FINE ART AUCTION, November 6, 2011
SUNDAY starting at 1 P.M. at
Roderick Mah Centre, Mount Royal University, Calgary [New Location!]
PREVIEWS all at Mount Royal University
Friday, November 4 from 4 PM to 8 PM, Saturday, November 5 from 10 AM to 5 PM and Sunday, November 6 from 10 AM to 1 PM
Absentee Bid
The E-Session [Lots 601-936] will start October 17 and close Saturday, November 12 on our Online Auction Web Site

LOT #049

Artist: HILTON MACDONALD HASSELL ~ [1910-1980] Canadian

Title: Winter, Meadowvale

Media: oil on wood board

15.75 x 23.75 in. / 40 x 60 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; titled on artist's label verso; framed

Provenance: Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, label verso

ESTIMATE: $1,200/1,500 ~ SOLD $2,574.00

LOT #050

Artist: FRANCIS [FRANZ] HANS JOHNSTON ~ [1888-1949] Canadian

Title: October Lagoon, A Favourite Fishing Spot on the Penetang Penninsula

Media: oil on wood board

13 x 23 in. / 33 x 58 cm. Dated: 1940 ca.

Notes: signed lower left; signed and titled verso; framed; minor touch ups noted

Provenance: Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso

ESTIMATE: $10,000/15,000 ~ SOLD $11,700.00

LOT #051

Artist: ILLINGWORTH HOLEY KERR ~ [1905-1989] Canadian

Title: At Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask.

Media: oil on wood board

11.75 x 16 in. / 30 x 41 cm. Dated: 1975

Notes: signed with monogram lower left; signed, titled and dated verso; framed

Provenance: Brock Galleries, Penticton, label verso

ESTIMATE: $3,000/4,000 ~ SOLD $5,265.00

LOT #052

Artist: ILLINGWORTH HOLEY KERR ~ [1905-1989] Canadian

Title: Boat Song Venice

Media: oil on canvas

27 x 35 in. / 69 x 89 cm. Dated: 1960 ca.

Notes: signed with monogram lower left; titled on label verso; framed

Reference: the artist travelled to London in 1960/61 to paint and in Paint and Circumstance, Chapter 9, the artist talked about this time period and the series of paintings relating to music and colour he did in London

Provenance: from the estate of Hanka Martin, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $2,500/3,500 ~ SOLD $4,095.00

LOT #052.1

Artist: DOROTHY KNOWLES ~ [b.1927] Canadian

Title: White Lilies

Media: oil on canvas

20 x 18 in. / 51 x 46 cm. Dated: 2000

Notes: signed, titled and dated verso; framed

Provenance: private collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $2,500/3,500 ~ SOLD $2,047.50

LOT #052.2

Artist: ALFRED CROCKER LEIGHTON ~ [1901-1965] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Mountains after the Rain

Media: oil on canvas

18 x 22 in. / 46 x 56 cm.

Notes: signed lower left; framed

Provenance: ex-collection Dr. Maxwell Lipkind, Guild Gallery, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $6,000/8,000 ~ SOLD $7,020.00

LOT #052.3

Artist: ALFRED CROCKER LEIGHTON ~ [1901-1965] Canadian

Title: Untitled - The Mountain

Media: watercolour on paper

14.5 x 19 in. / 37 x 48 cm. Dated: 1935

Notes: signed and dated lower right; framed

Provenance: ex-collection Dr. Maxwell Lipkind, Guild Gallery, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $3,500/4,500 ~ SOLD $3,627.00

LOT #054

Artist: ALFRED CROCKER LEIGHTON ~ [1901-1965] Canadian

Title: Summerhill Warburton

Media: watercolour on paper

10.75 x 13.25 in. / 27 x 34 cm.

