artist Janet Mitchell
Title Untitled - Night Scene
Media watercolour on paper
Size 6.5 x 3.5 x 1 in. / 16.5 x 8.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials along bottom; archival mat front and back; Denglas
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Janet Mitchell
Title A Trifle Unrealistic #13/22
Media colour etching on paper
Size 12 x 18 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$350
Artist John M. Zupan
Title South Shore of Tawayik Lake
Media watercolour on illustration board
Size 13.25 x 19.5 x 1 in. / 33.7 x 49.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso
Provenance
Johnson Gallery, Edmonton, label verso
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Dorothy P. Barnhouse
Title Untitled - Castle Mountain
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1942
Size 11.75 x 14.75 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; light fading
Provenance
private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist Dorothy P. Barnhouse
Title Untitled - Autumn Landscape
Media oil on board
Dated
ca. 1942
Size 5 x 7 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower left
Provenance
private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$150-$250
Artist Murray William MacDonald
Title Fire Fighters
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1946
Size 17 x 23.25 x 1 in. / 43.2 x 59.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower left; dated on label verso; mounted on mat board, some small tears in margin and lower centre
Reference
lot includes book Watercolour Painting - A Dialogue by M.MacDonald and J.Blakey
Provenance
from the estate of the artist
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Murray William MacDonald
Title Rain & Wind, Active Pass, B.C.
Media watercolour on paper
Size 14.5 x 19.5 x 1 in. / 36.8 x 49.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower left; titled verso; laid down on mat board; unframed
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500
Artist Henry George Glyde
Title Central Saanich
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1989
Size 12 x 16 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled verso; archival mat front and back; Denglas
Reference
having lived in Victoria since 1985, this area just north of Victoria seems to be a favorite area for the artist
Estimate CAD$600-$800
Artist Bill Reid
Title Haida Eagle - Gut #154/195
Media silkscreen on paper
Dated
1978
Size 16.25 x 15.5 x 1 in. / 41.3 x 39.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, dated, titled and numbered along bottom; 'Open Pacific Graphics' chop lower left below mat, 'Canadian Native Prints' chop lower right below mat; archival material throughout;
Reference
tape marks along border; paper size: 30 x 22.25; included in exhibition Time for Dialogue, by J.Cardinal-Schubert, illustrated pg.10
Provenance
Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,500
Artist Goyce Kakegamic
Title Sacred Beaver
Media oil on paper
Size 22 x 29.75 x 1 in. / 55.9 x 75.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed in indian syllabics lower right; signed verso; titled on back
Provenance
purchased from Fleet Galleries, Winnipeg; private collection, Winnipeg
Estimate CAD$400-$500
Artist Carl Ray
Title Ducks #63/75
Media silkscreen on paper
Size 14 x 14.5 x 1 in. / 35.6 x 36.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; minor crease in top margin
Provenance
The Wahsa Gallery, Winnipeg, label verso
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist Radford Blackrider
Title Men's Grass Dancer - Yellow
Media mixed media on paper
Dated
1991
Size 16.25 x 12.25 x 1 in. / 41.3 x 31.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled on frame verso; archival material throughout
Estimate CAD$250-$350
Artist Radford Blackrider
Title Men's Northern Traditional Dancer [Eagle Rattle]
Media mixed media on paper
Dated
1992
Size 10.5 x 6.25 x 1 in. / 26.7 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled on frame verso; archival material throughout
Estimate CAD$150-$250
Artist Pitseolak Ashoona
Title Tunik Home #42/50
Media colour relief print on paper
Dated
1971
Size 15 x 17.75 x 1 in. / 38.1 x 45.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with syllabics in block lower right; signed, dated, titled, numbered and inscribed Dorset along bottom; paper size: 19 x 24.5; archival material front and back
Provenance
purchased from Fleet Galleries, Winnipeg, Cape Dorset collection, 1971; private collection, Winnipeg
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Glen Noel
Title Woodpile Visitor - Bluejay
Media acrylic on board
Dated
1987
Size 24 x 32 x 1 in. / 61 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left; titled verso
Provenance
Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, label verso
Estimate CAD$600-$800
Artist Gerald T. Tailfeathers
Title Untitled - Indian on Horseback
Media gouache on paper
Dated
1960
Size 14.5 x 12 x 1 in. / 36.8 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500
Artist Roland Gissing
Title Homestead in the Foothills
Media oil on canvas
Size 18 x 24 x 1 in. / 45.7 x 61 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; titled on label verso
Estimate CAD$4,000-$5,000
Artist Roland Gissing
Title Evening Shadows
Media oil on canvas
Dated
1948
Size 16 x 20.25 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 51.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; titled on artist's label verso; dated letter attached from artist to Vancouver client
Reference
see pg.39 of The People's Painter for description of this time period and exhibitions in Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Dearborn and Chicago in early 1948
Provenance
private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$4,000-$4,500
Artist Roland Gissing
Title Untitled - Winter Mountain Landscape
Media oil on canvas
Size 16 x 20 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000
Artist Roland Gissing
Title In the Rockies
Media watercolour on paper
Size 3.25 x 5 x 1 in. / 8.3 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
irregular shaped paper; small tear into image lower left hand corner; laid down on mat board
Provenance
Alex Fraser Galleries, Vancouver label verso stating ex-collection A.C. Leighton, A.S.A., Calgary
Estimate CAD$700-$900
Artist Reginald Llewellyn Harvey
Title Untitled - British Columbia Landscape
Media pastel on coloured paper
Size 9.25 x 12 x 1 in. / 23.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; archival mat front and back
Provenance
Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, label verso; private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$200-$250
Artist Leonard Richmond
Title Above Lake Louise
Media watercolour on paper
Size 10.5 x 14.5 x 1 in. / 26.7 x 36.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower left; titled verso; laid down on mat board
Reference
Leonard Richmond and A.C.Leighton where in Banff working for the C.P.R. in 1925
Provenance
Alex Fraser Galleries, Vancouver, label verso; private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500
Artist Harold Thomas Faulkner Smith
Title The Giant Steps, Paradise Valley, Alberta
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1933
Size 10.75 x 7 x 1 in. / 27.3 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; signed and dated on mat; titled on back; laid down on matboard
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500
Artist Robert F.M. McInnis
Title Rolling Prairie
Media oil on canvas
Dated
1981
Size 12 x 16 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed, dated and titled verso
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Norman Arthur Brown
Title Moraine Lake
Media oil on canvas
Size 24 x 30 x 1 in. / 61 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower left; titled on plaque below
Provenance
Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$500-$700
Artist Marion Florence Nicoll
Title Near Sunshine Lodge #1
Media oil on board
Dated
1947
Size 12.25 x 15 x 1 in. / 31.1 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left; titled verso
Reference
probably done while teaching at the Banff Summer School where every year classes would go to Sunshine Ski lodge to sketch
Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000
Artist John Davenall Turner
Title Untitled - Western View from My Studio
Media watercolour on paper
Size 19.75 x 25.5 x 1 in. / 50.2 x 64.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with estate stamp and signed by Grace Turner - wife of the artist verso; some water stains below mat along bottom of paper; unframed
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$500-$700
Artist John Davenall Turner
Title Christ Church, Millarville
Media oil on canvas board
Size 9 x 12 x 1 in. / 22.9 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with estate stamp and signed by Grace Turner - wife of the artist and bears title verso
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500
Artist John Davenall Turner
Title Mountains, Jasper Park
Media oil on canvas board
Size 10.5 x 13.25 x 1 in. / 26.7 x 33.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with estate stamp lower right; signed by Grace Turner - wife of the artist and titled verso
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500
Artist John Davenall Turner
Title Along the Highway
Media oil on panel
Size 10.5 x 13.25 x 1 in. / 26.7 x 33.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with estate stamp lower right; signed by Grace Turner - wife of the artist and bears title verso
