ONLINE AUCTION | October. 10 12:00pm - October. 20 12:00pm

FALL 2025 FINE ART AUCTION

Buyer's Premium: 

22% (2% discount on buyer's premium for payments by cash, debit, bank draft or certified cheque)

Gardner Galleries are delighted to have been entrusted to sell an important private collection of Canadian art with many highlights & works never before seen by the public, including a 1912 oil on board by J.E.H. MacDonald titled "Bathurst Street" painted 8 years before the Group of Seven formed, a stunning 1941 oil by Yvonne McKague Housser "The Little Clearing" and noted that the canvas for this sketch is housed in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada, an early art deco illustration oil on wood panel by Franz Johnston, two original works by Pegi Nicol MacLeod acquired directly from her estate and painted during her time in New York City, a rare mixed media by Polish/American artist Sigmund Menkes, together with works by Frank Milton Armington, Sherry Blanchard Stuart, a monumental oil on board by Gaetano de Martini, Ross Robertshaw, Lorie Shinko and much more, with additional details coming soon.  

We are now in the process of cataloging this important offering, if interested consigning to this auction please contact James Gardner who specializes in historical Canadian artwork and is a certified appraiser with the Canadian Association of Personal Property Appraisers by telephone (519-439-3333) or email (james@gardnergalleries.com).

 

Viewing

At Gardner Galleries by appointment the week of October 13th - please contact our gallery to set up a private viewing time.

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3201

JAMES EDWARD HERVEY (J.E.H.) MACDONALD

Titled verso "Bathurst Street", oil on paperboard circa 1912, certified by the artist's son Thoreau MacDonald in 1969, dimensions 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in); Provenance: from the personal collection

Starting Bid: $10000
3202

YVONNE MCKAGUE HOUSSER

Titled verso "The Little Clearing", signed lower left and dated 1941, also signed verso, oil on board, 30.5 x 40.6cm (12 x 16in); old handwritten label by the artist verso signed and inscribed "Nea

Starting Bid: $5000
3203

FRANZ JOHNSTON

"Untitled: Rowan Berries and Foliage", signed lower left, oil on panel laid down to pine backboard, the panel measures 30.5 x 12.1cm (12 x 4 3/4in), backboard 33.7 x 19.4cm (13 1/4 x 7 5/8in); vers

Starting Bid: $1000
3204

PEGI NICOL MACLEOD

"Untitled: New York City View with the Queensboro Bridge", oil on wood panel, 53.3 x 40.6cm (21 x 16in); Provenance: acquired from the estate of the artist; present private Ontario collection; also

Starting Bid: $3000
3205

SHERRY BLANCHARD STUART

A large-scale oil on canvas titled "Day Dreamer", signed lower left and dated 2000, also signed and dated verso, 76.2cm x 1.02m (30 x 40in); displayed in a custom frame measuring 1.05 x 1

Starting Bid: $300
3206

MARGARET DOROTHY SHELTON

Titled "The Cabin Under the Mountains", pencil signed to the lower right margin, woodcut on paper print in colours, dated 1944, sight 12.7 x 15.2cm (5 x 6in) - Margaret Dorothy Shelton, C

Starting Bid: $100
3207

TOM HODGSON

An original mixed media drawing on paper "Happy Birthday 21 Year Old" with dedication upper left written in watercolour and a charcoal portrait drawing, signed lower right, sight 57.2 x 4

Starting Bid: $300
3208

WILLIAM RONALD

"Untitled: Abstraction", signed and dated (19)72 lower left, watercolour on paper, sight 45.7 x 58.4cm (18 x 23in) - William Ronald Smith, 1926-1998, an important Canadian painter and member of the

Starting Bid: $300
3209

SIGMUND MENKES

"Untitled: Artist and Model", signed lower right, mixed media on paper including watercolour and gouache, sight 34.3 x 45.1cm (13 1/2 x 17 3/4in); Provenance: from a private Ontario colle

Starting Bid: $1000
3210

MARCO DE GASTYNE

"Untitled: French Landscape with Farmhouse", signed lower right, oil on canvas, 49.5 x 64.8cm (19 1/2 x 25 1/2in); Marco de Gastyne, French, 1889-1982; born as Marc Henri Benoist, the art

Starting Bid: $300
3211

RARE 18TH CENTURY QUEBEC ENGRAVING

Original historic 1797 hand-coloured engraving after Sir Hervey Smythe, 3rd Bt (1731-1811) titled in both English and French to the lower margin "A View of the Taking of Quebec, September 13th, 175

Starting Bid: $300
3212

THOMAS WESLEY MACLEAN

"Untitled: Near Madawaska", signed lower right, watercolour on paper, sight 26.7 x 35.6cm (10 1/2 x 14in) - Thomas Wesley MacLean, Canadian, 1881-1951

