FINE ART AUCTION, April 21, 2013
SUNDAY starting at 1 P.M. at
Mount Royal University, Roderick Mah Centre, Ross Glen Hall, Calgary [Location Map]
PREVIEW and AUCTION at Mount Royal University
Friday, April 19 from 5 PM to 8 PM
Saturday, April 20 from 10 AM to 5 PM
Sunday, April 21 from 10 AM to 1 PM
Absentee Bid

LOT #301

Artist: GIUSEPPE ALBI ~ [b.1946] Canadian

Title: Ripasso

Media: acrylic on canvas

44 x 38 in. / 112 x 97 cm. Dated: 2010

Notes: bears artist's, name, title and date on label verso; unframed

Reference: purchased from Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton and copy of receipt included with lot

Provenance: from an Edmonton estate

ESTIMATE: $3,500/4,500

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LOT #302

Artist: RAYMOND ARNATT ~ [1934-2004] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Seamless Fragment Series no. 6

Media: plaster relief with patina

24 x 24 x 2. in. / 61 x 61 x 5 cm. Dated: 1991

Notes: signed, titled and dated verso; unframed

Reference: taught at the University of Calgary and was represented by Virginia Christopher Gallery before his untimely death of ALS in 2004

Provenance: from the estate of the artist

ESTIMATE: $1,200/1,500

LOT #303

Artist: RAYMOND ARNATT ~ [1934-2004] Canadian

Title: Black Light

Media: mixed media sculpture

24 x 15 x 15. in. / 61 x 38 x 38 cm.

Notes: artist name and title on label

Provenance: from the estate of the artist

ESTIMATE: $1,000/1,200

LOT #304

Artist: ALAIN ATTAR ~ [b.1957] Canadian

Title: With Time

Media: mixed media on wood board

71.25 x 48 in. / 181 x 122 cm.

Notes: signed and titled verso; unframed

Provenance: private collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $3,000/4,000

LOT #305

Artist: JOSEPH BROCKE ~ [20th century] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Colourful Abstract

Media: mixed media

11.75 x 14.75 in. / 30 x 37 cm. Dated: 2012

Notes: unsigned; framed

Provenance: private collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $400/600

LOT #306

Artist: SOREL ETROG ~ [b.1933] Canadian

Title: Folded Head

Media: mixed media and collage on paper

15 x 12.5 in. / 38 x 32 cm. Dated: 1970

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

Provenance: Dunkelman Gallery, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000

LOT #307

Artist: WILLIAM [BILL] FEATHERSTON ~ [1927-2009] Canadian

Title: Installation for the Bill Featherston Painting 'Two Dogs with Installation'

Media: oil on canvas

52 x 68 in. / 132 x 173 cm. Dated: 1981

Notes: signed, titled and dated verso; framed

Provenance: corporate collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $800/1,000

LOT #308

Artist: PAUL FOURNIER ~ [b.1939] Canadian

Title: Tropic Nocturne I

Media: acrylic on canvas

45.5 x 60.25 in. / 116 x 153 cm. Dated: 2006

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

Provenance: Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, label verso; corporate collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $3,000/4,000

LOT #309

Artist: EDWARD WILLIAM [TED] GODWIN ~ [1933-2013] Canadian

Title: Tartan Time Wheel

Media: acrylic on canvas

80 x 44 in. / 203 x 112 cm.

Notes: signed and dated verso; in period frame

Reference: the artist in an e-mail noted the work was done with acrylates and Xylol and was part of a series of works ... 'Play is the work of the Artist, and these works were definitely playful'; see Ted Godwin, the Tartan Years 1967-1976, by Ann Davis, Nickle Arts Museum, 1999, an excellent and definitive book on this time period

Provenance: ex-collection, fellow Regina Five artist, Douglas Morton and by descent

ESTIMATE: $9,000/12,000

LOT #310

Artist: EDWARD WILLIAM [TED] GODWIN ~ [1933-2013] Canadian

Title: Jumping Pond

Media: oil on wood board

12 x 16 in. / 30 x 41 cm.

