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 12

frank hans johnston (1888-1949), oil on board, 10" x 12", "gold and grey"

Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 CAD

Sold for $3,700.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:14 PM PT

Lot 15

bruno cote (1940-2010), d.1986, oil on masonite, 16" x 20", "cap aux oies"

Estimate $1,500 - 2,000 CAD

Sold for $2,640.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:19 PM PT

Lot 8

james cole (act. 1856-1885), d.1879, oil on canvas, 16" x 12", "the seamstress"

Estimate $800 - 1,200 CAD

Sold for $528.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:08 PM PT

Lot 29

oliver claire, d.1896, oil on canvas, 13 1/2" x 11 1/4", "spring flowers and birds nest"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $504.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:34 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 7

michele federico (1884-1966), oil on canvas, 28" x 36", "rough seas off capri"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $360.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:11 PM PT

Lot 13

adrian dingle (1911-1974), oil on board, 10" x 12", "gathering gulls - provincetown, cape cod"

Estimate $150 - 250 CAD

Sold for $312.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:13 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 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 6

otto neutschmann (1902-1985), oil on canvas, 24" x 36", "surf at sunset"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $288.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:10 PM PT

Lot 10

ferdinand wagner ii (1847-1927), oil on canvas, 16" x 13", "portrait of a young girl with hat"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $288.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:14 PM PT

Lot 52

alexander dzigurski (1911-1995), oil on canvas, 16" x 20", "sun-capped waves"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $288.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:53 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 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 9

after jean-hanore fragonard by louvre museum copyist atelier dagher, d.1978, oil on canvas, 21" x 28 1/2", "the lock"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $264.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:09 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
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:34 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 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 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 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 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 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 1

ronald n. okey (b.1921), oil on board, 12" x 20", "summer repairs"

Estimate $150 - 250 CAD

Sold for $240.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:06 PM PT

Lot 28

j. bubel, oil on canvas, 20" x 25", "a bowl of flowers"

Estimate $300 - 400 CAD

Sold for $240.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:34 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
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:30 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 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 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
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:49 PM PT

Lot 5

after peter de hooch by louvre museum copyist atelier dagher, d.1979, oil on canvas, 24" x 19 1/2", "iterior scene"

Estimate $300 - 500 CAD

Sold for $228.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:07 PM PT

Lot 11

harry britton (1878-1958), watercolour, 7 1/2" x 5 1/2", "lowtide - cornish coast"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $228.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:13 PM PT

Lot 50

joseph francis plaskett (1918-2014), d.1967, pastel on paper, 16" x 20", "venice"

Estimate $250 - 350 CAD

Sold for $228.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:52 PM PT

Lot 2

after jean-baptiste greuze by louvre museum copyist atelier dagher, d.1981, oil on canvas, 24" x 19", "l'oiseau mort"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $216.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:05 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 40

mary wright, d.2013, oil on canvas, 48" x 72", "winter mountain landscape"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $192.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:45 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 38

after norval morriseau, acrylic on canvas, 18" x 15", "salmon"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $180.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:42 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 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 55

janet mitchell (1912-1998), watercolour, 7" x 11 1/2", "untitled - beach scene"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $168.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:56 PM PT

Lot 33

andy donato (b.1937), d.1971, watercolour, 11" x 15", "teresa's shoes"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $144.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:33 PM PT

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 4

after franz wouters by louvre museum copyist atelier dagher, d.1980, oil on canvas, 25" x 21", "le vreillard a la toque"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $108.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:06 PM PT

Lot 26

indistinctly signed acrylic on masonite, 59 1/2" x 47 1/2", "the origins of spirals and ellipticals"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $108.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:26 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 79

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

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $102.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:19 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
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:20 PM PT

Lot 86

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

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $102.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:29 PM PT

Lot 3

after peter paul rubens by louvre museum copyist atelier dagher, late 20th century, oil on board, 16" x 10 3/4", "portrait of a young girl"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $96.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:03 PM PT

Lot 27

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

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $96.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:27 PM PT

Lot 53

early 20th century dutch school, oil on canvas on board, 7 1/4" x 8 3/4", "unloading the catch"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $96.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:53 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
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:27 PM PT

Lot 14

nat lowell (1880-1956), etching d.1927, 8" x 12", "dock yard" & cyril john travers (1887-?), etching, 8" x 11", "the rum runner"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $90.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:14 PM PT

Lot 24

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

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $90.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:24 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 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 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 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 16

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

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $84.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:19 PM PT

Lot 41

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

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $84.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:45 PM PT

Lot 39

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

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $78.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:39 PM PT

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