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International Discovery
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Mary McMaster mm@waddingtons.ca
PIERRE LEGRAIN, FRENCH ROSALIE, WORLD WAR I MAGAZINE COVER DESIGN,
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Mark Gleberzon mjg@waddingtons.ca
THÉO VAN RYSSELBERGHE PORTRAIT OF SURGEON SAMUEL JEAN POZZI
DANIEL KOPP
UNTITLED GREEN LANDSCAPE DETAIL
WŁADYSŁAW CHMIELIŃSKI
SLEIGH DRIVER
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AARON BOHRODAMERICAN
GALLOPING HORSE oil on board; signed 12 x 16 in — 30.5 x 40.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Evere Oehlschlager Gallery, Chicago, IL; Private Collection, Ontario
PETER MAX B AMERICAN PROFILE OF A WOMAN black ink drawing on kra paper; dated “99” and inscribed “Lou, Love Max” sight 17.5 x 16.5 in — 44.5 x 41.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Toronto, ON, acquired directly from the artist
JULIO AUGUSTO ZACHRISSON - PANAMANIAN
LA MASACRE etching on paper; signed and numbered 5/50 to margin; titled and inscribed “Zachrisson” in pencil verso plate 12.4 x 19.1 in — 31.4 x 48.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Toronto, ON, acquired from the artist’s agent in Panama in the late 1950s
OSSIP ZADKINERUSSIAN/FRENCH
THE SECRET WORLD OF ZADKINE hardcover limited first edition, uncut; editioned 66/100; includes original red silk portfolio with gold le ering on spine and front cover, housed in the original red cloth slipcase, published by Arted, Editions d’Art in 1966
15.25 x 11.5 in — 38.7 x 29.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario
PIERRE LEGRAIN - FRENCH
ROSALIE WORLD WAR I MAGAZINE
COVER DESIGN gouache, ink and collage on paper mounted to card; signed lower right and dated “16” sheet 18 x 12 in — 45.7 x 30.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
HANS ERNI - SWISS
THE FOUR SEASONS
FIRE WATER EARTH AIR
ERNI - four colour lithographs on BFK Rives watermarked paper; each signed and numbered 44/150 in pencil to margin images 20.5 x 17.1 in — 52.1 x 43.2 cm; sheets 25.6 x 19.6 in — 65 x 49.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
Sigurd Wingenorwegian
RAS etching on paper; signed, dated “49” and inscribed “tirée pour artiste” in pencil to margin sheet 17.3 x 25.6 in — 44 x 65 cm; plate 11.7 x 20.7 in — 29.7 x 52.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario
Finnish School Th Century
PORTRAIT OF A GIRL WEARING A HAT oil on board; a ributed to Ole Kandelin on nameplate, indistinctly titled “Viropalle Oleta” and dated “43”
26.75 x 19.75 in — 67.9 x 50.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario
Georges Rouaultfrench
LE CHRIST ET MAMMON CHRIST ET LES EXÉGÈTES FROM “PASSION ” CHAPON-ROUAULT aquatint in colours on wove paper; signed with monogram and dated in the plate lower right; from an edition of 245, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris plate 12.1 x 8.5 in — 30.7 x 21.6 cm; sheet 17.2 x 13.25 in — 43.7 x 33.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Gallery Moos Ltd., Toronto, ON as “Christ Among the Romans”; Private Collection, Ontario
Lester F Johnsonamerican
STREET SCENE WITH BUILDING STREET SCENE WITH GIRLS & BUILDING THREE GIRLS FROM “STREET SCENE” PORTFOLIO three colour screenprints on heavy wove paper; each signed, titled and numbered 67/175, 43/175 and 46/175 respectively in pencil to margins sheet 34 x 26 in — 78.1 x 58.4 cm; sheet 35 x 26 in — 88.9 x 66 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario
ANTON ROOSKENS - DUTCH
UNTITLED colour lithograph on wove paper; signed, dated “67” and numbered 101/250; Court Gallery Graphics blindstamp lower le margin sheet 16 x 18.25 in — 40.6 x 46.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario —
Reymond Romero B
VENEZUELAN
PICTOGRAMA mixed media with coloured thread on plywood; signed, titled and dated in black ink to backboard verso
