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Lawren Stewart Harris (1885-1970), Canadian
NORTH SHORE, LAKE SUPERIOR, CA. 1927
Estimate: $2,000,000—3,000,000
Price Realised: $4,392,750

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Historical Canadian Art

BEGINS TO CLOSE:
August 28 at 2 PM ET

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Frederick Arthur Verner (1836-1928), Canadian
MISTY MORNING, 1881
Estimate: $3,000—5,000

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Modern, Post-War & Contemporary Art

BEGINS TO CLOSE:
October 9 at 3 PM ET

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François Gall (1912-1987), French/Hungarian
À LA BELLE SAISON (EUGÉNIE ALLONGÉE DANS UNE PRAIRIE), CA. 1980
Price Realised: $7,680

ONLINE AUCTION

Editions

BEGINS TO CLOSE:
October 30 at 2 PM ET

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William Kurelek, RCA (1927-1977), Canadian
FISHING (FROM THE SPORTS PORTFOLIO), 1977
Estimate: $500—700

ONLINE AUCTION

Major Fall Auction: Canadian & International Fine Art

BEGINS TO CLOSE:
November 27 at 8 PM ET

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976), American
RED SERPENT, 1965
Estimate: $80,000—100,000

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Photographs, June 2025

Edward Burtynsky
SHIPBREAKING #1, CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH, 2000
Price Realised: $8,750

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Major Spring Auction: Canadian & International Fine Art, May 2025

Jack Bush
SOLO SOPRANO #1, 1975 [STANNERS 3.29.1975.23]
Price Realised: $208,150

Solo Soprano #1, © Estate of Jack Bush / CARCC Ottawa 2025

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Modern, Post-War & Contemporary Art, June 2024

Norval Morrisseau
SPRING SEASON CYCLE OF FOWL, ANIMAL, FISH, BIRDS, 1991
Price Realised: $47,110

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Canadian & International Fine Art, May 2024

Jean Paul Lemieux
LA JEUNE FILLE AU VOILE BLEU, CA. 1962
Price Realised: $354,550

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Waddington’s has been a major force in the Canadian art market for over five decades, beginning with our first auction of Canadian Fine Art held at the Queen Elizabeth Building at the CNE in 1967. Since then we have offered countless important and major Canadian works of art, set record prices and are regarded as the source for buying and selling exceptional Canadian Art.

Notable Sales

Lawren Stewart Harris

NORTH SHORE, LAKE SUPERIOR, CA. 1927

November 28, 2024

Estimate $2,000,000-$3,000,000

Realised: $4,392,750

Lawren Stewart Harris

LATE SUN, NORTH SHORE, LAKE SUPERIOR, 1924

June 01, 2023

Estimate $300,000-$500,000

Realised: $270,750

Philip Henry Howard Surrey

RUE NOTRE DAME OUEST, MONTREAL, CA. 1975

October 10, 2024

Estimate $4,000-$6,000

Realised: $18,750

Takao Tanabe

COMES NOW THE SPRING WITH ALL HER FAIR ARRAYS, 1958

November 28, 2024

Estimate $6,000-$8,000

Realised: $21,250

James Wilson Morrice

NUDE, CA. 1896

November 28, 2024

Estimate $40,000-$60,000

Realised: $61,750

Lawren Stewart Harris

AUTUMN, DESIGN FOR A PANEL, CA. 1936

November 28, 2024

Estimate $30,000-$50,000

Realised: $80,050

Kent Monkman

Study for the Academy

November 18, 2019

Estimate $40,000-$50,000

Realised: $108,000

Rita Letendre

UNTITLED, 1976

November 30, 2023

Estimate $15,000-$25,000

Realised: $43,950

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Historical Canadian Art

Auction begins to close:
August 28, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET

On View:
Monday, August 25 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday, August 26 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

This auction features early Canadian artworks from the 19th and early 20th century by artists such as Cornelius Krieghoff, Frederick Verner, George Agnew Reid, Laura Muntz Lyall, Estelle Kerr, and Sir William Van Horne. From visual accounts of the landscape by William Armstrong and Otto Reinhold Jacobi to bronzes of pioneers by Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, this auction provides a glimpse of pre- and post-confederate Canada as seen by European settlers.

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Frederick Arthur Verner (1836-1928), Canadian
MISTY MORNING, 1881
Estimate: $3,000—5,000

Auction Details

Photographs

Auction begins to close:
October 09, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET

On View:
Monday, October 06 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday, October 07 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

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André Kertész (1894-1985), Hungarian/American
CHEZ MONDRIAN, 1926
Estimate: $2,500—3,500

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Modern, Post-War & Contemporary Art

Auction begins to close:
October 09, 2025 at 3:00 pm ET

On View:
Monday, October 06 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday, October 07 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

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François Gall (1912-1987), French/Hungarian
À LA BELLE SAISON (EUGÉNIE ALLONGÉE DANS UNE PRAIRIE), CA. 1980
Price Realised: $7,680

Auction Details

Editions

Auction begins to close:
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET

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William Kurelek, RCA (1927-1977), Canadian
FISHING (FROM THE SPORTS PORTFOLIO), 1977
Estimate: $500—700

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Major Fall Auction: Canadian & International Fine Art

Auction begins to close:
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 pm ET

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976), American
RED SERPENT, 1965
Estimate: $80,000—100,000

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Seeking Consignments

We are accepting consignments of Canadian art for our upcoming auctions. Below is a short list of artists we are actively seeking. Please contact us to discuss consignment opportunities of works by these or other artists in your collection.