Notes: signed lower left; bears title on backing; unframed

ESTIMATE: $1,200/1,500 ~ SOLD $1,170.00









LOT #056

Artist: JEAN PAUL LEMIEUX ~ [1904-1990] Canadian

Title: La Petite Poule D'eau #15/200

Media: complete portfolio of lithographs

12.75 x 20.25 x 2.5 in. / 32 x 51 x 6 cm. Dated: 1971

Notes: complete portfolio of 20 colour lithographs, each signed and numbered along bottom; in hard cover case; approx. 133 pgs.; text in French; very good condition; minor handling marks to hard case noted

Reference: author: Gabrielle Roy, editor Gilles Corbeil, publisher L'Atelier Arte a Paris

Provenance: private collection, Quebec

ESTIMATE: $5,000/7,000 ~ SOLD $11,700.00

LOT #057

Artist: ERNEST FRIEDRICH LINDNER ~ [1897-1988] Canadian

Title: Emma Lake, Saskatchewan

Media: oil on canvas board

13.5 x 9 in. / 34 x 23 cm. Dated: 1935 ca.

Notes: bears artist's name, title and date on backing; framed

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,500 ~ SOLD $2,106.00

LOT #058

Artist: LUKE ORTON LINDOE ~ [1913-2000] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Amidst a Storm

Media: oil on wood board

10 x 13 in. / 25 x 33 cm. Dated: 1947

Notes: signed and dated lower right; sketch verso; framed; minor cracks and some surface dirt noted

ESTIMATE: $1,000/1,200 ~ SOLD $2,691.00

LOT #060

Artist: HAROLD LLOYD LYON ~ [b.1930] Canadian

Title: Sumac

Media: oil on canvas board

16 x 20 in. / 41 x 51 cm. Dated: 1984

Notes: signed and dated lower centre; bears title verso; framed

Provenance: private collection, British Columbia

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000 ~ SOLD $1,287.00

LOT #061

Artist: JOHN A. MACDONALD ~ [b.1964] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Forest Scene

Media: oil on canvas

66 x 56 in. / 168 x 142 cm. Dated: 2008

Notes: signed, titled and dated verso; framed

ESTIMATE: $6,000/8,000 ~ SOLD $5,616.00

LOT #062

Artist: THOMAS MOWER MARTIN ~ [1838-1934] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Moonlight, Lake Superior

Media: oil on canvas

22 x 36 in. / 56 x 91 cm. Dated: 1888

Notes: signed and dated lower right; framed; minor touch ups noted

Reference: there is a new publication on the artist The Father of Canadian Art, Thomas Mower Martin, by T.Graeme, T and T Enertprises, Sidney, 2009

Provenance: Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso

ESTIMATE: $6,000/8,000 ~ SOLD $9,945.00

LOT #063

Artist: DESMOND MCCAFFREY ~ [b.1962] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Pack Leader

Media: oil on wood board

24 x 32 in. / 61 x 81 cm. Dated: 2000

Notes: signed and dated lower right; framed

Provenance: corporate collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $2,000/3,000 ~ SOLD $2,340.00

LOT #065

Artist: DESMOND MCCAFFREY ~ [b.1962] Canadian

Title: Wolf Creek

Media: oil on wood board

29 x 16 in. / 74 x 41 cm. Dated: 1998

Notes: signed and dated lower left; titled and dated verso; framed

Provenance: corporate collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $2,000/3,000 ~ SOLD $2,808.00

LOT #068

Artist: DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY ~ [1910-2010] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Summer in Gaspe

Media: watercolour on paper

20.75 x 24.5 in. / 53 x 62 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; artist's stamp and inscription '130716' verso; framed; archival mat

Provenance: proceeds to the Victoria Symphony Orchestra

ESTIMATE: $4,000/6,000 ~ SOLD $6,435.00

LOT #069

Artist: WILLIAM HADD MCELCHERAN ~ [1927-1999] Canadian

Title: Optimist #2/9

Media: bronze sculpture

29 x 12 x 14.75 in. / 74 x 30 x 37 cm. Dated: 1996

Notes: signed with initials, dated and numbered on base

Provenance: private collection, British Columbia

ESTIMATE: $12,000/15,000 ~ SOLD $14,040.00

LOT #070

Artist: JANET MITCHELL ~ [1912-1998] Canadian

Title: Three Country Houses

Media: acrylic on canvas

29.75 x 36 in. / 76 x 91 cm. Dated: 1980

Notes: signed and dated lower right; titled verso; framed

Provenance: ex-collection Western Co-operative Fertilizer / Viterra Inc.