19.5 x 23.25 in — 49.5 x 59.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Montreal, QC —
DANIEL KOPP B
AMERICAN
UNTITLED GREEN LANDSCAPE gouache on paper; signed verso sheet 14.1 x 20.1 in — 35.8 x 51 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
DANIEL KOPP B
AMERICAN
UNTITLED PINK LANDSCAPE gouache on paper; signed verso sheet 14.1 x 20.1 in — 35.8 x 51.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
CLAUDE BREEZE B CANADIAN THE MAN WHO TALKS TO THE WIND woodcut in black ink on Japon paper; signed, titled, dated “85/6” and numbered “4/8 Part 1” in pencil to margin block 8 x 5.4 in — 20.2 x 13.8 cm; sheet 14.3 x 10.2 in — 36.2 x 26 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario —
EMIL ORLÍK - CZECH
DÄMMERUNG II PLATE FROM “AUS JAPAN” GLÖCKNER etching with roule e and aquatint on so German laid paper with BSB watermark; signed in pencil to margin plate 6.4 x 4.6 in — 16.3 x 11.8 cm; sheet 10.4 x 8.1 in — 26.5 x 20.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Quebec —
Paul C Sar Helleufrench
LADY GAZING AT THE VIEWER CIRCA drypoint in black and colours on wove paper; signed sight 22.25 x 13.9 in — 56.5 x 35.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario
Paul C Sar Helleufrench
PORTRAIT OF A LADY CIRCA drypoint in black and colours on wove paper; signed sight 21.8 x 13.75 in — 55.4 x 34.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, ON; Private Collection, Ontario
PAUL CÉSAR HELLEU - FRENCH ÉLÉGANTE, CIRCA 1895 drypoint in black and colours on wove paper; signed sight 22.75 x 14 in — 57.8 x 35.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, ON; Private Collection, Ontario
PAUL CÉSAR HELLEU - FRENCH
LADY LOOKING TO HER RIGHT CIRCA drypoint in black and colours on wove paper; signed sight 22.25 x 13.9 in — 56.5 x 35.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario
RIO ALBANO - ITALIAN
PRACA PARIS
PARIS SQUARE IN RIO DE JANEIRO watercolour on paper; signed “Albano” at “Rio” lower right and titled lower le
11.75 x 17.75 in — 29.8 x 45.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Quebec
Y Gianni
TH/ TH CENTURY ITALIAN
BAY OF NAPLES
NEAPOLITAN STREET SCENE two watercolours on board; the first signed lower right, the second signed lower le each/sight 13.75 x 9.75 in — 34.9 x 24.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario
Reginald
GRANGE BRUNDRIT - BRITISH
THE VALE AT MASHAM oil on canvas; signed lower le and titled to nameplate; inscribed with partial title “... Masham” to top selvage verso 18 x 24 in — 45.7 x 61 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario —
UNIDENTIFIED TH CENTURY RUINE EHRENFELS ZUR ERINNERUNG AN STEIERMARK MINE LIFLENRK IN MURZSHAL watercolour on thick paper; signed indistinctly (Leynard?) and dated lower right; titled in pencil to backing verso sheet 6.6 x 10.25 in — 16.8 x 26 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Quebec —
Willem Oppenoorthdutch
COWS IN FARMYARD watercolour; signed lower right 12 x 18 in — 30.5 x 45.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Quebec
Benjamin Williams Leaderbritish
THE CHURCH AND HILLS
BETTWS-Y-COED SIC oil on board; signed and dated lower le ; signed and titled verso 12.25 x 17 in — 31.1 x 43.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario —
JWAN PETOWITSCH ORLOFF - RUSSIAN
KOSSACKS AUX RUSSLAND oil on panel; signed lower right; titled and inscribed “No. 4821/Art. No. 5/ Fr. No. 96” in pen and ink to label verso
6.25 x 12.5 in — 15.9 x 31.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Frederick Thom Gallery, Toronto, ON gallery label verso; Private Collection, Ontario
W Adys Aw Chmieli Skipolish
SLEIGH DRIVER oil on canvas; signed 20.1 x 24.2 in — 51.1 x 61.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario
THÉO VAN RYSSELBERGHEBELGIAN