Provenance
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500
Artist Harmensz Van Ryn Rembrandt
Title Cottage and Hay Barn
Media etching on paper
Dated
1641
Size 5 x 12.5 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
unsigned; 'Berlin' stamp verso
Reference
Bartsch cat. #225; 20th century impression
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$400
Artist Harmensz Van Ryn Rembrandt
Title The Three Trees #34/550
Media etching on paper
Dated
1643
Size 8.5 x 11 x 1 in. / 21.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
bears inscription and number along bottom; Rembrandt Amsterdam stamp verso
Reference
Bartsch cat. #212; 20th century impression with a limited print run of 550
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$400
Artist John Fullwood
Title Brig o'Doon - River Dochart
Media etching on paper
Size 8 x 6.75 x 1 in. / 20.3 x 17.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed in plate lower left; signed and titled along bottom; titled and ed:50, on label verso; archival material throughout
Estimate CAD$150-$200
Artist Ernest Albert Waterlow
Title Cloudy June
Media etching on paper
Dated
1895
Size 15.75 x 25.75 x 1 in. / 40 x 65.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
printed title, date and inscription - 'etched by David Law, F. Goulding Printer, London, and Issued October 1st, 1895 by the Art Union of London' along bottom of image; some acid burns and staining
Reference
elegant turn of the century frame probably of the same time period as etching; painting exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1894
Provenance
from an Ottawa estate
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist John Webber
Title A View at Bolcheretzkol in Kamtschatka
Media etching on paper
Size 8.25 x 12.5 x 1 in. / 21 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
LOT OF 3; titled along bottom of image; #72 above image, upper right hand corner, probably plate number from book; some foxing, stains and small tears in margin; unframed
Estimate CAD$150-$200
Artist Tsunoda Kunisada
Title Untitled - Four Seated Figures
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 13.5 x 9.75 x 1 in. / 34.3 x 24.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
chop marks lower right; probably a later impression; trimmed; archival material throughout
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist Yoshijuro Urushibara
Title The Beguinage, Bruges No.45
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 15.25 x 20.25 x 1 in. / 38.7 x 51.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed by both artists, Japanese chop lower left, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed
Provenance
private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000
Artist Walter Joseph Phillips
Title York Boats on Lake Winnipeg #96/150
Media colour wood block on paper
Dated
1930
Size 10.25 x 14 x 1 in. / 26 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with monogram in block lower right; signed, titled and numbered along bottom; archival material throughout
Reference
Scott CW#97; MBL #133, ed:150; exhibited Graphic Art, 1930, C.N.E., Exhibition of C.P.E. 1930, A.G.T., and Annual Exhibition of Canadian Art, 1931, National Gallery of Canada
Estimate CAD$6,000-$8,000
Artist Walter Joseph Phillips
Title Lake Lilies
Media colour wood block on paper
Dated
1921
Size 5 x 11.75 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 29.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with monogram in block lower left; signed and titled along bottom; archival material throughout; unframed
Reference
Scott CW#21; MBL #57, ed:50
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500
Artist Walter Joseph Phillips
Title Rest
Media colour wood block on paper
Dated
1923
Size 7.75 x 11.5 x 1 in. / 19.7 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with monogram in block lower left; signed and titled along bottom; archival material throughout; unframed
Reference
Scott CW#36; MBL #68, ed:100
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,200
Artist Walter Joseph Phillips
Title Evening #26/50
Media colour wood block on paper
Dated
1921
Size 7.75 x 7.25 x 1 in. / 19.7 x 18.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and numbered below image; signed with monogram and dated in block lower right
Reference
Scott CW#30; MBL #60, ed:50
Provenance
Richardson Bros. Art Gallery, Winnipeg, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000
Artist Walter Joseph Phillips
Title St. Andrews on the Red #35/100
Media colour wood block on paper
Dated
1923
