• International Art Spring Live Auction Results

    Cowley Abbott’s international art department has continued to grow steadily over the past five years, attracting artwork of note by artists globally to a collecting audience across Canada and beyond. Importantly, these offerings are providing an opportunity for Canadian collectors to acquire international artworks within our borders, while also serving our clients around the globe. This season provided a focused grouping of paintings, works on paper and sculpture from artists around the world, with representation from the United States, France, Spain and Mexico. The quality and rarity of these works attracted determined strategy from bidders, leading to another season of strong results.

    Gene Davis
    Hell’s Calendar #3
    Andy Warhol
    Turtle (F&S II.360A), 1985
    Jessie Willcox Smith
    Study for a Portrait
    Andy Warhol
    Wayne Gretzky #99 (F&S II.306)
    Eugenio Fernández Granell
    Characters Coming Out of the Clouds, 1974

  • Group of Seven Spring Live Auction Results

    The Group of Seven were represented strongly in the Cowley Abbott spring live auction last week with eight of the ten members of the celebrated association featured. Many of the exceptional Group artworks made their auction debut, inspiring fierce bidding and driving strong results. Here are some of the artworks by the Group that excited collectors during the spring sale.

    Franklin Carmichael
    Old Orchard, 1940
    Alfred Joseph Casson
    The Village Store, Bradford, circa 1928
    Lawren Harris
    Northern Lake, circa 1925
    J.E.H. MacDonald
    Church by the Sea, N.S., 1922
    Arthur Lismer
    Light Breaking Through, Lake Superior, 1927
    Frank Hans Johnston
    Along the Line, Algoma, 1918
    A.Y. Jackson
    Reflections in the Creek, circa 1914

  • Marcelle Ferron & Female Artists – Spring Live Auction

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    Eryn Brobyn Discusses the Artworks of Marcelle Ferron in the Live Auction

    Foremost Canadian Female Artists in the Spring Live Auction

    Rita Letendre Sans titre, 1965
    Emily Carr Fir Trees, circa 1935
    Frances Anne Hopkins Canoes in a Fog, Lake Superior, 1864
    Marcelle Ferron Sans titre, 1964
    Wanda Koop Standing Withstanding (Infrared-Still); Standing Withstanding (Infrared-Capital), 2017
    Marcelle Ferron Sans titre, circa 1962
    Lise Gervais Sans titre, 1961
    Alexandra Luke Exanimo
    (From the Heart), 1954
    Pegi Nicol MacLeod School Garden, circa 1933

  • J.E.H. MacDonald Church by the Sea, N.S., 1922

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    Watch Rob Cowley Highlight “Church by the Sea, N.S.” 1922 by J.E.H. MacDonald
    J.E.H. MacDonald Church by the Sea, N.S., 1922

  • Emily Carr’s “Fir Trees”, circa 1935

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    View Rob Cowley’s Video Highlighting “Fir Trees”, circa 1935 by Emily Carr

    Celebrated Female Artists Featuring Emily Carr

    Cowley Abbott is delighted to share Fir Trees, circa 1935 by Emily Carr this auction season. Carr’s oil on paper sketches are amongst her most important contributions to Canadian art. No other Canadian painter explored the idea of the sketch more intensely and brilliantly than Emily Carr and this work is a prime example. 

    Cowley Abbott is very proud to be entrusted with a strong selection of works by Canadian and international female artists in the Spring Live Auction of Select Masterworks of Canadian and International Art on May 28th. We hope you will visit our auction preview at the Toronto gallery to enjoy these artworks. 

    Emily Carr, Fir Trees, circa 1935
    Fern Isabel Coppedge Autumn Scene
    Lise Gervais Le double anneau dans l’oeil
    Rita Letendre Sans titre
    Marcelle Ferron Sans titre
    Maud Lewis Two Fishermen
    Frances Anne Hopkins Canoes in a Fog,
    Lake Superior
    Alexandra Luke Exanimo
    (From the Heart)
    Pegi Nicol MacLeod School Garden
    Jessie Willcox Smith Study for a Portrait