Artist: Charles Fraser Comfort
Title: SUMMER CABIN, GEORGIAN BAY
Date: 1958
Medium: oil on board
Dimensions: 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Notes:
signed lower right; titled verso
Exhibited: The Women’s Committee of the Art Gallery of Toronto (now Art Gallery of Ontario)
Provenance: Former collection of Ted and Phyllis Godwin, Calgary AB
LOT: 48
Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Berthe Des Clayes
Title: LITTLE FARM ON THE RIVER (THE RED MAPLE)
Medium: pastel on paper
Dimensions: 7.75 x 9.5 in. (19.7 x 24.1 cm)
Notes:
signed lower right; titled on the original backing and alternately on the gallery label verso
Provenance: Watson Galleries, Montreal QC
LOT: 49
Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: John William Beatty
Title: ALONG SHORE GRANBY (LAKE ONTARIO)
Date: 1928
Medium: oil on wood panel
Dimensions: 10 x 13.75 in. (25.4 x 34.9 cm)
Notes:
signed & dated lower left; titled verso and on the artist’s label
Exhibited: Memorial Exhibition (November 1942), Art Gallery of Toronto (now Art Gallery of Ontario)
Provenance: Former collection of Ted and Phyllis Godwin, Calgary AB; Sotheby’s Canada/Ritchies, Toronto ON (May 2003); Former collection of Leonard Eldon (L. E.) Shore (1902-1989) – inscription verso indicates the painting was purchased in 1967; Roberts Gallery, Toronto ON (label verso)
LOT: 50
Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Albert Henry Robinson
Title: SHIPPING ON THE ST. LAWRENCE
Date: 1910
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 13.25 x 16.25 in. (33.7 x 41.3 cm)
Notes:
signed & dated lower left
Provenance: Kaspar Gallery, Toronto ON (inventory number verso, original labels noted on conservation report); Former collection of C. J. Woods, Edmonton AB; Private collection, Calgary AB
Note: Conservation completed August 2003 by Cyndie M. Lack, BFA, MAC, CAPC, CAC (detailed report included).
LOT: 51
Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Georges Braque
Title: LE VIADUC DE L'ESTAQUE
Date: ca 1950
Medium: engraving with aquatint in colour on BFK Rives paper; ed. #92/150
Dimensions: sheet size: 22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm) plate size: 16.5 x 20.5 in. (41.9 x 52.1 cm)
Notes:
signed in pencil lower right; editioned in pencil lower left (below impression)
Reference: Orozco 776; not in Vallier
Note: Between 1906 and 1910, Braque travelled to the port of L’ Estaque, in the south of France. This etching was produced after the original painting of the same title (1907), that was created during this trip. At this time, Braque was influenced by the art of Cézanne and the Fauvists, which is evident in his colour palette, though Braque manipulated the planes in his own style, which soon moved to Cubism.
LOT: 52
Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Marc Chagall
Title: BOUQUET JAUNE ET ROUGE
Date: 1974
Medium: colour lithograph on Arches paper; ed. #9/50
Dimensions: sheet size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm) image size: 25.5 x 19 in. (64.8 x 48.3 cm)
Notes:
signed in pencil lower right; editioned in pencil lower left; titled in pencil lower centre verso
Publisher: Maeght, Paris
Reference; Mourlot 711
Provenance: Former collection of Hon. Elaine J. McCoy Q.C. and Miles H. Patterson, Q.C. (Ottawa ON / Calgary AB).
LOT: 53
Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Joan Miro
Title: FISSURES NO. 8
Date: 1969
Medium: colour etching with aquatint and brush bite lavis wash on BFK Rives paper; ed. HC XIV/XX
Dimensions: 19.25 x 23 in. (48.9 x 58.4 cm)
Notes:
signed in pencil lower right; editioned in pencil lower left verso
Publisher: Maeght, Paris
Reference: Dupin – Miro Graveur 472
Provenance: William Weston Gallery, London UK
Note: Etched and printed at the studio of Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris. Issued in the series: “Fissures”, Maeght Editeurs 1969.
LOT: 54
Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: DON QUIXOTE
Date: 1980
Medium: patinated metal bas relief sculpture (gold edition); ed. #M10/125
Dimensions: 26.5 x 18.75 in. (67.3 x 47.6 cm)
Notes:
signed in the master mold lower right; inscribed with the edition number lower left; stamped “Dalart N. V. Copyright 1980” on felt verso; with original hanging hardware
Publisher: Martin Lawrence Ltd. Editions (Martin Lawrence Galleries), Van Nuys, CA. Martin Lawrence was the publisher of numerous Dali works between approximately 1975 and 1980.
Note: Housed in the publisher’s original maroon velvet gallery presentation box, lettered in gold on the front cover. This work was produced in several precious metal finishes. The information from the publisher on the inside cover lists the various patinas and editions. The publisher states: “The master mould used in the execution of these sculptures has been destroyed.” This work is documented by archivist Albert Field and is registered in the Salvador Dali Archives.
LOT: 55
Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Jean Cocteau
Title: ORPHÉE (ORPHEUS)
Date: 1952
Medium: colour lithograph on BFK Rives paper; ed. E. A.
Dimensions: sheet size: 25.5 x 19.5 in. (64.8 x 49.5 cm) image size: 24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm)
Notes:
signed in pencil lower right; editioned in pencil lower left
LOT: 56
Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Erte (Romain de Tirtoff)
Title: DUETTO
Date: 1989
Medium: bronze; ed. #180/200
Dimensions: 18.75 x 20 x 6.75 in. (47.6 x 50.8 x 17.1 cm), overall size including original stone plinth
Notes:
signed, dated & editioned in the cast; stamped with “Sevenarts Ltd London” foundry mark
Provenance: Dyansen Gallery, Maui HI
Note: This piece is accompanied by the original certificate, appraisal and folder of information from the gallery. The acrylic art deco style stand used to display the bronze is included (Height: 35 in.).
LOT: 57
Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
