PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS

 

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1. BARRY, Anne Meredith [1932-2003](OSA. SCA. PDCC).Upper Canada College.signed & dated 1971 on recto. signed, titled, dated and bearing artist stamp on verso. 22” x 30”. watercolour over ink on paper. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                            $1,400

 

     “Anne Meredith Barry was born in Toronto, Ontario, 1932. In 1954, she graduated from the Ontario College of Art. From 1955 to 1986, she lived and worked in Boston, Montreal, and Toronto, before moving to Newfoundland in 1987. She is known for her paintings and prints, primarily landscapes with various atmospheric effects that are often reminiscent of 19th-century Japanese woodcut prints. She usually generates a generalappreciation for the Canadian scenery that surrounds her. Recent solo exhibitions include Newfoundland Images at the Windsor Printmakers Forum in Windsor, Ontario in 1992, a show at the Masters Gallery in Calgary, Alberta in 1996, Down North: A Coastal Journey at University of Toronto's Blackwood Gallery in 1995, and touring public art galleries until 1999. She has also participated in many group exhibitions between 1973 and 1996. Her works are included in a multitude of North American public and private collections. Anne Meredith Barry lived in St. Michael's, Tors Cove, Newfoundland.” [Biography courtesy RBC, Corporate Art Collection, website].

 

     Provenance: Originally commissioned from the artist by the previous owner and painted from his apartment overlooking the college.

 

 

 

2. BEATTY, Frank T. [1899-1984]. Maitland St. Toronto. signed & dated [19]74. 10 ¾|” x 15” (27.5 x 38 cm). pastel. Exhibition Label (verso): Fine Art Galleries, T. Eaton Co. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             $800

 

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3. BIEHN, Joshua F. [active 1879-1906]. [48^th Highlanders, marching on King Street, Toronto in the Diamond Jubilee Day Parade, June 22^nd, 1897]. 12” x 18”. oil on paper board. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       $2,500

 

     Joshua F. Biehn was an artist who lived and worked in Toronto circa 1891-1906; he might have been a cross-border artist. He painted genre scenes and portraits (including many stereotypical black subjects) in oil and watercolour. He received acclaim for his painting “Uncle Tom” (also exhibited a work or works entitled “Sambo”). He exhibited at the OSA, [1891-93], and the Toronto Industrial Exhibition [1891-92]. Small portrait examples are in the Royal Ontario Museum, National Archives of Canada, National Portrait Gallery in Ottawa, and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. The artist was also known to have produced extra examples of some of his most popular works.

     A very similar version of this painting, which was signed and dated 1897 by Joshua Biehn, sold at a Joyner Waddington’s auction in May, 2007 (hammer price: $2,700). That work was also discussed in Emma Kreiner’s essay published by Concordia University in 2012. Our example differs in comparison with that work in that it is unsigned, slightly smaller, and includes a depiction of the sign for “John Kay, Son & Co.” (a drapery store) on one of the buildings (this could perhaps indicate a connection with that firm, or commission from that company). Both works also depict “The Canada Life Assurance Company” sign on their old King Street office-fronts (today Canada Life / The Great-West Life Assurance Company).

     Provenance:Bearing original “Roberts and Son, Artistic Framing and Gilding, 721 Yonge Street Toronto” label to verso.

     See Harper, Early Painters and Engravers in Canada,p. 32; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Index to Nineteenth-Century Catalogues of Art, [vol. 1, A-L, pp. 193-94]; Washington, Art Inventories Catalogue, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) website (for (for small oil portrait dated 1879); Canadian Portraits, Concordia University, Fine Arts, website.

 

4. BLOMFIELD, James [Jerris] [1872-1951] (OSA). …Banks of the Don – September afternoon. signed & monogrammed. 4 ½” x 5 ½” (12 x 14 cm; measurements within ruled borders). titled on recto & verso Upper Don Toronto. watercolour on card (surface loss to first word of title, affecting few letters & few stains to margins). framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $425

 

     “…Blomfield was described by A.H. Robson, in 1932, as follows, “As a painter he is best known for his work in water colour, in which medium he paints with a fine freedom, if somewhat traditional in execution. While he has produced many pictures of the mountains and plains, his work in Toronto and its environs constitute his most important contribution to painting.” As a water colourist he was cited by William Colgate in 1943 for his attention to changing skies, the reflection of light on the water, light and shadow in distant landscapes, scenes of his neighbourhood done in joyous colour.” (MacDonald p. 293)

     MacDonald, A Dictionary of Canadian Painting, pp. 292a-294a.