Size 7.25 x 7 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated with monogram in block lower right; signed, titled and numbered along bottom; archival material throughout; unframed
Reference
Scott CW#39; MBL #71, ed:100
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200
Artist Walter Joseph Phillips
Title Planting a Zunuk
Media colour wood block on paper
Dated
1930
Size 10.5 x 13.75 x 1 in. / 26.7 x 34.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed in block lower right; signed and titled along bottom; archival material throughout; unframed
Reference
Scott CW#93, ed:150; MBL #129, ed:100
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000
Artist Walter Joseph Phillips
Title Venus and the Priest #57/100
Media colour wood block on paper
Dated
1930
Size 10 x 13.75 x 1 in. / 25.4 x 34.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with monogram in block lower right; signed, titled and numbered along bottom; archival material throughout; unframed
Reference
Scott CW#94; MBL #129, ed:150
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000
Artist Walter Joseph Phillips
Title Moon and Mist #21/50
Media wood engraving on paper
Dated
1932
Size 4.5 x 7 x 1 in. / 11.4 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and numbered below image; titled below mat
Reference
Scott WE#48; MBL #190, ed:unknown
Provenance
Hudson Bay Company, Winnipeg, label verso with title and signature of W.J. Phillips
Estimate CAD$400-$600
Artist David Brown Milne
Title Painting Place / Hilltop
Media colour drypoint on paper
Dated
1931
Size 4.75 x 6.75 x 1 in. / 12.1 x 17.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed in plate lower right and in lake upper left; signed lower left; in Colophon book; unframed
Reference
catalogue #63 in Reflections in a Quiet Pool, by R.Tovell - ed:3100, state II of six states - a total of 8 sets of two plates where required for the total edition
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$600-$900
Artist Clarence Alphonse Gagnon
Title Vue de Rouen
Media etching on paper
Dated
1905
Size 6.5 x 4 x 1 in. / 16.5 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
initialled, dated and titled in plate lower right; archival material throughout; Denglas
Reference
catalogue #11, The Prints of Clarence Gagnon, by I.Thom - ed:50; illustrated Printmaking in Quebec 1900-1950 and page 23 and reference page 86
Provenance
Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, label verso
Estimate CAD$400-$600
Artist Ron Bailey
Title Untitled - Landscape
Media oil on canvas
Size 24 x 18 x 1 in. / 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right
Provenance
Johnson Gallery, Edmonton, label verso
Estimate CAD$500-$700
Artist Hoyland B. Bettinger
Title Fishing the Barachois
Media relief print on paper
Size 5.75 x 7.25 x 1 in. / 14.6 x 18.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
initialled in block lower right; signed and titled along bottom; archival material throughout
Estimate CAD$150-$200
Artist Allen Sapp
Title A New Baby Sitter
Media acrylic on canvas
Size 16 x 20 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; titled on stretcher and artist's label verso
Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$1,800-$2,200
Artist Allen Sapp
Title Esquoio Washing Clothes
Media acrylic on canvas
Size 9 x 12 x 1 in. / 22.9 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; titled on stretcher and artist's label verso
Reference
see Two Spirits Soar, by W.Kinsella, pg.70, for a similar painting
Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,200
Artist Richard Audley Freeman
Title Home on the Range
Media oil on board
Dated
1973
Size 8 x 10 x 1 in. / 20.3 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; titled and dated verso
Provenance
Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary, label and invitation verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$400-$600
Artist Illingworth Holey Kerr
Title Untitled - Mountain Landscape
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
ca. 1950
Size 15.25 x 22.5 x 1 in. / 38.7 x 57.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with monogram lower right; embossed chop upper left
Reference
in 1948 Kerr sent a watercolour to the Art Association of Montreal - Spring Exhibitions which was seen by an executive of the Ford Motor Co., Michigan, which led to a commission P&C, pg.113
Estimate CAD$1,800-$2,200
Artist Illingworth Holey Kerr
Title Tamarisk in Blossom, Mesa, Ariz. April, 1977
Media oil on canvas board
Dated
1977
Size 12 x 16 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with monogram lower right; signed, dated and titled verso
Provenance
Frame/Craft, Edmonton, label verso; private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000
Artist Illingworth Holey Kerr
Title Turner Valley Nocturne #A.P.
