Auction 1079: Canadian & International Paintings and Prints

Wednesday, June 1 at 9AM PT to Wednesday, June 8 at 2PM PT 2022
Auction 1079 - Online Only


A great offering compiled from multiple estates! Featuring a Franz Johnston "Former Member of the Group of Seven" oil sketch held by the same family for three generations. Other Canadian artist notably Bruno Cote, Andy Donato, Harry Britton, Janet Mitchell as well as later Canadian contemporary artists Liana Pica Birt, Michael Sean and Mary Wright. International paintings and prints and some indigenous works too!

If you require more information, extra photos or a condition report please contact Matthew 416-886-4167 or email request to info@murraysauctioneers.ca

Bidding Opens Wednesday June 1st at 9am

Auction ends Wednesday June 8th at 2pm

Lots start closing one at a time every minute, bidding extended for three minutes if active bidding at closing time.

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***Successful Bidders Must Pick-up on Scheduled Pick-up Days***

**Pick-up day Thursday June 9th 10am-5pm & Friday June 10th 9am-2pm**


Lot 116

large lot of object stands and mounts made by royal ontario museum cabinetmakers c.1930

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $144.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:56 PM PT

Lot 115

royal ontario museum walnut display pedestal, c.1930, 48" x 19" x 17"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $200.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:55 PM PT

Lot 114

royal ontario museum walnut display pedestal, c.1930, 53" x 19" x 17"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $312.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:54 PM PT

Lot 113

royal ontario museum walnut display pedestal, c.1930, 56" x 15" x 15"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $180.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:53 PM PT

Lot 112

royal ontario museum walnut display pedestal, c.1930, 42" x 19" x 17"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $264.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:52 PM PT

Lot 111

royal ontario museum walnut display pedestal, c.1930, 44" x 19" x 17"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $264.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:51 PM PT

Lot 110

royal ontario museum walnut display pedestal, c.1930, 48" x 17" x 17"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $264.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:50 PM PT

Lot 109

royal ontario museum walnut display pedestal, c.1930, 48" x 19" x 17"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $264.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:50 PM PT

Lot 108

royal ontario museum walnut display pedestal, c.1930, 52" x 16" x 16"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $264.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:48 PM PT

Lot 107

royal ontario museum oak display pedestal, mid 20th century, 40" x 19 1/2" x 17 1/2"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $240.00
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Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:49 PM PT

Lot 106

royal ontario museum walnut display pedestal, c.1930, 53 1/2" x 13" x 13"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $180.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:46 PM PT

Lot 105

four royal ontario museum walnut display pedestals, c.1930, ht. 60" and smaller

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $288.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:46 PM PT

Lot 104

three royal ontario museum walnut display pedestals, c.1930, ht. 54 1/2" and smaller

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $312.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:46 PM PT

Lot 103

royal ontario museum walnut display pedestal, c.1930, 61" x 17" x 17"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $288.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:47 PM PT

Lot 102

royal ontario museum walnut display pedestal, c.1930, 48 1/4" x 17" x 17"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $240.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:42 PM PT

Lot 101

royal ontario museum walnut display pedestal, c.1930, 48" x 17" x 19"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $240.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:41 PM PT

Lot 100

royal ontario museum walnut display pedestal, c.1930, 41" x 16" x 16"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $264.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:40 PM PT

Lot 99

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 36" x 24", "abstract - figure"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $48.00
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Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:39 PM PT

Lot 98

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 24" x 30", "landscape"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $36.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:38 PM PT

Lot 97

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 30" x 24", "stillife"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $72.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:43 PM PT

Lot 96

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, d.2006, 24" x 30", "adobe - pueblo"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $36.00
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Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:36 PM PT

Lot 95

micheal sean, acrylic on canvas, 20" x 42", "urban scene 04"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $36.00
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Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:35 PM PT

Lot 94

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 48" x 24", "stillife - flowers"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $66.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:36 PM PT

Lot 93

michael sean, oil on canvas, 43" x 24", "urban scene 01"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:35 PM PT

Lot 92

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, d.1995, 40" x 30", "toronto - abstract"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $54.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:32 PM PT

Lot 91

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, d.1995, 40" x 30", "toronto - abstract"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $36.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:31 PM PT