 

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5. BLOMFIELD, James [Jerris] [1872-1951] (OSA). A City Park, Toronto [High Park Hillside Gardens]. signed on recto. titled on verso. 5 ¾” x 7 ¼” (14.5 x 18.1 cm). watercolour. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             $500

 

6. BLOMFIELD, James [Jerris] [1872-1951]. The Don - Above Hoggs Hollow. signed, monogrammed & titled. 4 ½” x 5 ½” (11.4 x 14 cm; measurements within ruled borders). watercolour (margins bit chipped & paper browned - backed on archival tissue). framed.                                                                                                                 $400

   

7. BLOMFIELD, James [Jerris] [1872-1951 (OSA).New Canadian Family[In Toronto Park]. signed on recto. titled on verso. 5 ¾” x 7 ¼” (14.6 x 18.1 cm). watercolour. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $500

 

8. [BLOMFIELD, James Jerris] [1872-1951]. [October in the Don Valley]. signed. 4” x 5” (10 x 12.6 cm). watercolour (stains to verso). framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $400

 

9. BLOMFIELD, James Jerris [1872-1951]. [October On Humberside Toronto]. signed. 6” x 8 ½” (15.4 x 21.7 cm; entire sheet). watercolour (1-2 cm of side edges unfinished. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               $425

 

10. BLOMFIELD, James [Jerris] [1872-1951] (OSA). [Old Fort York]. signed. 5” x 5” (12.5 x 12.5). watercolour. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $600

 

11. [BLOMFIELD, James Jerris] [1872-1951]. Pioneer Poplars Scarborough Ont. 5 ½” x 7” (13.8 x 18 cm). watercolour (surface paper weakness to verso & margins). framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $450

 

12. [BLOMFIELD, James Jerris] [1872-1951]. [Ravine With Church & Large House, Rosedale?]. signed. 8” x 5 ½” (30.3 x 13.5 cm). watercolour. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $600

 

13. [BLOMFIELD, James Jerris] [1872-1951]. St. Lawrence Market Toronto. 4 ½” x 5 ½” (11.4 x 14 cm; measurements within ruled borders). watercolour over pencil (two chips to side margins – backed on archival tissue). framed.                                                                                                                                                                              $400

 

14. COUCILL, Walter Jackson [1915-1982]. Presentation Rough for Architect. Jorgenson Hall Ryerson Toronto [Coucill label on verso].signed. [c1969]. 24” x 29”. pencil, ink & pastel on vellum. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             $800

 

     “…[Coucill] was Art Director of the Robert Simpson display department, art consultant, freelance designer and display designer for General Motors. He was commissioned by National Trust Bank to travel across Canada and paint all the provincial and territorial floral emblems in their natural habitats.” (MacDonald p. 536a)

     MacDonald, Dictionary of Canadian Art, pp. 536a-537a.

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15. ERICSSON, Brian [1931-2014].Kensington Market; Baldwin Street Looking Towards Augusta. signed, titled, & dated [19]84 on recto. 6 ¾” x 9 7/8”. mixed media with gouache on board. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 $600

     

      Born in Bombay, India, 1931. Attended Bishop Cotton School, Simla, India. Awarded Honours Certificate, 1947, The Royal Drawing Society, London. Studied architecture at University College of London, England. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions [1965-66]. Worked as an architectural artist for many years. Participated in group shows in England & Canada. Exhibited at “Art for ORT” Toronto Women’s ORT Multicultural Festival of Art, 1980. Received Award of Distinction, November 10th, 1974 at “Paint Historic Scarborough Art Show”, Sponsored by The Scarborough Historical Society, Scarborough Art Guild, and Borough of Scarborough. Exhibited at and or represented by: Mazelow Gallery, Toronto [1972-1974]; The Fine Art Galleries, T. Eaton Company Ltd., Toronto [1975-1988]; Canadian Art Associates, Toronto [1976-1978]; St. Lawrence Art Centre, Ottawa [1978-1983]; Gallery Phillip, Don Mills Shopping Centre [19831986]; Art Adventures Studio Inc., Unionville [2004-2006]. Exhibited and was represented by D & E Lake Ltd., Fine Arts, Toronto. Died in Toronto in 2014.