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Size 12 x 16 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$350
Artist Illingworth Holey Kerr
Title O'Hara Night #A.P.
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Size 12 x 16 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$350
Artist Lawrence Washburn
Title Foothills Mist - Alberta Landscape
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1980
Size 19 x 27 x 1 in. / 48.3 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left; signed, dated and titled verso; archival mat front and back
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Deborah Lougheed Sinclair
Title The Pilot
Media acrylic on canvas
Dated
ca. 1984
Size 36 x 36 x 1 in. / 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso
Provenance
Kensington Downtown Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200
Artist John A. Hammond
Title Cathedral Mountain, Canadian Rockies
Media oil on canvas board
Size 8 x 11.5 x 1 in. / 20.3 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso; estate stamp verso number 490
Reference
photographer with the survey party for the first trans-continental railway through Rockies, later employed by C.P.R. as artist; an impressive painting hangs in the Palliser Hotel, Calgary
Provenance
Michel de Kerdour Inc., Quebec, and Multi Art Ltee., St.Lambert, labels verso
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500
Artist Pauline Thibodeau Paquin
Title La Bicyclette Renversie
Media oil on board
Dated
1990
Size 6 x 8 x 1 in. / 15.2 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed, dated and titled verso
Provenance
Alex Fraser Galleries, Vancouver, label verso; private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$350-$450
Artist Alberto de Castro
Title Mukluks & Igloos II
Media acrylic on board
Size 14 x 17.75 x 1 in. / 35.6 x 45.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right
Provenance
Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, label verso
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000
Artist Alberto de Castro
Title Allegro Ma Non Tropo
Media acrylic on board
Size 20 x 17.75 x 1 in. / 50.8 x 45.1 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower left; titled and inscribed verso
Provenance
Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, label verso
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000
Artist Clifford Foard Robinson
Title London Underground
Media chalk on paper
Dated
1950
Size 12 x 15.5 x 1 in. / 30.5 x 39.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, dated and titled verso; archival mat front and back; unframed
Provenance
purchased from the artist; private collection, Alberta
Estimate CAD$250-$350
Artist Robert Newton Hurley
Title Near Sutherland, Two Miles East
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1943
Size 6 x 8.75 x 1 in. / 15.2 x 22.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left; bears title on back; small paper loss in lower right margin; archival mat
Reference
see Sky Painter, by J.Swanson, pg.69 regarding the Hurley's move to Sutherland on the outskirts of Saskatoon in 1943
Provenance
purchased from the artist; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$400-$600
Artist Robert Newton Hurley
Title Waskesiu
Media watercolour on mat board
Size 6.75 x 11 x 1 in. / 17.1 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
unsigned; bears title on back; archival mat
Provenance
purchased from the artist; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$400-$600
Artist Robert Newton Hurley
Title Esterhazy, Saskatchewan
Media watercolour on mat board
Dated
1972
Size 12.75 x 15.75 x 1 in. / 32.4 x 40 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled on backing
Provenance
private collection, St. Albert
Estimate CAD$400-$600
Artist Robert Newton Hurley
