FINE ART AUCTION, November 16, 2008
SUNDAY starting at 1:00 PM at
The Nickle Arts Museum, U of C Campus, Calgary
Absentee Bid

LOT #099

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

Title: Pretes pour la cuillette

Media: oil on hard board

14 x 18 in. / 36 x 46 cm. Dated: 1986

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

ESTIMATE: $1,200/1,500

LOT #100

Artist: NEIL PATTERSON ~ [b.1947] Canadian

Title: Fall Waters

Media: oil on canvas

23.75 x 30 in. / 60 x 76 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; titled verso; framed

ESTIMATE: $2,000/2,500

LOT #101

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

Title: The Waterfront, Alert Bay, British Columbia

Media: coloured wood block on paper

6.25 x 8.75 in. / 16 x 22 cm. Dated: 1928

Notes: signed with monogram in block lower left; signed and numbered along bottom; framed; archival mat

Reference: Scott CW#78 ed:250; MBL #113 ed:300; from The Canadian Scene portfolio; the artist used six blocks to produce this print on Goyu paper

Provenance: private collection, Banff

ESTIMATE: $2,000/2,500

LOT #102

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

Title: Church at Morley, Alberta

Media: coloured wood block on paper

3.5 x 3.5 in. / 9 x 9 cm. Dated: 1942

Notes: signed with initials in block lower left; signed along bottom; framed; archival mat; REPLACE MAT

Reference: Scott CW#132; MBL #232 ed:unknown; Christmas card for 1942

Provenance: private collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $900/1,200

LOT #103

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

Title: The Floating Dock, Mamalilicoola

Media: wood engraving on paper

6 x 5 in. / 15 x 13 cm. Dated: 1930

Notes: signed and numbered along bottom; framed; archival mat

Reference: Scott WE#10; MBL #145 ed:120; from Essays in Wood portfolio

Provenance: private collection, Banff

ESTIMATE: $600/700

LOT #104

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

Title: House of the Gulls, Karlukwees

Media: wood engraving on paper

4.5 x 5 in. / 11 x 13 cm. Dated: 1930

Notes: signed and numbered along bottom; framed; archival mat

Reference: Scott WE#4; MBL #139 ed:120; from Essays in Wood portfolio

ESTIMATE: $600/700

LOT #105

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

Title: Assiniboine River from Big Springs [Manitoba Landscape]

Media: coloured wood block on paper

3.25 x 4.5 in. / 8 x 11 cm. Dated: 1929

Notes: signed with monogram in block lower left; signed and titled along bottom; framed

Reference: Scott CW#91; MBL #126 ed:unknown; Christmas card for 1929

Provenance: Agassiz Galleries, Winnipeg, label verso; private collection, British Columbia

ESTIMATE: $500/600

LOT #106

Artist: EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS ~ [1868-1952] American

Title: On the Beach, Chinook

Media: black and white photograph on paper

6.75 x 5.5 in. / 17 x 14 cm. Dated: 1924 ca.

Notes: negative number in plate lower left; framed; archival mat

Reference: published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1924 as well as reproduced on page 327 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

ESTIMATE: $3,500/4,000



LOT #107

Artist: WILLIAM MCFARLANE NOTMAN ~ [1857-1913] Canadian

Title: Glimpses Along The Canadian Pacific Railway - Indian Series A

Media: photogravure on paper

Notes: various sizes; titled along bottom; unframed; some handling marks noted

Reference: the McCord Museum in Montreal has several of the original photographs dated 1889 which were later published for the Canadian Pacific Railway

Provenance: ex-collection Mrs. Grace [Sorby] Edwards, Ontario and by descent

ESTIMATE: $400/500


LOT #108

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

Title: Quebec from Levis

Media: oil on wood panel

7 x 9.5 in. / 18 x 24 cm. Dated: 1928

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

Reference: the artist would utilize a similar view five years later in 1933 when he painted Twilight, Levis, now in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada

Provenance: Watson Art Gallery, Montreal ['sketch No.16'] and Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, labels verso

ESTIMATE: $10,000/12,000

LOT #109

Artist: DAVID PUGH ~ [1946-1994] Canadian

Title: Amphitheatre II

Media: oil on canvas

48 x 36 in. / 122 x 91 cm. Dated: 1986

Notes: signed, titled and dated verso; framed

ESTIMATE: $2,500/3,000

LOT #110

Artist: DAVID PUGH ~ [1946-1994] Canadian

Title: Overcast

Media: oil on canvas

36 x 48 in. / 91 x 122 cm.

Notes: titled verso; some cracking noted; framed

Provenance: private collection, Calgary / Salt Spring Island

ESTIMATE: $2,000/2,500

LOT #111

Artist: TED RAFTERY ~ [b.1938] Canadian

Title: Moraine Lake

Media: acrylic on canvas

18 x 24 in. / 46 x 61 cm. Dated: 1991

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

Provenance: Artland Gallery, Calgary, label verso; from a Calgary estate

ESTIMATE: $1,200/1,500

LOT #112

Artist: THOMAS [TOM] KEITH ROBERTS ~ [1909-1998] Canadian

Title: Autumn Tamarack

Media: oil on hard board

12 x 17.75 in. / 30 x 45 cm.

