This season, Cowley Abbott’s offerings of early Canadian paintings and works on paper provided collectors the opportunity to bid upon examples that represented our country’s creators starting from Confederation. These examples excited collectors throughout our previews and drove bidders to raise their paddles high (in the auction gallery, on the telephone and online), pressing several of the works of art to exceed pre-sale expectation.
The Bridge Builders, Construction, Bloor Street Viaduct, 1915
Bilking the Toll Gate, 1869
On the Terrace, circa 1898
Lumber Raft on the Ottawa, 1886
Green and Brown, Boston Corners, 1917