Title Untitled - Prairie Winter
Media watercolour on mat board
Dated
1975
Size 11 x 16.75 x 1 in. / 27.9 x 42.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left
Provenance
private collection, St. Albert
Estimate CAD$400-$600
Artist Frederick Stanley Haines
Title Untitled
Media colour etching on paper
Size 9 x 11 x 1 in. / 22.9 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials in plate lower left; signed lower right; bears framing instructions, partial title and old price of $30 verso; tipped in along edge; unframed
Reference
in 1920, Haines exhibited with the R.C.A. a colour aquatint titled A York Country Bridge which, with what is left of the title, this could be
Provenance
private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$250-$450
Artist Gilbert A. Flodberg
Title Patterns West - Summer
Media acrylic on canvas
Size 16 x 20 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed and titled verso
Reference
see Founders of the Alberta College of Art, by V.Greenfield, pg.50 for another example of the artist's work
Estimate CAD$600-$800
Artist Colin D. Graham
Title All Lined Up
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1983
Size 15.25 x 22.25 x 1 in. / 38.7 x 56.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; signed, dated and titled verso; archival material throughout
Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$450-$550
Artist Washington Friend
Title Untitled - Waterfall
Media watercolour on paper
Size 20.25 x 13.25 x 1 in. / 51.4 x 33.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower left
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500
Artist Bloomfield Douglas
Title R.... Cruiser, Fore Reaching in a Gale, Chester 30.11.97
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1897
Size 5.25 x 8.75 x 1 in. / 13.3 x 22.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated with initials lower right; signed with initials 'R.N.R.' after name, titled and dated; unframed
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500
Artist James M. Donnell
Title Untitled - Haystack
Media oil on panel
Dated
1915
Size 9 x 12 x 1 in. / 22.9 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left
Provenance
private collection, Montreal
Estimate CAD$400-$600
Artist Paul Archibald Octave Caron
Title Untitled - Pastoral Sketch
Media coloured pencil on paper
Size 7 x 5.5 x 1 in. / 17.8 x 14 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with estate stamp lower right; certified by Lorraine Caron Pilot verso
Provenance
private collection, Montreal
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist William Robins
Title Autumn in Trent, Ont.
Media oil on board
Dated
1924
Size 11.75 x 15.75 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 40 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled verso
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500
Artist Daphne Odjig
Title Spirit of Jerusalem #172/250
Media offset lithograph on paper
Size 23.75 x 20.25 x 1 in. / 60.3 x 51.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed
Provenance
Canadian Native Prints Ltd., Vancouver label verso; private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist Daphne Odjig
Title Western Wall of Jerusalem #172/250
Media offset lithograph on paper
Size 24 x 20 x 1 in. / 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed
Provenance
Canadian Native Prints Ltd., Vancouver label verso; private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist Jim McKenzie
Title Dale at Wreck Beach #6/50
Media lithograph on paper
Dated
1979
Size 12.5 x 18.75 x 1 in. / 31.8 x 47.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, dated, titled and numbered along bottom; embossed chop lower right below mat; archival material throughout
Estimate CAD$100-$150
Artist John Kenneth Esler
Title Kananaskis #2 #A.P.