 

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16. FORSTER, Clifford N. [c1900-1972].Design for Horse Ferry Float. Studio of W. W. Stallworthy. 40 Ft. Long – 12 Ft. Wide.signed & titled on recto.10” x 17 3/8”. watercolour over graphite on mat board. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                        $1,000

 

     Forster’s float designs (Items 139-147) were probably done for the parade commemorating the Toronto Centennial Celebrations, May 24^th, 1934. It is not known if the floats were actually constructed.

     Provenance (Items 139-147): Estate of the Artist, Toronto. Collection of Mr. & Mrs. John Emmerson, Streetsville, Ontario; Private collection, Toronto.

 

7. FORSTER, Clifford N. [c1900-1972].Design for Float by C. N. Forster.signed, titled & dated “March 15^th 1934” on recto. 7 7/8” x 14 ¾”. watercolour & collage over graphite on card. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       $1,000

 

18. FORSTER, Clifford N. [c1900-1972].Bluebird Sweet Shoppe.signed, inscribed & dated “C. N. Forester. Designer. 1934” on recto. 9 3/8” x 11 7/8”. watercolour over graphite on paper. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  $900

 

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19. FORSTER, Clifford N. [c1900-1972].Design for Float – Death of Queen Victoria. Studio of W. W. Stallworthy. 24 Ft. Long – 10 Ft. Wide.signed & titled on recto.10” x 17 3/8”. watercolour over graphite on mat-board. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                        $1,000

 

20. FORSTER, Clifford N. [c1900-1972].Design for Float “Birthday Cake”. 16 Ft. Long – 10 Ft. Wide. Studio of W. W. Stallworthy Toronto. signed & titled on recto.9 ¾” x 17 3/8”. watercolour over graphite on mat-board. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                        $1,000

 

21. FORSTER, Clifford N. [c1900-1972].Penrose Hairdressing.signed & marked “MO 0809” on recto .6 5/8” x 11 ½”. watercolour over graphite on mat-board. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $800

 

22. FORSTER, Clifford N. [c1900-1972].Angelique.signed & marked “MO 0809” on recto. 11 1/8” x 7 7/8”. watercolour & graphite on card. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $800

 

23. FORSTER, Clifford N. [c1900-1972].Angelique.signed & marked “MO 0809” on recto. 11” x 7”. watercolour & graphite on card. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $800

 

24. FORSTER, Clifford N. [c1900-1972].A. Smith. Present Signs Inc.signed & inscribed “Designer” on recto. 8 ¾” x 9 3/8”. watercolour & graphite on card. framed. $800      

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25. FRANCK, Albert Jacques (ARCA. OSA. CSPWC. CSGA)  [1899-1973]. Chorley Park, The Great Hall. Sic Transit… [Gloria Mundi], 1961.signed & dated on recto. titled to artist’s label on verso. 10” x 12” watercolour on paper. matted & framed.                                                                                                                                                $3,200

 

