December 11, 2012
Live Auction275 King Street E
2nd Floor
Toronto, ON, M5A 1K2 Canada
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Viewing NotesSaturday 8 December from 11am - 5pm Sunday 9 December from 11am - 5pm Monday 10 December from 10am - 12 Noon
Sale NotesFeaturing over 200 lots of important International paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture from the Old Masters period to the 21st Century, including works by: American, Austrian, Belgian, British, Dutch, Flemish, French, German, Hungarian, Indian, Irish, Israeli, Italian, Mexican, Polish, Russian, Scottish and Spanish artists.
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Lot 1: Charles Caleb Ward (1831-1896), American/Canadian INDIAN COOKING FOOD FOR DOGS OVER A CAMPFIRE; Watercolour; signed and dated 1889 lower right.10" x 13.5" - 25.4 x 34.3 cm.Provenance: Douglas Humphrey, Westmount, Quebec;By descent to J.D. Humphrey,
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Description: Charles Caleb Ward (1831-1896), American/Canadian INDIAN COOKING FOOD FOR DOGS OVER A CAMPFIRE; Watercolour; signed and dated 1889 lower right.10" x 13.5" - 25.4 x 34.3 cm.Provenance: Douglas Humphrey, Westmount, Quebec;By descent to J.D. Humphrey, Hampton, N.B.;Private Collection, OntarioLiterature: Together with a reprinted edition of The Art Quarterly, Autumn, 1951 recording the "List of Known Paintings by Charles C. Ward-Landscapes" with this work and its provenance while with Douglas Humphrey, Westmount, Quebec, item 11, p. 248The artist is also recorded in J. Russell Harper's, Early Painters and Engravers in Canada, pgs. 321-322Note: The Indian depicted was named Sabalis. He operated in, or around, St. George in Charlotte County in New Brunswick. Born in Saint John, N.B., the artist travelled to London circa 1846 and returned to North America, settling in New York in 1850-51 where he had a studio from 1868-72. From 1882, he resided in Saint John until his death in 1896 in Rothesay, N.B.
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Lot 2: James Everett Stuart (1852-1941), American ORIGINAL SKETCH-HORSESHOE FROM GOAT ISLAND, NIAGARA FALLS, NIAGARA-N.Y; Oil on canvas; signed and dated July 22, 1906 and numbered 1227 lower left, signed, titled, dated July 22-1906 and numbered No. 1227
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Description: James Everett Stuart (1852-1941), American ORIGINAL SKETCH-HORSESHOE FROM GOAT ISLAND, NIAGARA FALLS, NIAGARA-N.Y; Oil on canvas; signed and dated July 22, 1906 and numbered 1227 lower left, signed, titled, dated July 22-1906 and numbered No. 1227 verso18" x 30" - 45.7 x 76.2 cm.Provenance: John H. Garzoli Fine American Paintings, San Francisco, CaliforniaLiterature: Peter Falk, Who Was Who in American Art, p. 3210Note: The artist was the grandson of portrait painter Gilbert Stuart and is reported to have painted more than 5,000 paintings in his lifetime.
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Lot 3: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), American LA MERE GERARD (FROM 12 ETCHINGS FROM NATURE), 1858 [KENNEDY 11]; Etching and drypoint on chine colle laid paper; signed in the plate lower left from the fourth (final) state. Printed by Delatre,
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Description: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), America nLA MERE GERARD (FROM 12 ETCHINGS FROM NATURE), 1858 [KENNEDY 11]; Etching and drypoint on chine colle laid paper; signed in the plate lower left from the fourth (final) state. Printed by Delatre, Paris.Plate 4.75" x 3.3" - 12.1 x 8.5 cm.
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Lot 4: Circle of Ammi Phillips (1787-1865), American PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL SEATED IN A RED CHAIR, MARY ASH...?; Oil on canvas; signed with indecipherable adjoined script initials and dated 1828 verso, remains of a 20th Century inscribed label: "Mary ...
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Description: Circle of Ammi Phillips (1787-1865), American PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL SEATED IN A RED CHAIR, MARY ASH...?; Oil on canvas; signed with indecipherable adjoined script initials and dated 1828 verso, remains of a 20th Century inscribed label: "Mary ... Ash ... ?", the possible sitter, to the frame verso24" x 19.75" - 61 x 50.2 cm.Provenance: Philip Van Wyck, Wilton, Connecticut; By descent to the Estate of Katrina Wilson
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Lot 5: William Aiken Walker (1838-1921), American RURAL CABIN SCENE; Oil on board laid down on board; signed lower left6" x 12.25" - 15.2 x 31.1 cm.Provenance: Family Collection, Montreal;By descent to the present Private Collection, Toronto
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Description: William Aiken Walker (1838-1921), American RURAL CABIN SCENE; Oil on board laid down on board; signed lower left6" x 12.25" - 15.2 x 31.1 cm.Provenance: Family Collection, Montreal;By descent to the present Private Collection, Toronto
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