Starting Bid: $100
3213

ROSS ROBERTSHAW

Titled verso "Cabbagetown Lane", signed lower left, oil on masonite board, 30.5 x 40.6cm (12 x 16) - Ross Robertshaw, Canadian 1919-1986, a 20th century Toronto artist best known for his

Starting Bid: $300
3214

JOHN BEATTY NEWMAN

Mixed media drawing on paper including graphite and oil pastels depicting a sitting dancer, signed and inscribed "To Anna 2002" to the lower margin, sight 61 x 47cm (24 x 18 1/2in) - John

Starting Bid: $100
3215

LORIE SCHINKO

A large hand-painted glazed ceramic two-piece sculpture titled "Quilt Lady", depicting a woman with raised hands standing in front of a multi-coloured quilt, signed and dated 2001, overal

Starting Bid: $300
3216

FRANKLIN BROWNELL

Titled "Algonquin Park, Circa 1910", signed with initials lower right, watercolour on paper, sight 22.9 x 29.8cm (9 x 11 3/4in); Provenance: from the collection of Kathlyn Hinton and Dr.

Starting Bid: $300
3217

MONUMENTAL OIL BY GAETANO DE MARTINI

A large-scale oil on board measuring 94cm x 1.28m (37 x 50 1/2in) and depicting a vast desert ceremony with hundreds of people gathered with tents and buildings in the distance, signed lower left,

Starting Bid: $1000
3218

PEGI NICOL MACLEOD

"Untitled: Figures on a Street, New York City", signed and dated 1946 lower middle, watercolour on paper, sight 49.5 x 38.1cm (19 1/2 x 15in); Provenance: acquired from the estate of the artist, fr

Starting Bid: $500
3219

DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN

Large Brazilian soapstone "Face" carving with two turkey feathers, signed and dated 2014 verso, 34.9 x 22.9cm (13 3/4 x 9in); Provenance: acquired from Tane Art Gallery, Toronto, original

Starting Bid: $500
3220

JOHN WILLIAM (J.W.) BEATTY

A rare woodblock print on paper depicting a rural landscape scene, pencil signed to the lower right margin, sight 16.5 x 24.1cm (6 1/2 x 9 1/2in) - John William (J.W.) Beatty, 1869-1941, a well-kno

Starting Bid: $100
3221

JEAN ALAIN RAFFALLI

An incredibly large abstract oil on canvas, signed lower left and verso, the canvas is affixed to a wood stretcher measuring 1.78 x 1.29m (70 x 50 3/4in) - Jean Alain Raffalli, a Canadian postwar a

Starting Bid: $300
3222

FRANK ARMINGTON

Titled "Les Olivier au Soleil", signed and dated 1918 to the lower margin, watercolour and graphite on paper, sight 37.5 x 29.8cm (14 3/4 x 11 3/4in) - Franklin (Frank) Milton Armington,

Starting Bid: $300
3223

ERIC GOLDBERG

Titled "Circus Family", signed lower left, oil on masonite board, 34.9 x 45.7cm (13 3/4 x 18in); the artist's vintage Westmount, Quebec studio label verso; Eric Goldberg, Canadian, 1

Starting Bid: $100
3224

CARL FELLMAN SCHAEFER

Titled "Early Morning", pencil signed and dated (19)30, trial proof woodblock print in black and white, sight 10.2 x 9.2cm (4 x 3 5/8in) - Carl Fellman Schaefer, Canadian, 1903-1995

Starting Bid: $100
3225

SHERRY BLANCHARD STUART

Titled "Canyon Sunrise", signed and dated 1993 lower right, also signed and dated verso, oil on canvas, 61 x 91.4cm (24 x 36in) - Sherry Blanchard Stuart, American, born 1941, from the sa

Starting Bid: $300
3226

ALFRED JOSEPH (A.J.) CASSON

A complete set of four hand-signed artist proof prints including "Prelude", "Grey Day", "General Store" and "Autumn Afternoon", each pencil signed lower righ

Starting Bid: $300
3227

FRAN JENKINS

A massive soapstone carving in the form of an otter sitting on rock, signed to the base and dated (19)86, approximately 30.5cm (12in) high, 53.3cm (21in) wide, 30.5cm (12in) deep; weight 96lbs; Pro

Starting Bid: $500
3228

KLAUDY GYULA KOMARNOKY

"Untitled: Autumn Landscape", signed lower right, oil on jute canvas, 62.2 x 78.7cm (24 1/2 x 31in) - Klaudy Gyula Komarnoky, Hungarian, 1892 - circa 1935, the artist's paintings seldom come up for

Starting Bid: $100