      Born in Middelburg, Holland. Family ran a jewelry business. Interested in art from an early age but only began to paint after arrival in Canada, 1926. In youth traveled to France, Belgium, Indonesia, Philippines, and California. A professional swimmer, won many awards including a national swimming championship in Belgium. Worked as swimming instructor for Central YMCA Montreal, Jasper National Park, and elsewhere. Received musical training as boy and played cello. Met artist wife Florence Vale through interests in swimming and music. From 1929 worked in fine art department at Simpson's, Toronto, and in 1940 established a picture restoration business. From 1947 held solo exhibitions at Simpson's, Eaton's, Roberts Gallery, Hart House, Gallery Moos, and York University. Exhibitions enormously popular and known to have sellout shows. Exhibited at Ontario Society Artists and at numerous public Galleries in Canada. Helped to organize exhibitions of “Unaffiliated Artists” and held shows at Eaton’s Fine Arts Galleries. Great hosts, their home became a popular meeting place for progressive artists (including “Painters Eleven”). Made oils, watercolours, and drawings of urban scenes, small streets, back lots of old Toronto. Work in collections of Art Gallery of Ontario, University of Western Ontario, University of Guelph, and many private, corporate, and public collections in Canada, USA, Great Britain, Netherlands, Italy, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. Died in 1973 in Toronto at 74. [MacDonald, “A Dictionary of Canadian Artists”]

     Exhibited:Albert Franck in Retrospect. A small selection from the artist’s collection. Catalogue published by the New Brunswick Museum, Saint John. Exhibition also traveling [1973-74] to Centennial Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S.; Dartmouth Heritage Museum, N.S.; St. Louis University Art Gallery, Edmunston, N.B.; Memorial University Art Gallery, NF.; University of New Brunswick, Fredericton; Gallery Moos, Toronto. [Catalogue: #14]; Exhibited at the Mun Art Gallery, St. John’s Newfoundland, label on verso

     Provenance: Estate of Albert Franck, Toronto.

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26. FRANCK, Albert Jacques (ARCA. OSA. CSPWC. CSGA). [1899-1973]. Keeting Slip, Toronto Docks.signed & dated [19] 58 on recto. titled to artist’s label on verso. 19” x 23 ½”. black watercolour and brush wash on paper. archivally matted & framed.                                                                                                                                      $2,500

     Exhibited: Mun Art Gallery, St. John’s Newfoundland, label on verso.


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27. FRANCK, Albert Jacques [1899-1973]. Reflections, York Mills(River landscape in Winter). signed & dated [19] 47 on recto. titled on verso.12” x 16”. oil on canvas-board. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $2,500

      Provenance: Gallery Moos Ltd., Toronto; The Estate of Walter Moos, by descent.

 

28. GOLDSTEIN, Sybil [1955-2012].  Fraser Street.signed, titled & dated 2012 on verso. 16” x 20”. acrylic on canvas. framed.                                                                 $1,000

 

29. GOLDSTEIN, Sybil [1955-2012]. Spadina II.signed, titled & dated 2002 on verso.  11 ½” x 17 ½” (29 x 43.8 cm). oil stick on card. framed.                                        $700

 

30. GOLDSTEIN, Sybil [1955-2012]. Yonge Street Bank.signed, titled & dated 2011 on verso.  18” x 24”. acrylic on board. framed.                                                         $1,200

 

31. [GREENE, Thomas Garland] [1875-1955]. Bloor St. April ’99 [Man on a toboggan near bridge]. dated 1899. 5” x 8” (12.4 x 20 cm). pencil drawing (slanted 1 cm tear to upper edge, mount remnants to upper corners & creasing to edges).                                                                                                                                                                  $175

 

     Greene was a painter, printmaker, illustrator, draughtsman, author and art instructor. He was a founding member of the Canadian Society of Painters, the Canadian Society of Graphic Arts and the Malhstick Club in Toronto. He was also a member of the Ontario Society of Artists and the Royal Canadian Academy.

 

32. GREENE, Thomas Garland [1875-1955]. Ford Hotel Feb. 3rd /28. initialled & dated 1928. 10” x 8” (25.4 x 20.2 cm). pencil drawing (short tear & creasing to edges).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $225

 

     Greene’s February 1928 drawing shows the partially constructed Ford Hotel at Bay and Dundas.