PORTRAIT OF SURGEON SAMUEL JEAN POZZI gouache on paper; signed “Theo” lower right
2.6 x 2.4 in — 6.5 x 6 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
BERNARD SAFRANAMERICAN RECLINING NUDE oil on hardboard; signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “June 1983” verso 18 x 40 in — 45.7 x 101.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Vancouver, BC
JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER - AMERICAN
CHELSEA CIRCA GLASGOW photogravure with le ers in black ink on heavy textured paper; signed with monogram, titled and inscribed “An original Etching by J. MacNeill Whistler” in the plate; published by The Art Journal, J.S. Virtue & Co., Limited, London image 5 x 7.8 in — 12.8 x 19.7 cm; sheet 7.25 x 9.75 in — 18.4 x 24.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Zwicker’s Gallery, Halifax, NS label verso; Private Collection, Nova Scotia
CIRCLE OF FRANCESCO GUARDI - ITALIAN
FIGURES IN MOTION sepia ink on laid paper sheet 7.7 x 5.7 in — 19.5 x 14.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario
HANS ERNI - SWISS
PAUL VALERY RÉFLEXIONS SIMPLE SUR LE CORPS A BOOK IN FOLIO C book with twenty-five colour lithographs on Japon Nacre with tissue guards; each full sheet loose as issued, folded interior folio cover decorated with an embossed spider web design with gilt orb; contained in a vinyl-covered cardboard box, the interior lined with black velvet overall 17.75 x 13.25 x 2.5 in — 45.1 x 33.7 x 6.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Prince Edward Island; By descent from the Estate of Dr. JeanMarc Klein; By descent from the Estate of Paul Bernard Klein
LITERATURE
Cramer, 41
After Albrecht D Rergerman
ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM
HOLLAND engraving on wove laid paper plate 9.5 x 7.5 in — 24.2 x 19.1 cm; sheet 10.2 x 8 in — 25.9 x 20.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Ex. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Presgrave; Gi ed to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, in 1978; Deaccessioned to benefit art purchases at the AGO
Nathaniel Buck Activeand Samuel Buckbritish
THE EAST VIEW OF HIGHAM-FERRERSCOLLEGE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON engraving with le ers on laid paper, with watermark plate 7.9 x 14.6 in — 20 x 37.2 cm; sheet 10.5 x 16.9 in — 26.7 x 42.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Gi of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Presgrave to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto in 1979; Deaccessioned to benefit art purchases at the AGO
MICHEL LASNEJEAN MORIN - FRENCH
PORTRAIT DE HENRI DE BOURBON PRINCE DE CONDÉ RÉNE DE LONGUEIL MARQUIS DE MAISONS CIRCA engraving with le ers laid down to antique watermarked paper; etching and engraving with stippling on laid paper image 13 x 9.25 in — 33 x 23.5 cm; image 12.8 x 10.4 in — 33.5 x 26.6 cm
PROVENANCE
The Lasne: Bequest of Frank Darling to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto in 1923; The Morin: Ex. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Presgrave; Gi ed to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto in 1979;
Both deaccessioned to benefit art purchases at the AGO
Thomas Luptongiovanni Vendramini
AFTER SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY - BRITISH ITALIAN
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KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS DUCKWORTH K B mezzotint with le ers on paper; stipple engraving with le ers on paper sheet 15.7 x 12.6 in — 40 x 32.1 cm; image 15.6 x 12.5 in — 28 x 23.5 cm; sheet 16.1 x 12.9 in — 41 x 32.8 cm; image 12 x 10 in — 30.5 x 25.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Both gi ed to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Presgrave in 1979;
Deaccessioned to benefit art purchases at the AGO
ASHER BROWN DURANDAFTER HENRY INMANAMERICAN
