Past Auction Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold through past Cowley Abbott Canadian Art auctions or through the private sale process. Select an artwork for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Ungava Bay
oil on panel
signed lower right; titled and inscribed “C.R. Jackson” & “sketch for canvas in Hart House” on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $48,000.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
TOM THOMSON
Evening, Pine Island
oil on panel
Estate stamp lower right; Estate stamp and inscribed with title and dated “1914” on the reverse
10.5 x 8.5 ins ( 26.7 x 21.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $900,000.00 - $1,200,000.00
Price Realized $1,680,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Angry Man
oil on board
signed and dated 1951 lower right; signed, titled and dated (mistakenly) 1961 on the reverse and upon the Jack Bush Art Estate label; inscribed “P-1” on a second label affixed to the reverse
30 x 24 ins ( 76.2 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $38,400.00
Sale date: June 15th 2022
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
March Mist
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled in pencil to the stretcher
21 x 28 in ( 53.3 x 71.1 cm )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $28,800.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
DAPHNE ODJIG
The Joy of Intimacy
acrylic on canvas
signed lower left; titled and dated 1990 on the reverse, unframed
40 x 38 ins ( 101.6 x 96.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $20,700.00
Sale date: November 29th 2013
SYBIL ANDREWS
Sails, 1960
colour linocut
signed and inscribed “Sail” and “TP” lower left
7.75 x 8.75 ins ( 19.7 x 22.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $23,000.00
Sale date: November 29th 2013
JEAN PAUL LEMIEUX
Jeune fille en forêt
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1963 lower left
26.75 x 22.5 ins ( 67.9 x 57.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Price Realized $20,400.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
WILLIAM HODD MCELCHERAN
Businessmen in Discussion
bronze
sold with custom built wooden pedestal
20.75 x 16.75 x 19.75 ins ( 52.7 x 42.5 x 50.2 cms ) ( overall (excluding wooden pedestal) )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $28,800.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2021
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Hart House
oil on canvas
signed lower left
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $50,000.00
Price Realized $27,600.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- Canadian Prints & Drawings (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- Refocus: Important Photography from Canadian Collections (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- Unbound Forms: Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2025
- Works from the Estate of William Ronald (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2025
- Artwork from a Canadian Corporate Collection (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2025
- Banting to Blackwood: A Century of Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2025
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2025
- Select Masterworks of Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2025
- The Chaki Collection: A Collector’s Dialogue (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- British & Continental Artworks (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Past and Present: International Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- In the Eye of the Beholder: Photographs from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- A Modern Eye: Canadian Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Abstract vs. Figural: Prints from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Artwork from the Estate of Jaan Poldaas (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Photography from the Collection of Salah Bachir (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Holiday Sale (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Select Canadian Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: November 27, 2024
- Canadian Abstraction (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Works for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)_
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Picasso & His Contemporaries (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Mousseau and Friends (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Grand Tour (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Works from the Estate of William Ronald (Part II) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Spring Live Auction (Session 1 & 2)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2024
- The Group of Seven (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Works from the Estate of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Artwork of David Blackwood (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Modern Forms (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- International Prints, Multiples & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Artwork for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- La belle province (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Watercolours & Drawings (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- 20th Century Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
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