Lot 90

joy codd (british), four watercolours, 6" x 5 1/2" and smaller, "barn animals & stillife"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $240.00
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Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:30 PM PT

Lot 89

harry tanner, d.1983, enamel on steel, 4" x 5", "pina mamey & zapote"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $36.00
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Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:29 PM PT

Lot 88

moe reinblatt (1917-1979), oil on board, 5" x 10", "untitled - table setting"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $192.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:28 PM PT

Lot 87

colour photogrph of frederick h. varley, late 1960's on kodak paper, 8" x 8"

Estimate $40 - 60 CAD

Sold for $96.00
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Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:27 PM PT

Lot 86

henri dubois, oil on canvas, 24" x 36", "lovers in the park"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $102.00
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Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:29 PM PT

Lot 85

antique chinese watercolour and ink on paper, 15 1/4" x 10 1/4", "untitled - figures and script"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $264.00
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Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:34 PM PT

Lot 84

lot of five framed prints and watercolours

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $42.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:24 PM PT

Lot 83

nancy stevenson graves (1940-1995), d.1972, screenprint in colours, #68/100, 22 1/2" x 30", "untitled"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $432.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:23 PM PT

Lot 82

three unsigned colour prints, 16" x 25", "circus acrobats - high wire"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $60.00
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Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:22 PM PT

Lot 81

maurice utrillo (1883-1955), print signed in plate, 11" x 14 1/2", "la rue d'orchampt, montmartre, paris"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $66.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:21 PM PT

Lot 80

georges rouault (1871-1958), signed print, 10" x 7", "portrait of a bearded man"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $102.00
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Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:20 PM PT

Lot 79

felix bracquemond (1883-1914), etching, 14 3/4" x 10 1/2", "canard surpris"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $102.00
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Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:19 PM PT

Lot 78

unsigned pastel on paper, 12" x 10", "untitled - landscape with barn"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $30.00
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Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:18 PM PT

Lot 77

normandeau, oil on canvas, 12" x 24", "lac monroe, au parc du mt-tremblant"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $42.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:17 PM PT

Lot 76

jonathan thomas, d.1978, acrylic on masonite, 24" x 36", "toronto series #15"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $72.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:16 PM PT

Lot 75

jean de paleologue, framed colour poster, overall 36" x 27 1/2", "liquers speciales cusenier"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $90.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:15 PM PT

Lot 74

sally c. sword, acrylic on handmade paper, d.1980, 35" x 24", "turtle"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $90.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:15 PM PT

Lot 73

jean le moul (1909-2007), ltd ed. lithograph #26/140, 24" x 18 3/4", "abstract composition"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $66.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:17 PM PT

Lot 72

marion hamilton, oil on board, 11" x 14", "landscape with lake"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $90.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:12 PM PT

Lot 71

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas diptich, 36" x 24", "floral study"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $48.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:11 PM PT

Lot 70

indistinctly signed beane?, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 23", "portrait of a woman"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:10 PM PT

Lot 69

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 36" x 60", "landscape"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $102.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:15 PM PT

Lot 68

liana pica birt, (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40", "abstract"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:12 PM PT

Lot 67

liana pica birt, (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 40" x 30", "abstract figure"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:11 PM PT

Lot 66

michael sean, acrylic on canvas, 40" x 30", "pompei 1"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:06 PM PT

Lot 65

liana pica birt, (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 36" x 72", "landscape"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:05 PM PT

Lot 64

liana pica birt, (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 36" x 72", "landscape"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $48.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:04 PM PT

Lot 63

mary wright, d.2013, oil on canvas, 32" x 42", "over sunset"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $90.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:03 PM PT

Lot 62

liana pica birt, (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 40" x 60", "landscape"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $42.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:02 PM PT

Lot 61

ernst neumann (1907-1956), etching, d.1944, 5" x 6 1/2", "the lake in winter..."

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:01 PM PT

Lot 60

david young cameron (1865-1945), etching, 5 1/4" x 7", "street scene"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:00 PM PT

Lot 59

mary rebecca stone (1907-1954), oil on board, 16" x 14", "stillife with fruit"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:59 PM PT

Lot 57

mary rebecca stone (1907-1954), oil on board, 18" x 16", "stillife of flowers"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:57 PM PT

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