Media etching on paper
Dated
1980
Size 26.5 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 67.3 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, dated, titled and numbered along bottom; ed:100; archival mat; unframed
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$350-$450
Artist Bela Ivanyi Grunwald
Title Untitled - Farmyard Scene #23/115
Media hand coloured lithograph on paper
Dated
1925
Size 9.25 x 12.5 x 1 in. / 23.5 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; inscription below mat; glue mark in outer margin; archival mat front and back
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist Bela Ivanyi Grunwald
Title Untitled - Farmyard Scene
Media hand coloured lithograph on paper
Dated
ca. 1925
Size 8 x 11.5 x 1 in. / 20.3 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; archival mat front and back
Provenance
Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, label verso
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist Leon Underwood
Title John Paul Jones #45/50
Media wood block on paper
Dated
1927
Size 11 x 8.5 x 1 in. / 27.9 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
LOT OF EIGHT; signed, dated and numbered along bottom; some minor handling marks; unframed
Provenance
private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000
Artist William Nicholson
Title The Chapel at Trinity College Oxford #113
Media lithograph on paper
Dated
1905
Size 10.5 x 13.75 x 1 in. / 26.7 x 34.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; embossed chop 'Published Nov. 1905 at The Stafford Gallery 34 Old Bond St. W.; unframed
Provenance
private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$150-$200
Artist W. Alister MacDonald
Title After Sundown, Tahiti
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1938
Size 6.25 x 12.75 x 1 in. / 15.9 x 32.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and inscribed lower right; signed with initials, dated and titled verso; laid down on mat board; unframed
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist Arthur Lismer
Title Untitled - Portrait of a South African Woman, 1936
Media pencil on paper
Dated
1936
Size 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 in. / 24.1 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed with initials lower right; inscribed 'S.A. 1936' and A.Lismer estate stamp verso
Reference
in A Painter's Country, by A.Y.Jackson, he mentions having a wonderful time on the boat to Europe with his niece, Naomi and the Lismers who were going to South Africa to teach and lecture
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Ernest Friedrich Lindner
Title Untitled - Light in the Forest Clearing
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1950
Size 15.25 x 22 x 1 in. / 38.7 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000
Artist Bartley Robilliard Pragnell
Title Calgary, Alta. About 1941
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
ca. 1941
Size 9 x 11.5 x 1 in. / 22.9 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower left; bears title and estate stamp with brother's signature verso; archvial mat front and back
Provenance
estate of the artist
Estimate CAD$600-$800
Artist Bartley Robilliard Pragnell
Title Untitled - People on a Hill, Winter
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
ca. 1931
Size 9 x 11.5 x 1 in. / 22.9 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
titled on label verso; archival mat front and back
Provenance
estate of the artist
Estimate CAD$600-$800
Artist Stanley Ernest Brunst
Title Untitled - Abstracted Still Life
Media coloured pencil on paper
Dated
1941
Size 14.5 x 10.5 x 1 in. / 36.8 x 26.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; archival mat front and back
Provenance
estate of the artist and ArtPlacement, Saskatoon
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Stanley Ernest Brunst
Title Untitled - Abstract Drawing
Media coloured pencil on paper
Dated
1941
Size 14.5 x 10.5 x 1 in. / 36.8 x 26.7 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; archival mat front and back
Provenance
estate of the artist and ArtPlacement, Saskatoon
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Jack Lee Cowin
Title Yukon King [Dog of the North] Canadian Anatomy #10/12
Media lithograph on paper
Dated
1975
Size 21.75 x 17 x 1 in. / 55.2 x 43.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, dated, titled and numbered along bottom; indecipherable seal lower left hand corner
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$500
Artist Lorenzo Fracchetti
Title Untitled - Nude Study
Media pastel on paper
Dated
1980
Size 11 x 17.5 x 1 in. / 27.9 x 44.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; archival material throughout
Estimate CAD$400-$600
Artist Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic
Title Untitled - Composition Nude
Media pencil on paper
Size 10.75 x 10 x 1 in. / 27.3 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right
Estimate CAD$400-$500
Artist William Arthur Winter
Title Untitled - At the Lake
Media pencil on paper
Size 8.5 x 11 x 1 in. / 21.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; archival mat
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist William Arthur Winter