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

Provenance: private collection, Edmonton

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000

LOT #113

Artist: WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS ~ [1904-1974] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Brooding Landscape

Media: oil on hard board

32 x 48 in. / 81 x 122 cm. Dated: 1957 ca.

Notes: signed lower right; framed

Provenance: Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, label verso

ESTIMATE: $15,000/20,000

LOT #114

Artist: HELEN ROGAK ~ [b.1937] Canadian

Title: Michaelmas Daisies

Media: acrylic on canvas

40 x 60 in. / 102 x 152 cm.

Notes: signed and titled verso; small repair noted; framed

Provenance: Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $2,500/3,000

LOT #115

Artist: ALBERT ROUSSEAU ~ [1908-1982] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Old Montreal

Media: watercolour on paper

25.5 x 19.25 in. / 65 x 49 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; framed; glued to backing

ESTIMATE: $1,200/1,500

LOT #116

Artist: ALLEN SAPP ~ [b.1929] Canadian

Title: Little Pine Reserve Dance Hall

Media: acrylic on canvas

24 x 36 in. / 61 x 91 cm. Dated: 1971

Notes: signed lower right; bears title and date on backing; framed

Provenance: private collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $3,500/4,500

LOT #117

Artist: ALLEN SAPP ~ [b.1929] Canadian

Title: Getting Hay for the Cattle

Media: acrylic on canvas

18 x 24 in. / 46 x 61 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; bears title verso; framed

ESTIMATE: $2,500/3,000

LOT #118

Artist: ALLEN SAPP ~ [b.1929] Canadian

Title: The Meeting

Media: acrylic on canvas

16 x 20 in. / 41 x 51 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; bears title verso; framed

ESTIMATE: $2,000/2,500

LOT #119

Artist: ALLEN SAPP ~ [b.1929] Canadian

Title: Getting a Load of Wood

Media: acrylic on canvas

14 x 11 in. / 36 x 28 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; bears title verso; framed

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000

LOT #120

Artist: ALLEN SAPP ~ [b.1929] Canadian

Title: Fixing the Fence

Media: acrylic on canvas

16 x 12 in. / 41 x 30 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; bears title verso; framed

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000

LOT #121

Artist: ALLEN SAPP ~ [b.1929] Canadian

Title: To Catch a Rabbit

Media: acrylic on canvas

16 x 12 in. / 41 x 30 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; bears title verso; framed

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000

LOT #122

Artist: JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT ~ [1909-1998] Canadian

Title: Craigdarroch, Victoria, BC

Media: pencil on paper

12 x 15 in. / 30 x 38 cm. Dated: 1939

Notes: signed and dated lower right; bears title on label verso; framed; archival mat and speciality glass

Reference: the artist returned to Victoria from Paris in 1938, see other examples from this time period in Jack Shadbolt, by Scott Watson, pgs. 17-21

Provenance: Galerie Agnes Lefort, Montreal, label verso

ESTIMATE: $2,000/2,500

LOT #123

Artist: CLAUDE A. SIMARD ~ [b.1943] Canadian

Title: Still Life with August Flowers

Media: oil on canvas

36 x 52 in. / 91 x 132 cm. Dated: 1999

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

Provenance: private collection, Edmonton

ESTIMATE: $4,000/5,000

LOT #124

Artist: CLAUDE A. SIMARD ~ [b.1943] Canadian

Title: Tuscan Sunflowers

Media: oil on canvas

36 x 42 in. / 91 x 107 cm. Dated: 2008

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

ESTIMATE: $4,000/5,000

LOT #125

Artist: MINNIE SJOLSETH-CARTER ~ [1919-1995] Canadian

Title: Blackfoot Horseman, Blackfoot Crossing, Alberta, July 1977

Media: oil on canvas

16 x 20 in. / 41 x 51 cm. Dated: 1977 -78

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

Reference: in 1977, the artist was invited to the 100th anniversary of the signing of Peace Treaty 7 in Southern Alberta; a retrospective exhibition for this artist titled Somewhere Between opens April 5, 2009 at the Kamloops Art Gallery

Provenance: from the estate of the artist

ESTIMATE: $3,500/4,000

LOT #126

Artist: MINNIE SJOLSETH-CARTER ~ [1919-1995] Canadian

Title: Mission Church at Yale BC

Media: oil on hard board

9.75 x 12 in. / 25 x 30 cm. Dated: 1967

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

Reference:

Provenance: from the estate of the artist

ESTIMATE: $800/900

LOT #127

Artist: [GILLE COTE] ST. GILLES ~ [b.1956] Canadian

Title: Village, les eboulements

Media: oil on canvas

30 x 36 in. / 76 x 91 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; titled verso; framed

ESTIMATE: $2,500/3,000

LOT #128

Artist: WILLIAM LEWY LEROY STEVENSON ~ [1905-1966] Canadian

Title: Untitled Sketch, Harvest Completed

Media: oil on canvas board

12 x 16 in. / 30 x 41 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; titled verso; framed