 

33. [GREENE, Thomas Garland] [1875-1955]. Scarboro Nov. 16, ’01 [Woods].Dated 1901. 5” x 8” (12.4 x 20 cm). pencil drawing.                                                             $150

 

34. GREENE, Thomas Garland [1875-1955]. Star Bldg. [Construction of Toronto Star Building].initialled ‘T.G.G.’ & dated 1928. 8” x 10” (20.2 x 25.1 cm). pencil drawing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   $250

 

35. [GREENE, Thomas Garland] [1875-1955]. Star Bldg. March 8^th/28. [Construction of Toronto Star Building]. dated [19]28. 8” x 10” (20.2 x 25.2 cm). pencil drawing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  $250

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36. GRIFFITH, Julius Edward Lindsay [1912-1997] (RCA. OSA. P-CSPWC. CSGA. FCA. Chelsea Art Club, London). Houses, North Toronto. signed on recto. signed & titled to artist label on verso. 20” x 28”. oil on canvas. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                  $3,000

    

      Born in Vancouver. He studied at the Vancouver School of Art under F.H. Varley and J.W.G. MacDonald. After moving to England with his parents in 1928 he studied in London at the Slade, and Central School of Arts & Crafts. He also studied at the Royal College of Art under Sir William Ruthenstein, Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious, and Gilbert Spencer. Further studies were interrupted by WWII. He joined “Air-raid Precautions” and eventually the Red Cross. In 1941-42 he worked at a hospital in Sussex. With little to do, he taught art and learned Russian. Griffith joined the Royal Navy as an interpreter and was stationed in Murmansk and Archangel. In November 1946 he returned to Canada and established himself as a graphic artist and wood engraver. He showed with the Picture Loan Society and held exhibitions at Art Gallery of Hamilton [1960] and at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts [1962]. He also showed work at the “International Biennial Show of Water Colours”, N.Y. [1959] and “International Biennial of Prints”, Tokyo [1957]. Griffith taught in Toronto at Western Tech, Ryerson, OCA, and Central Tech. Julius Griffith was a painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher, and print maker. His work is in the National Gallery of Canada, AGO, Canadian War Museum, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Glenbow Museum, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and numerous public and private collections.

     Exhibited: Art Institute of Ontario (inscribed on verso).

     Provenance: Estate of the Artist, Toronto.

 

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37.  GRIFFITH, Julius Edward Lindsay [1912-1997] (RCA. OSA. P-CSPWC. CSGA. FCA. Chelsea Art Club, London). House with the Blue Roof, Eglinton Ave. West. signed & dated [19] 72 on recto. titled on verso. 30” x 36” oil on canvas. framed.                                                                                                                                                $3,500

     Provenance: Estate of the Artist, Toronto.

 

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38.  GRIFFITH, Julius Edward Lindsay [1912-1997] (RCA. OSA. P-CSPWC. CSGA. FCA. Chelsea Art Club, London). Sunday Strollers, Yonge Street. Signed on recto. titled & dated 1996 on canvas edge. 22” x 28”. oil on canvas. Framed.                                                                                                                                                                   $2000
             

     Provenance: Estate of the Artist, Toronto.

 

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39. HOWARD & OWEN, ILLUMINATORS. Illuminated and Calligraphed Document addressed to Alderman John Jacob Withrow, dated 11 November, 1878, and signed by Angus Morrison, Mayor of Toronto, Robert Rodby (?), City Clerk, and by Ian (?), Treasurer and Keeper of the Civic Seal. ink, watercolour & gouache. large folio. 26 x 18 inches (66 x 45.7 cm.). (sight). with civic seal. matted & in a period partly gilt wood frame (29 1/4 x 39 1/4 inches - 74.3 x 99.7 cm) (lower corners of frame worn). Toronto: 1878.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $3,500

 

     "At a meeting of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Toronto held on Monday the Thirtieth Day of September 1878 the following Resolution was unanimously adopted Moved by Alderman Turner Seconded by Alderman Boswell That this Council while expressing its satisfaction at the successful completion of the new Exhibition Buildings desires to bear testimony to the energy, ability and zeal of Mr. Alderman Withrow, Chairman of the Exhibition Committee. Be it therefore Resolved upon the hearty acknowledgements and thanks of this Council be, and are hereby tendered to the worthy Alderman to whose untiring exertions, and personal supervision the success is mainly due."

