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From rare 1880s watercolours by Frances Anne Hopkins to an electric diptych by Wanda Koop, the Cowley Abbott spring live auction featured rare and important work from celebrated female Canadian artists, spanning more than 150 years of creation. Regardless of the period of the artwork, the rarity and quality of the paintings and works on paper invited spirited bidding with several works well exceeding their estimates. 

Marcelle Ferron
Sans titre, 1964
Emily Carr
Fir Trees, circa 1935
Frances Anne Hopkins
Canoes in a Fog, Lake Superior, 1864
Rita Letendre
Sans titre, 1965
Wanda Koop
Standing Withstanding (Infrared-Still); Standing Withstanding (Infrared-Capital), 2017
Lise Gervais
Le double anneau dans l’oeil, 1964