Provenance: Canadian Art Galleries [7th Avenue address] Calgary, label verso; private collection, Edmonton

ESTIMATE: $1,200/1,500

LOT #129

Artist: MARC-AURELE DE FOY SUZOR-COTE ~ [1869-1937] Canadian

Title: La compagne de vieux pionnier

Media: bronze sculpture

14.75 x 17 x 8.5 in. / 37 x 43 x 22 cm. Dated: 1918

Notes: signed and inscribed '1912, Copyright Canada' and indistinctly stamped 'Roman ....' on base; mounted on wood plinth

Reference: the plaster model as well as the bronze illustrated in Suzor-Cote, L'Oeuvre Sculpte, pg.48 [both in the collection of the Musee de Quebec]; included in Suzor-Cote, Light and Matter, pg.236, catalogue no. 97; the plaster of this sculpture was first exhibited at the Art Association of Montreal Spring Exhibition, in April, 1918 and the bronze at the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts in November, 1918

Provenance: purchased from Dominion Galleries, Montreal in the late 1940's to early 1950's

ESTIMATE: $15,000/20,000

LOT #130

Artist: MARC-AURELE DE FOY SUZOR-COTE ~ [1869-1937] Canadian

Title: Le vieux pionnier canadien

Media: bronze sculpture

14.75 x 16.25 x 8. in. / 37 x 41 x 20 cm. Dated: 1912

Notes: signed and inscribed '1912, Copyright Canada 1914' and stamped 'Roman Bronze Works, N.Y.' on base; mounted on wood plinth

Reference: the plaster model as well as the bronze illustrated in Suzor-Cote, L'Oeuvre Sculpte, pg.46 [both in the collection of the Musee de Quebec]; included in Suzor-Cote, Light and Matter, pg.237, catalogue no. 78; the plaster of this sculpture was first exhibited at Salon des artistes vivants - des artistes francais, Paris, in 1911 and the bronze was first exhibited in Ottawa at the Royal Canadian Academy of the Artist in 1912

Provenance: purchased from Dominion Galleries, Montreal in the late 1940's to early 1950's

ESTIMATE: $15,000/20,000

LOT #131

Artist: MARC-AURELE DE FOY SUZOR-COTE ~ [1869-1937] Canadian

Title: Femmes de Caughnawaga

Media: bronze sculpture

16.25 x 22 x 12.5 in. / 41 x 56 x 32 cm. Dated: 1925

Notes: signed, titled 'Femmes de Caoghnawag' and dated on base; stamped 'Roman Bronze Works, N.Y.' on base

Reference: the plaster model is illustrated in Suzor-Cote, L'Oeuvre Sculpte, pg.80 and on the front cover [now in the collection of the Musee de Quebec]; included in Suzor-Cote, Light and Matter, pg.236, catalogue no. 97; the bronze was first exhibited in Ottawa at the Royal Canadian Academy of the Artist in 1924

Provenance: private collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $25,000/30,000


LOT #131.1

Artist: MARC-AURELE DE FOY SUZOR-COTE ~ [1869-1937] Canadian

Title: Glaneuse

Media: bronze sculpture

16 x 8.5 x 6. in. / 41 x 22 x 15 cm.

Notes: signed, titled and stamped 'Roman Bronze Works, N.Y.' on base

Reference: plaster model illustrated in Suzor-Cote, L'Oeuvre Sculpte, pg.96 and pg.32 [now in the collection of the Musee de Quebec]; the bronze sculpture was first exhibited at the Art Association of Montreal Spring Exhibition, in 1933

Provenance: private collection, Montreal

ESTIMATE: $15,000/20,000

LOT #132

Artist: CHAN TINYAN ~ [b.1942] Canadian

Title: Golden Joy

Media: oil on canvas

24 x 30 in. / 61 x 76 cm.

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

Provenance: Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $2,500/3,000

LOT #133

Artist: CHAN TINYAN ~ [b.1942] Canadian

Title: Untitled - The Big Wave

Media: oil on hard board

18 x 24 in. / 46 x 61 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; damaged frame noted

Provenance: Frame/Craft, Edmonton, label verso

ESTIMATE: $900/1,200

LOT #134

Artist: FREDERICK ARTHUR VERNER ~ [1836-1928] Canadian

Title: Beech Tree, Burham, England

Media: watercolour on paper

9.5 x 6.5 in. / 24 x 17 cm. Dated: 1917

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

Provenance: private collection, Banff

ESTIMATE: $1,200/1,500

LOT #135

Artist: JOHN CRAIG SEATON [JACK] WILKINSON ~ [1927-2007] Canadian

Title: Muse and Picasso Sculpture [Jewel Series #1]

Media: oil on canvas board

24 x 36 in. / 61 x 91 cm. Dated: 1994

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

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000

LOT #136

Artist: JOHN CRAIG SEATON [JACK] WILKINSON ~ [1927-2007] Canadian

Title: Sweet Thoughts

Media: oil on canvas

36 x 30 in. / 91 x 76 cm. Dated: 1977

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

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000


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