     Toronto's last hosting of the annual Provincial Agricultural Association fair in 1878 was a grand event. Toronto City Council and the Exhibition Committee chaired by Alderman Withrow hoped to establish Toronto as the permanent home of the fair. The fair grounds were relocated to a larger more appropriate site on the shore of Lake Ontario and the Crystal Palace building (Palace of Industry) designed by Sir Sandford Fleming and Sir Collingwood Schreiber and originally constructed for the 1858 fair was dismantled and moved there. A new ground storey was added to the building as well as a large Baroque-styled cupola. Other new permanent buildings were also erected. The present document acknowledges the vital leading role played in these developments by Alderman Withrow. When the Provincial Agricultural Association announced that the 1879 fair would be held in Ottawa, Withrow and others formed the Canadian National Exhibition Association of Toronto, The first Toronto Industrial Exhibition, later renamed the Canadian National Exhibition, Canada's largest annual exhibition and the fifth largest in North America, opened to instant success in the fall of 1879 and Withrow remained president of the exhibition association until shortly before his death. A politician, builder, and philanthropist, Withrow ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1883. Withrow Park in the Riverdale neighbourhood of Toronto is named after him.

     The present document incorporates the coat of arms of the City of Toronto and two views measuring 5 1/8 by 8 inches (13 x 20.3 cm.) of exhibition buildings, one of the Crystal Palace which was destroyed by fire in 1906, the other of Machinery Hall, which was demolished in 1959.

 

40. [KERTLAND, Douglas Edwin] [1888-1982](Attributed to). Perspective View [Automotive Building, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto]. [c1928-29]. 16 ¾” x 28 ½” (within borders; 42.3 x 72.6 cm). 18” x 29 ½” (sheet, including title; 45.6 x 75 cm). pencil, ink & grey wash. framed.                                                                                   $3,500

 

     Kertland won the competition to design the new Automotive Building in March 1929. This view, or similar drawing, is illustrated in The Journal, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Vol. VI, No. 11, Nov. 1929 as “Design submitted by Douglas E. Kertland, Architect, In Competition For An Automotive Building…” (p. 401) This drawing is unsigned, but, it appears to be Kertland’s perspective view for the competition.

     Herbert Harold Kent’s article mentions the final design of the building was faithful to the competition drawings. “So far as the Automotive Building is concerned, very little change has been made and the finished edifice is similar in almost every detail to that shown upon the perspective and elevations submitted”. (p. 405)

     This fine building has two important design elements: “…the first is the general impression one gathers of classical dignity and almost Grecian restraint; the other, paradoxically enough, is the effect of modernity. The architect skillfully, or rather, spontaneously, has harmonized these two principles to a far greater extent than we have yet seen in work that can be classed as “Modern.” “(p. 405)

 

41. MURILLO, Ivor [b. 1919]. Yonge Street Downtown Opening. signed. 14 ¼” x 12” (36.1 x 30.4 cm). watercolour (small hole & surface abrasions to upper quarter on verso – professionally repaired).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       $400

 

     Murillo was a Scottish artist who came to Canada in 1952. He exhibited at the Picture Loan Society in 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1960.

     MacDonald, A Dictionary of Canadian Painters, pp. 1336-1337.

 

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42. MURILLO, Ivor [b. 1919]. Yonge Street Opening. signed. 12” x 16” (30.4 x 40.6 cm). watercolour (paper weakness to corners & signature blurred  – professionally repaired).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                $400

 

43.  [POLE, Constance] [Active 1925-1943].  Danforth Ravine an elm June / [19]25.  signed ‘C. Pole’ on recto.  titled & dated on verso. 10” x 7” (25.3 x 18.7 cm). watercolour.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            $350

     Crawford’s A Fine Line Studio Crafts in Ontario (p. x) chronology refers to a batik artist, Constance Pole, who participated in an exhibition of Canadian contemporary crafts at Ridpath’s in 1931.