ESTIMATE: $4,000/5,000 ~ SOLD $4,680.00

LOT #071

Artist: NORVAL MORRISSEAU ~ [1931-2007] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Shaman and Animal Spirits

Media: acrylic on canvas

47.25 x 36 in. / 120 x 91 cm. Dated: 1976

Notes: signed in syllabics lower right; signed and dated verso; framed

Provenance: from the estate of Hanka Martin, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $3,500/4,000 ~ SOLD $8,190.00

LOT #072

Artist: JAMES [JIM] MCLAREN NICOLL ~ [1892-1986] Canadian

Title: Hillside Farm

Media: acrylic on canvas

36.25 x 48 in. / 92 x 122 cm. Dated: 1973

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

Reference: Glenbow - Alberta Institute, ID No. 50 exhibition label verso; illustrated in Paintings and Poetry - Jim Nicoll, by L.Render and A.Oko, Glenbow-Alberta Institute 1977 and at some point reproduced as a poster

Provenance: ex-collection Western Co-operative Fertilizer / Viterra Inc.

ESTIMATE: $6,000/8,000 ~ SOLD $6,142.50

LOT #073

Artist: PAULINE THIBADEAU PAQUIN ~ [b.1952] Canadian

Title: A Marelle

Media: acrylic on canvas

24 x 20 in. / 61 x 51 cm. Dated: 2004

Notes: signed lower right; signed, titled and dated verso; framed

Provenance: Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso

ESTIMATE: $2,000/2,500 ~ SOLD $1,404.00

LOT #074

Artist: NEIL PATTERSON ~ [b.1947] Canadian

Title: Fall Light

Media: acrylic on canvas

24 x 36 in. / 61 x 91 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; titled verso; framed

Provenance: Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso

ESTIMATE: $2,500/3,500 ~ SOLD $2,340.00

LOT #075

Artist: WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS ~ [1884-1963] Canadian

Title: Beaver Dam and Mount Rundle

Media: watercolour on paper

14.5 x 21.5 in. / 37 x 55 cm. Dated: 1945

Notes: signed and dated lower right; signed and titled on label verso; framed; archival mat

Reference: in 1940 the artist was asked to be an instructor at the Banff School of Fine Arts which he continued to do for 20 years

Provenance: from a prominent Medicine Hat family and by descent to a private collection, Vancouver

ESTIMATE: $12,000/15,000 ~ SOLD $12,285.00

LOT #076

Artist: WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS ~ [1884-1963] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Mount Cathedral and Mount Stephen

Media: watercolour on paper

12 x 13.75 in. / 30 x 35 cm. Dated: 1928 ca.

Notes: signed lower left; laid down on paper board; framed

Reference: possibly the sketch for Mount Cathedral and Mount Stephen Scott CW#82, MBL #118, which was part of the The Canadian Scene portfolio published in 1928; it has been suggested that the work was done after his England trip in 1924/25 and possibly on his first trip to the Rocky Mountains in 1926 with Eric Bergman and Tom MacLean; he also made his first trip to the west coast in 1927 from which several of the images in the portfolio no doubt where done; with thanks for the generous suggestions from John Crabb, Winnipeg

Provenance: ex-collection Herbert E. Sampson, QC, Regina [and past president of the Alpine Club of Canada; his fonds are at the Whyte Museum, Banff]

ESTIMATE: $8,000/10,000 ~ SOLD $12,285.00

LOT #076.1

Artist: WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS ~ [1884-1963] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Grazing Deer

Media: watercolour on paper

15 x 17.25 in. / 38 x 44 cm. Dated: 1949

Notes: signed and dated lower right; framed; archival mat

Provenance: ex-collection Dr. Maxwell Lipkind, Guild Gallery, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $8,000/10,000 ~ SOLD $7,020.00

LOT #076.2

Artist: WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS ~ [1884-1963] Canadian

Title: Pasture at Saanich, B.C.