Notes: signed verso; bears title on label verso; framed

Provenance: Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, label verso; private collection, Regina

ESTIMATE: $2,000/2,500

LOT #310.1

Artist: KEITH B. HARDER ~ [b.1955] Canadian

Title: Eight Lemons A-B-C

Media: oil on canvas / wood panel

11.75 x 54 in. / 30 x 137 cm. Dated: 1999

Notes: signed, titled and dated verso; three paintings [11.75 X 17.75 inches each] framed together

Provenance: being offered at public auction by court order

ESTIMATE: $1,000/1,200

LOT #311

Artist: TOM HOPKINS ~ [1944-2011] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Flourishing Garden

Media: mixed media on paper

19.75 x 19 in. / 50 x 48 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; framed

Provenance: from the collection of prominent Calgary businessman, J.E. [Ted] Newall

ESTIMATE: $3,000/4,000

LOT #312

Artist: SHEILA LUCK ~ Canadian

Title: Updraft

Media: acrylic on canvas

33 x 58 in. / 84 x 147 cm. Dated: 2003

Notes: signed, titled and dated verso; framed

Provenance: from an Edmonton estate

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000

LOT #313

Artist: MANWOMAN ~ [1938-2012] Canadian

Title: Let's Dance [Mr. Death Series]

Media: oil on canvas

35 x 45 in. / 89 x 114 cm. Dated: 1988

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

Reference: see Gentle Swastika: Reclaiming the Innocence; and Homesick for Eternity, Man Woman Autobiography; Published by Flyfoot Press, Cranbrook, B.C.; 2001 for more references; other examples are included in the Glenbow's Made in Calgary: the 1960s, curated by Mary Beth Laviolette which runs until April 28, 2013 - http://www.glenbow.org

Provenance: from the estate of Carin Perron, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $2,500/3,500

LOT #314

Artist: MANWOMAN ~ [1938-2012] Canadian

Title: The Secret Storm

Media: oil on canvas

45 x 28 in. / 114 x 71 cm. Dated: 1964

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

Reference: reproduced on page 19 in Homesick for Eternity, Man Woman Autobiography; Published by Flyfoot Press, Cranbrook, B.C.; 2002; other examples are included in the Glenbow's Made in Calgary: the 1960s, curated by Mary Beth Laviolette which runs until April 28, 2013 - http://www.glenbow.org

Provenance: from the estate of Carin Perron, Calgary

Provenance: purchased from the artist's Mother's estate; from the estate of Carin Perron, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $2,500/3,500

LOT #315

Artist: MANWOMAN ~ [1938-2012] Canadian

Title: A Princess to Di For

Media: oil on canvas

28 x 22 in. / 71 x 56 cm. Dated: 1997

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

Reference: other examples are included in the Glenbow's Made in Calgary: the 1960s, curated by Mary Beth Laviolette which runs until April 28, 2013 - http://www.glenbow.org

Provenance: from the estate of Carin Perron, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000

LOT #316

Artist: MANWOMAN ~ [1938-2012] Canadian

Title: Gentle Swastika #17/49

Media: colour silkscreen on paper

8.25 x 8.5 in. / 21 x 22 cm.

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

Reference: a variation reproduced on on the cover of Gentle Swastika: Reclaiming the Innocence; Published by Flyfoot Press, Cranbrook, B.C.; 2001;

Reference: reproduced on page 19 in Homesick for Eternity, Man Woman Autobiography; Published by Flyfoot Press, Cranbrook, B.C.; 2002; other examples are included in the Glenbow's Made in Calgary: the 1960s, curated by Mary Beth Laviolette which runs until April 28, 2013 - http://www.glenbow.org

Provenance: from the estate of Carin Perron, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $500/600

LOT #317

Artist: GEORGE MIHALCHEON ~ [1924-2011] Canadian

Title: Image of Time

Media: acrylic and collage on canvas

60 x 72 in. / 152 x 183 cm. Dated: 1969

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

Reference: other examples are included in the Glenbow's Made in Calgary: the 1960s, curated by Mary Beth Laviolette which runs until April 28, 2013 - http://www.glenbow.org

Provenance: private collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $900/1,200

LOT #317.1

Artist: NORVAL MORRISSEAU ~ [1931-2007] Canadian

Title: Bear Fish with Spirits

Media: acrylic on paper

14.5 x 22.25 in. / 37 x 57 cm.

Notes: signed with syllabics lower left; bears title on gallery label verso; archival mat; framed

Provenance: Canada House, Banff, label verso; being offered at public auction by court order

ESTIMATE: $2,500/3,500

LOT #318

Artist: KATIE VON DER OHE ~ [b.1937] Canadian

Title: Untitled - Abstract Form

Media: glazed ceramic sculpture

5.5 x 5 x 3.25 in. / 14 x 13 x 8 cm. Dated: 1958 -62

Notes: signed on bottom; minor chips noted

other examples are included in the Glenbow's Made in Calgary: the 1960s, curated by Mary Beth Laviolette which runs until April 28, 2013 - http://www.glenbow.org

Provenance: gift from the artist some time between 1958 and 1962; private collection, Calgary

ESTIMATE: $2,000/2,500

LOT #319

Artist: JANE ASH POITRAS ~ [b.1951] Canadian

Title: Sacred 4

Media: mixed media on paper

20.25 x 26 in. / 51 x 66 cm.