JOHN MARSHALL LLD engraving with le ers; signed with facsimile signature “J. Marshall” plate 9.5 x 6.1 in — 24.1 x 15.6 cm; sheet 10.1 x 6.5 in — 25.7 x 16.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Gi ed to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Presgrave in 1978;
Deaccessioned to benefit art purchases at the AGO
SAMUEL WILLIAM REYNOLDS THE ELDER - AFTER JOSHUA REYNOLDS - BRITISH
GIRL’S HEAD LORD CARLISLE mezzotints with le ers on thick laid paper; the first dated and numbered “No. 11” in the plate, the second dated “Aug. 1821” in the plate; published by The Engraver, Bayswater, London sheet 8.9 x 6.3 in — 28 x 17.8 cm; image 11 x 7 in — 9.5 x 7.9 cm; sheet 11.4 x 7.2 in — 29 x 18.5 cm; image 3.7 x 3.1 in — 10.6 x 8.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Ex. Coll. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Presgrave; Gi ed to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto in 1979;
Deaccessioned to benefit art purchases at the AGO
SAMUEL WILLIAM REYNOLDS THE ELDER - AFTER JOSHUA REYNOLDS - BRITISH
LORD SOUTHAMPTON JOSEPH
DEANE BOURKE D D ARCHBISHOP OF TUAM RD EARL OF MAYO mezzotints with le ers on thick laid paper; the first published in 1820, the second numbered “Proof” in the plate and published in 1838 sheet 8.9 x 6.4 in — 32.2 x 23.8 cm; image 14 x 9.3 in — 13.7 x 10.8 cm; sheet 12.8 x 9.4 in — 35.8 x 23.7 cm; image 5.1 x 4 in — 13 x 10.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Ex. Coll. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Presgrave; Gi ed to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto in 1979;
Deaccessioned to benefit art purchases at the AGO
Jos Oliva Rodrigo B Spanish
YOUNG COUNTRY GIRL AT THE DOOR CIRCA oil on panel; signed “José Oliva” and dated indistinctly “75” lower right
10.75 x 6.25 in — 27.3 x 15.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Nova Scotia
Alessandro Saniitalian
THE KNITTING LESSON oil on canvas; signed upper right
13.25 x 16.5 in — 33.7 x 41.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Bu erfields, California, May 15, 2002, lot 3088 as “The Sewing Lesson”; From whom purchased by the present Private Collection, Ontario
HENRY EDWARD SPERNON TOZER - BRITISH
PEASANT WOMAN FETCHING WATER PEASANT WOMAN BY THE HEARTH WITH CATS watercolours, one mounted to card and the other to plywood; the first signed and dated to the horizontal cross beam upper le , the second signed and dated lower right each 9.75 x 13 in — 24.8 x 33 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario
FLORA MACDONALD REIDBRITISH
MOTHER AND CHILD oil on canvas; signed and dated lower le 18 x 24 in — 46 x 61 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario
HENRICUS ENGELBERTUS REIJNTJENS - DUTCH
A QUIET GAME oil on panel; signed and dated lower right 8.25 x 7 in — 21 x 17.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Garfield Galleries, Toronto, ON; Private Collection, Toronto, ON
P HUYGENS TH/ TH CENTURY DUTCH
SEATED CHILD WITH CARROTS STANDING CHILD WITH SPOON oils on panel; each signed each 12.25 x 5 in — 31.1 x 12.7 cm
PROVENANCE Private Collection, Ontario
Eugenio Benvenutiitalian
PREPARING THE WOOL watercolour laid down on card; signed sheet 9.9 x 15.9 in — 25.2 x 40.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario —
LUIGI G BALDERO
TH/ TH CENTURY SPANISH PLAYING CHESS oil on canvas; signed lower right 24 x 29 in — 61 x 73.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Winnipeg, MB —
CORNELIUS BOUTERGERMAN
MOTHER READING TO HER CHILDREN oil on canvas; signed 20 x 24 in — 50.8 x 61 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
CIRCLE OF MAURICE QUENTIN DE LA TOUR - FRENCH
GENTLEMAN AT HIS WRITING DESK oil on textured paper board
11.75 x 9.75 in — 29.8 x 24.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Estate Collection, Ontario
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