Media: watercolour on paper

11.75 x 16 in. / 30 x 41 cm. Dated: 1946

Notes: signed and dated lower right; titled lower left; framed

Provenance: ex-collection Dr. Maxwell Lipkind, Guild Gallery, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $8,000/10,000 ~ SOLD $7,020.00

LOT #076.3

Artist: WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS ~ [1884-1963] Canadian

Title: Untitled - The Waterfall

Media: watercolour on paper

13.5 x 20.5 in. / 34 x 52 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; framed; archival mat

Provenance: ex-collection Dr. Maxwell Lipkind, Guild Gallery, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $8,000/10,000 ~ SOLD $7,020.00

LOT #076.4

Artist: WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS ~ [1884-1963] Canadian

Title: English River

Media: watercolour on paper

8.5 x 9.5 in. / 22 x 24 cm. Dated: 1924

Notes: signed lower left; bears title and date on gallery label verso; framed; archival mat; special glass

Provenance: Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, label verso

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000 ~ SOLD $1,872.00

LOT #077

Artist: ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT ~ [1898-1967] Canadian

Title: Cedars - Val Morin

Media: oil on wood panel

7.75 x 10.5 in. / 20 x 27 cm. Dated: 1939

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

Provenance: ex-collection Continental Galleries, Montreal; Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso

ESTIMATE: $6,000/8,000 ~ SOLD $4,680.00

LOT #078

Artist: DAVID PUGH ~ [1946-1994] Canadian

Title: Greensleeves I

Media: oil on canvas

64.25 x 48.25 in. / 163 x 123 cm. Dated: 1986

Notes: signed lower left; signed, titled and dated verso; framed

ESTIMATE: $3,000/4,000 ~ SOLD $1,989.00

LOT #079

Artist: DAVID PUGH ~ [1946-1994] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Artist's Desk

Media: oil on canvas

36 x 40 in. / 91 x 102 cm.

Notes: signed verso; framed

ESTIMATE: $2,000/3,000 ~ SOLD $1,170.00

LOT #080

Artist: DAVID PUGH ~ [1946-1994] Canadian

Title: Glacier

Media: oil on canvas

20 x 30 in. / 51 x 76 cm. Dated: 1993

Notes: signed, titled and dated verso; framed

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000 ~ SOLD $1,170.00

LOT #081

Artist: DAVID PUGH ~ [1946-1994] Canadian

Title: Mt. Norquay

Media: oil on canvas

18 x 24 in. / 46 x 61 cm. Dated: 1979

Notes: signed, titled and dated verso; framed

ESTIMATE: $1,200/1,500 ~ SOLD $877.50

LOT #083

Artist: TED RAFTERY ~ [b.1938] Canadian

Title: Ribbon Creek

Media: acrylic on canvas

24 x 30 in. / 61 x 76 cm. Dated: 1981

Notes: signed lower right; signed, titled and dated verso; framed

Provenance: Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary, label verso; from a Newfoundland estate

ESTIMATE: $2,000/3,000 ~ SOLD $1,404.00

LOT #084

Artist: TED RAFTERY ~ [b.1938] Canadian

Title: Early Winter, Upper Kananaskis Lake

Media: acrylic on canvas

24 x 30 in. / 61 x 76 cm. Dated: 1981

Notes: signed lower right; signed, titled and dated verso; framed

Provenance: Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary, label verso; from a Newfoundland estate

ESTIMATE: $2,000/3,000 ~ SOLD $1,404.00


FINE ART AUCTION, November 6, 2011
SUNDAY starting at 1 P.M. at
Roderick Mah Centre, Mount Royal University, Calgary [New Location!]
PREVIEWS all at Mount Royal University
Friday, November 4 from 4 PM to 8 PM, Saturday, November 5 from 10 AM to 5 PM and Sunday, November 6 from 10 AM to 1 PM
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