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.
MAUD LEWIS
Winter Sleighing Scene
mixed media on board
signed lower right
11.25 x 12 ins ( 28.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $22,800.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
CLARENCE ALPHONSE GAGNON
La Mare, Baie St. Paul, 1920
oil on panel
certified by Lucile Rodier Gagnon (no.358) on a label on the reverse
4.75 x 7 ins ( 12.1 x 17.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $23,600.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Fire Down on the Labrador
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1980 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof 3/10 Ed. 50” in the lower margin
31.75 x 19.75 ins ( 80.6 x 50.2 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $84,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
LÉON BELLEFLEUR
Chant de mai
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1975 lower left; signed, titled and dated 1975 on the reverse
51.5 x 77 ins ( 130.8 x 195.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $33,040.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
MARC-AURÈLE FORTIN
Vieille maison, Ste-Rose
oil on board
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
17 x 17 ins ( 43.2 x 43.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $66,000.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023
FRANK HANS JOHNSTON
August Afternoon
tempera on illustration board
signed lower left; titled on an exhibition label on the reverse
18.5 x 18.25 ins ( 47 x 46.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $20,400.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2021
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Young Cedars (1919)
oil on canvas
signed and dated “Dec. 25, ‘19” lower right; titled and inscribed “Loaned by Mrs I.H. Weldon” on the stretcher (by Douglas Duncan); Milne catalogue raisonné no. 201.10
18 x 22.25 ins ( 45.7 x 56.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $250,000.00 - $350,000.00
Price Realized $792,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Fraser Bay from the Mustard Cut (Looking West on Baie Fine toward Fraser Bay)
watercolour
signed lower right and titled “Fraser Bay from the Mustard Cut”; also titled “Looking West on Baie Fine toward Fraser Bay” on the reverse of the framing
10.75 x 13.75 ins ( 27.3 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $23,000.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017
CYRIL POWER
The Eight, 1930
linocut
signed, titled and numbered 49/50 twice
15.25 x 10.25 ins ( 38.7 x 26 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $80,000.00 - $120,000.00
Price Realized $114,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
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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