 

44. [POLE, Constance F.] [Active 1927-1943].  Island Lagoon. signed on recto. titled & dated June/[19]25 on verso. 7” x 10” (17.7 x 25.2 cm). watercolour.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           $350

 

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45. [POLE, Constance F.] [Active 1927-1943].  Island Lagoon. signed on recto. titled & dated June 11/[19]27 on verso. 7” x 10” (17.7 x 25.2 cm). watercolour (two pinholes to upper corners).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                $350

 
46. [POLE, Constance] [Active 1925-1943].  Rosedale Ravine May 31 / [19]26. signed ‘C. Pole’ recto. titled & dated on verso. 10” x 7” (25.3 x 18.7 cm). watercolour (spotting to verso).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                $100

 

Shea’s Toronto 1931-1932 Star Weekly’ Ads

 

47. SEXTON, Bill (Active 1930’s). Harry Carroll’s Music Comedy Of 1932 at Shea’s This Week… Willliam Boyd Peggy Shannon Round Out An All Star Cast In “The Road to Reno”. signed in plate  & dated ’12 5’ [1932]. 14” x 11” (entire sheet; 35.3 x 28 cm). zinc etching of original drawing, heightened in white, on illustration card (two small stains & few soil marks to margins). Lower margin: “One zinc unmounted for Star Weekly by Monday pm.”                                                                                $250

48. SEXTON, Bill (Active 1930’s). Lilyan Tashman And Eugene Palette In “Girls About Town” Lew Pollack In “Theme Songs”… At Shea’s This Week. signed in plate  & dated ’12 26 [19]31. signed in plate  & dated ’12 5’ [1932]. 14 ¾” x 11 ½” (entire sheet; 37 x 29 cm). zinc etching of original drawing on illustration card (soil marks, few stains & pinholes to margins). Lower margin: “One zinc unmounted for Star Weekly by 4 pm Monday.”                                                                                                            $250

49.SEXTON, Bill (Active 1930’s). Seen On Stage And Screen At Shea’s This Week Rita Royce… Reynolds And White In “Music And How”… signed in plate & dated ‘4. 23.[19]32’. 14 ¾” x 10 ½” (entire sheet; 37 x 27 cm). zinc etching of original drawing, heightened in white, on illustration card (soil marks to margins). Lower margin: “One zinc unmounted for Star Weekly by Tues. 9 A.M.”                                                                                                                                                                                                  $250

 

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50. SEXTON, Bill (Active 1930’s). Lupe Velez Leo Carrillo Melvyn Douglas In A Thrilling Comedy Romance… Stuart And Lash With Ida Shibley In A Hilarious Whirl Of Music… This Week. signed in plate  & dated ’5 14 [19]32’. dated in ink (lower right margin). 14 ¼” x 11 ½” (entire sheet; 36.5 x 29 cm). zinc etching of original drawing on illustration card with cut out circular correction (soil marks to margins & few pinholes to margins). Lower margin: “One zinc unmounted for Star Weekly by 9 am Tues.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       $250

51.SEXTON, Bill (Active 1930’s). At Shea’s This Week Johnny Burke Mack Sennett Comedian…This Buck Private Is Just Extra Special… Gloria Foy Sam Critcherson Alan Davis In “Stars In Satire”…  [c1932]. 19” x 13 ¾” (entire sheet’ 48.4 x 24.4 cm). zinc etching of original drawing on paper with 18 x 1 cm cut out to upper margin, blank,  for advertising insert (few pinholes & soil marks to margins).                                                                                                                                                                        $300

52. SEXTON, Bill (Active 1930’s). Headliners Of R.K.O. At Shea’s This Week. Women & Everywhere… Hope Vernon Vaudeville’s Premier Prima Donna Frabell’s Frolics… signed in plate & numbered ‘7’. [c1932]. 19 ¾” x 14 ¾|” (entire sheet; 50 x 37.2 cm). zinc etching of original drawing on illustration card, heightened in white (soil marks to margins). Lower margin: “Send cut to Sutherland Star Weekly by 10 am Wed. Send 2 proofs to Mr. Appel at Sheas Hip…”.                                              $300