Notes: signed lower left; titled on gallery label verso; archival mat; framed

Provenance: Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Scotsdale, label verso; from an Edmonton estate

ESTIMATE: $1,200/1,500

LOT #320

Artist: JANE ASH POITRAS ~ [b.1951] Canadian

Title: Untitled - The Shaman Drinks It Till He Sees the Devil

Media: mixed media on wood board

15.75 x 23.75 in. / 40 x 60 cm.

Notes: signed lower right; framed

Provenance: Art Placement Gallery, Edmonton, stamp verso; from an Edmonton estate

ESTIMATE: $1,200/1,500

LOT #321

Artist: JANE ASH POITRAS ~ [b.1951] Canadian

Title: In My Garden

Media: oil on wood panel

12 x 12 in. / 30 x 30 cm. Dated: 1996

Notes: signed, titled and dated; verso

Provenance: private collection, Edmonton

ESTIMATE: $1,000/1,200

LOT #322

Artist: GREIG RASMUSSEN ~ [20th century] Canadian

Title: Wasteland

Media: acrylic on canvas

66 x 62 in. / 168 x 157 cm. Dated: 2004

Notes: signed, titled and dated verso; unframed

Provenance: from an Edmonton estate

ESTIMATE: $2,500/3,500

LOT #323

Artist: GREIG RASMUSSEN ~ [20th century] Canadian

Title: Tenebrae II

Media: acrylic on canvas

58.25 x 34 in. / 148 x 86 cm. Dated: 2004

Notes: signed, titled and dated verso; unframed

Provenance: from an Edmonton estate

ESTIMATE: $1,200/1,500

LOT #324

Artist: GREIG RASMUSSEN ~ [20th century] Canadian

Title: No Man's Rose

Media: acrylic on canvas

20.75 x 16 in. / 53 x 41 cm. Dated: 1999

Notes: signed, titled and dated verso; unframed

Provenance: from an Edmonton estate

ESTIMATE: $700/800

LOT #325

Artist: JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE ~ [1923-2002] Canadian

Title: Affiche avant la lettre no 120 #145/150

Media: colour lithograph on paper

22 x 13 in. / 56 x 33 cm. Dated: 1970

Notes: signed and numbered along bottom; framed

Reference: catalogue raisonne no. 1970.12.EST.LI.AFV and illustrated on page 205 in Jean Paul Riopelle Catalogue raisonne des estampes, by Y.Riopelle, Hibou Editeurs

Provenance: private collection, Edmonton

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000

LOT #326

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

Title: Untitled - Black and Red Abstract

Media: watercolour on paper

30.25 x 22 in. / 77 x 56 cm. Dated: 1954

Notes: signed and dated along bottom; special glass; archival mat; framed

Provenance: Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso; from the collection of prominent Calgary businessman, J.E. [Ted] Newall

ESTIMATE: $5,000/7,000

LOT #327

Artist: MITCHEL SMITH ~ [b.1959] Canadian

Title: Petal

Media: acrylic on canvas

36.5 x 39.75 in. / 93 x 101 cm. Dated: 2003

Notes: signed, titled and dated verso; framed

Provenance: from an Edmonton estate

ESTIMATE: $1,500/2,000

LOT #328

Artist: RUFINO TAMAYO ~ [1899-1991] Mexican

Title: Untitled - Apples on a Table #23/99

Media: colour etching on paper

21.75 x 29.25 in. / 55 x 74 cm.

Notes: signed and numbered along bottom; framed

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

ESTIMATE: $1,200/1,500

LOT #329

Artist: VICTOR VASARELY ~ [1908-1997] Hungarian/French

Title: Untitled - Vilag #170/275

Media: colour silkscreen on paper

23.5 x 23.5 in. / 60 x 60 cm.

Notes: signed and numbered along bottom; unframed

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

ESTIMATE: $800/1,200


FINE ART AUCTION, April 21, 2013
SUNDAY starting at 1 P.M. at
Mount Royal University, Roderick Mah Centre, Ross Glen Hall, Calgary [Location Map]
PREVIEW and AUCTION at Mount Royal University
Friday, April 19 from 5 PM to 8 PM
Saturday, April 20 from 10 AM to 5 PM
Sunday, April 21 from 10 AM to 1 PM
Absentee Bid


TABLE OF CONTENTS SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2013
Canadian Andrews - Gissing / Lots 001 - 049.1
Canadian Harrison - Onley / Lots 050 - 085
Canadian Padovani - Zach / Lots 086 - 130
International Breanski - Williams / Lots 201 - 213
Contemporary Albi - Vasarely / Lots 301 - 329
Silent Auction Aked - Francis / Lots 401 - 429.1
Silent Auction Gissing - Monro / Lots 430 - 457
Silent Auction Nicoll - Winter / Lots 458 - 495
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