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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 17

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 48" x 36", "stillife"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:17 PM PT

Lot 18

liana pica birt (b.1964), d.2014, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 60", "landscape"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:18 PM PT

Lot 19

michael sean, acrylic on canvas, 35" x 50", "aqua 05"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


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

Lot 20

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 72" x 30", "abstract"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:20 PM PT

Lot 21

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 48" x 36", "abstract"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:21 PM PT

Lot 22

michael sean, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 36", "blue island"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:22 PM PT

Lot 23

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 48" x 36", "abstract"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:23 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 25

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

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:25 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 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 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 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 30

sarah gersowitz (1920-2007), artist proof etching in colours, 14" x 17", "atlantis"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $14.40
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:30 PM PT

Lot 31

fred neubacher, d.1987, oil on board, 9" x 12", "canada geese"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $36.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:31 PM PT

Lot 32

w. d. gamon, oil on board, 9" x 12", "early spring - landscape"

Estimate $50 - 75 CAD

Sold for $66.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:32 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 34

w. t. wood, watercolour, 10 1/2" x 14 1/2", "mountain landscape"

Estimate $50 - 75 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:34 PM PT

Lot 35

william gardner blackwood (1890-), watercolour, 7 1/4" x 9 1/2", "shoreline landscape"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $66.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:35 PM PT

Lot 36

william gardner blackwood (1890-), watercolour, 11" x 14", "winter landscape"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $66.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:37 PM PT

Lot 37

grace ella, pair of oil on boards, 12" x 16", "blue landscape" & "children at the beach"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:38 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 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

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 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 42

michael sean, acrylic on canvas, 54" x 43 1/2", "urban scene 03"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:42 PM PT

Lot 43

liana pica birt (b.1964), acrylic on canvas, 60" x 30", "landscape"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:43 PM PT

Lot 44

barbara mcgivern (1945-2014), d.1996, acrylic on canvas, 42" x 42", "shanghai express"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:44 PM PT

Lot 45

michael sean, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 36", "prayer"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD


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

Lot 46

liana pica birt (b.1946), acrylic on canvas, 36" x 60", "abstract"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:46 PM PT

Lot 47

liana pica birt (b.1946), acrylic on canvas, 48" x 48", "abstract landscape with tree"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:47 PM PT

Lot 48

michael sean, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48", "zoo"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:48 PM PT

Lot 49

modern shadow box framed relief of a woman, signed, 36" x 30"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:49 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 51

19th century continental school, oil on canvas, 30" x 25", "rabbi with book"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $48.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:51 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 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 54

fleming jorgensen (1934-2009), d.1979,watercolour, 3 1/2" x 4 3/4", "mountain landscape"

Estimate $20 - 30 CAD


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:54 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 56

mary rebecca stone (1907-1954), oil on board, 20" x 24", "stillife with book and bottles"50

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 2:56 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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 78

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

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:18 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 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 82

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

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:22 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 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 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 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 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 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 89

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

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $36.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: June 8 2022 at 3:29 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

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