53. SEXTON, Bill (Active 1930’s). Chasing The Blues Rita Burgess Gould Prima Donna And Radio Star… Al. B. White And Sam Morton In “The Raid”… Johnny Burke The Sad Squeaky Voice Buck Private.. Doug Fairbanks Jr. With Loretta Young In “I Like Your Nerve”… signed in plate & dated 10.3.[19]31. 17 ¼” x 15 ½” (entire sheet; 44 x 37 cm). zinc etching of original drawing, heightened in white, on Strathmore illustration card with cut out correction to Gould area (few stains, adhesive marks to upper margin, pinholes to margins). Lower margin in pencil: “One zinc 4” wide unmounted for Star Weekly by 10 am Tues.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      $300

54. SEXTON, Bill (Active 1930’s). Some Delightful Entertainers At Shea’s This Week Bill Boyd In A Thrilling Play… The Big Gamble CFC… June Carr… signed in plate & dated 10.31[19]31. 17 ¾” x 13 ½” (entire sheet; 45.2 x 34.2 cm). zinc etching of original drawing on paper with cut out corrections to first line (several stains & pinholes to margins).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           $300

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55. STOYAN, Peter [1900-1981]. Ship Channel, Toronto Harbour.signed & dated “Ap. 10/57” on recto. titled on verso.22” x 29”. oil on masonite. framed.               $1,500

     A painter, graphic artist and illustrator, Stoyan emigrated to Canada in 1914. He studied at the Ontario College of Art, under George Reid, J. W. Beatty, Fred Haines and Arthur Lismer. Beginning in the 1920’s he travelled extensively and exhibited landscapes and urban scenes at the Ontario Society of Artists and the Royal Canadian Academy. In 1930 Stoyan visited New York City, worked as an illustrator and exhibited there for several years. Work from this period is signed either 'Stoyanoff' (his real name) or 'Stoin'. He eventually returned to Toronto and began signing work, 'Peter Stoyan'. He remained in Toronto for most of his career, with the exception periods where he lived and worked in Alberta and British Columbia in the 1950's and early 1960's. Peter Stoyan was a regular exhibitor with the O.S.A. (Ontario Society of Artists) and was an Associate of the Ontario College of Art (A.O.C.A.).

56. TORONTO SCHOOL. 20^th CENTURY. [Toronto Street in Winter with Streetcar]. initialled “DO” or “DG”. 18 ¼” x 20” (45.7 x 66 cm). watercolour. archivally matted & framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $650

 

57. WATSON, Sydney Hollinger [1911-1981](OSA. CSPWC).Hart House Tower, Toronto.bearing artist’s monogram on recto.13 7/8” x 15”. watercolor on paper. archivally matted & framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              $1,200

     The artist was Principal of the Ontario College of Art from 1955 and for many years thereafter. He was a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, the Canadian Group of Painters, the National Industrial Design Council, and President of the Ontario Society of Artists. In 1956 he was awarded the Art Directors Medal. Sydney Watson had work in Hart House, the Samuel J. Zacks Collection, and the National Gallery of Canada. He contributed to many exhibitions organized by the National Gallery of Canada, and exhibited in England, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. His commissions included several murals, wall paintings, and ecclesiastical decorations; in office buildings, hospitals, chapels, and churches. In 1964 he was commissioned by The Excelsior Life Insurance Co. to design a work for their main headquarters at Twenty Toronto Street. This work was carved by Louis Temporale in low relief upon grey slate, and featured 19 historic Toronto buildings.

 

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58. WILSON, Alan Dent [b. 1923] (P-OIP. FCA.).Early Spring [Spring Ashburnham Road, Toronto, West]. signed on recto, signed and titled on verso. [c1969]. 12” x 16”. oil on masonite. framed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  $1,200

      Originally from Toronto, Alan Dent Wilson lived and painted in Elliot Lake since his move north in 1994. A painter for over 65 years Wilson traveled extensively throughout the province of Ontario, the Southern United States and Mexico. He was a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and a former president of the Ontario Institute of Painters. His work is in the Government of Ontario Art Collection, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, and many other public and private collections. From 1942-46 the artist served in the Royal Canadian Army Engineers, Air Survey Unit, as a war artist.

      Exhibited: Masters Gallery, Toronto, 1970; Ontario Institute of Painters, Toronto, 1969, inscribed artist’s label on verso.