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.

WILLIAM KURELEK
Rosedale Golf and Country Club - It’s Hard for Us to Realize

mixed media on board
signed with monogram and dated 1972 lower right; titled and dated on the reverse
22 x 41.75 in ( 55.9 x 106 cm )

Auction Estimate: $70,000.00$50,000.00 - $70,000.00
Price Realized $48,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024

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TED HARRISON
Untitled (Houses in a Landscape)

acrylic on board
signed and dated 1977 lower right
24.25 x 24.25 ins ( 61.6 x 61.6 cms ) ( sight )

Auction Estimate: $15,000.00$10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $26,400.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

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MAUD LEWIS
Train through Town

mixed media on board
signed lower right
12 x 14 ins ( 30.5 x 35.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $18,000.00$14,000.00 - $18,000.00
Price Realized $20,060.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019

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CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
Going to Market

oil on canvas
signed lower right
13.25 x 11.75 ins ( 33.7 x 29.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $20,000.00$15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $25,300.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017

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GEORGE AGNEW REID
Family Prayer

oil on canvas board
signed and dated 1892 lower left
10 x 13 ins ( 25.4 x 33 cms )

Auction Estimate: $15,000.00$10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $24,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

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ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Gatineau Hills

oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse of the framing; inscribed “Kingston Collegiate” on the stretcher
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $38,400.00
Sale date: June 15th 2022

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MAUD LEWIS
The Old Schoolhouse

mixed media on board
signed lower right
11.75 x 13.75 in ( 29.8 x 34.9 cm )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $48,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024

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ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Road to Madsen Mines

double-sided oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse; a landscape of a lake shoreline on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $28,800.00
Sale date: June 15th 2022

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GEORGE HERIOT
War Dance #1

watercolour over graphite on paper laid down on card
10.5 x 14.5 in ( 26.7 x 36.8 cm ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $20,400.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024

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MAUD LEWIS
Horse-Drawn Carriage

mixed media on board
signed lower right
9 x 11 ins ( 22.9 x 27.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $15,000.00$12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $25,300.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017

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Previous Auctions

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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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