Title Untitled - Fishing
Media pencil on paper
Dated
1976
Size 8.5 x 11 x 1 in. / 21.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower right; archival mat
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist Maxwell Bennett Bates
Title The Bathers
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1967
Size 15 x 22 x 1 in. / 38.1 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left; archival material throughout
Provenance
Ex-Collection Jean-Marc Bouchard, Quebec; Masters Gallery, Calgary label verso
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000
Artist Maxwell Bennett Bates
Title Untitled - European Street Scene
Media pastel on paper
Dated
ca. 1959
Size 9.5 x 13 x 1 in. / 24.1 x 33 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
unsigned; bears catalogue number 'MB446' verso; archival material throughout
Provenance
purchased from the estate auction of Charlotte Bates, Victoria
Estimate CAD$400-$600
Artist Maxwell Bennett Bates
Title Edinburgh Tues. 14/58 - Top of Market Street
Media pencil on paper
Dated
1958
Size 17.25 x 11 x 1 in. / 43.8 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
unsigned; titled and dated along bottom; colour notations through out image; bears catalogue number 'MB342' verso; archival material throughout; unframed
Provenance
purchased from the estate auction of Charlotte Bates, Victoria
Estimate CAD$150-$200
Artist Maureen Fair
Title Pink Spring
Media oil on canvas
Dated
1979
Size 30 x 40 x 1 in. / 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left; signed, dated and titled verso
Reference
label on back indicates painting included in Peter Whyte Gallery show, 1982; copy of Peter Whyte Gallery invitation included with lot
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$500-$700
Artist Alasdair Burns Monro
Title Untitled - Horse in Red Landscape
Media oil on paper
Size 9 x 11 x 1 in. / 22.9 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist Stephen [Steve] Mennie
Title 3 Blind Shadow #10/110
Media silkscreen on paper
Dated
1989
Size 11 x 22 x 1 in. / 27.9 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, dated, titled and numbered along bottom
Reference
copy of Steve Mennie - Point of View by R.Boulet, Burnaby Art Gallery, 1984 included with lot
Estimate CAD$250-$350
Artist Martin Glen Loates
Title Saw-Whet Owl #38/125
Media lithograph on paper
Size 20.25 x 17.5 x 1 in. / 51.4 x 44.4 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; embossed chop lower left; titled on label verso; archival mat
Reference
another example of this bird may be found in The Art of Glen Loates, by P.Duval, pg.146
Estimate CAD$200-$400
Artist Doris Jean McCarthy
Title Village of Conche, Newfoundland
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1977
Size 23.5 x 32.25 x 1 in. / 59.7 x 81.9 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; artist's number 770313 verso
Provenance
Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000
Artist Andre Charles Bieler
Title Procession a Caughnawaga #4/10
Media embossed relief print on paper
Size 26 x 19.75 x 1 in. / 66 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and numbered lower right; bears title verso; handling marks in margins; unframed
Reference
see Andre Bieler, by F.Smith, pg.138 for description of Bieler's unorthodox technique as well as Images of the Land, by P.Ainslie, pg.65 and 118 for other examples of the artist's graphic work
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$350-$450
Artist Kenneth Campbell Lochhead
Title Untitled - Landscape #106/150
Media lithograph on paper
Dated
1979
Size 21.75 x 30 x 1 in. / 55.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; 'ROM' and 'EZ' embossed chop along bottom; unframed
Reference
from A Tribute to the Royal Ontario Museum portfolio
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$150-$250
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 Horace Champagne
Title Sunrise, Charlevoix Country
Media pastel on paper
Dated
1981
Size 5 x 7 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated verso
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Dee de Witt Parsons
Title Untitled - Mountain Landscape
Media acrylic on board
Dated
1988
Size 23.75 x 24 x 1 in. / 60.3 x 61 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Dee de Witt Parsons
Title Untitled - Foothill Landscape
Media acrylic on board
Dated
1987
Size 24 x 24 x 1 in. / 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed and dated lower left
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400
Artist Catherine Baillies
Title Tuscan Landscape - Two View Points, One Focal Point #2/8
Media mixed media on paper
Dated
1988
Size 12.75 x 40.75 x 1 in. / 32.4 x 103.5 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed, numbered and dated along bottom; signed, dated, titled and edition information on sheet verso
Provenance
The Prairie's Image, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$200-$300
Artist William Parsons
Title Barns at Maple Lake - Haliburton
Media acrylic on board
Size 16 x 20 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.
Notes
signed lower left; titled verso
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400