Spring is one of the pinnacles of the yearly auction calendar, and this May is no exception! Join us for a series of exciting auctions – and we hope to see you in person at one of our previews! More information can be found on our website – link in bio.
Our offices will be closed on Monday, May 18 for Victoria Day. (We're praying for weather as good as the balmy day depicted in this painting by Philip Surrey!)
Our three Major Spring Auctions are now available for bidding – we hope you'll enjoy browsing or bidding over the long weekend.
We look forward to reconnecting with you on Tuesday.
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Lot 17
Philip Henry Howard Surrey, RCA (1910-1990)
LA PLAGE, ILE BIZARD, 1966
Included in our Major Spring Auction of Canadian & International Fine Art
Here we go! Our three Major Spring Auctions are now available for bidding! Our Canadian & International Fine Art Auction includes Lawren Harris’ “Lake Superior Sketch, VI”, a powerful work from the height of his landscape career.
Hit the link in our bio to bid or browse all three auctions.
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Lot 10
Lawren Stewart Harris (1885-1970), Canadian
LAKE SUPERIOR SKETCH, VI, CA. 1925-1928
Fire up those wishlists! Our Fine Spirits and Fine Wine auctions are available for previewing on our website. Both auctions will be open for bidding May 25 – June 2, but it's never too early to make plans!
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“”Somewhere”, circa 1942, reflects Emily Carr’s focus on the spiritual, an attempt to depict the life force within the forest itself. An artist at the height of her powers, in this painting, Carr animates and unifies the entire scene through rhythmic, translucent layers of dry brushwork. To achieve this, she had replaced watercolours with a new material inspired in part by the pragmatics of cheaper materials: using gasoline to thin her oil paints, Carr discovered that the density and viscosity of the medium allowed her to quickly achieve an expressive summary of the scenes in front of her.”
Thank you to Lisa Baldissera for contributing this text. Baldissera has worked in curatorial roles in public art galleries in Western Canada since 1999, including Senior Curator (Contemporary Calgary), Chief Curator (Mendel Art Gallery) and Curator of Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. She has produced more than seventy exhibitions of local, Canadian, and international artists and holds MFAs in Creative Writing (UBC), Art (University of Saskatchewan) and a PhD in Art Writing and Curating (Goldsmiths College). She is the author of Emily Carr: Art and Life (Art Canada Institute) and Convoluted Beauty: In the Company of Emily Carr (Mendel Art Gallery). She is currently the Director of Griffin Art Projects in North Vancouver, BC.
Showcasing a curated selection of outstanding Canadian and international artworks, our Major Spring Auction of Canadian and International Art will feature important pieces by Emily Carr, Lawren Harris, David Milne, Alfred Joseph Casson, Walter Joseph Phillips, Jack Bush, and E.J. Hughes. Highlights from the international selection include works by Jules Olitski, Karel Appel, Rudolf Ernst, and Edward Seago.
Please contact us for more information.
Online bidding is available May 14 to May 28, 2026.
Public previews are available May 20 through May 26, or by appointment. Visit our website for viewing times.
The present carving, lot 318, is one of over fifty exceptional works in our Major Spring Auction of Inuit Art from the lifetime collection of dedicated collector and influential advocate of Inuit art, Dr. Norman Epstein.
Among the first generation of passionate Canadian collectors of Inuit sculpture, Dr. Epstein acquired his first artwork from the Canadian Guild of Crafts Shop in Montreal in 1956. He would go on to purchase important Inuit artwork guided by pioneering figures in the Canadian art scene including Avrom Isaacs, Harold Seidelman, and M.F. (Budd) Feheley. Dr. Epstein however remained true to his own sensibilities and personal preferences, building a varied collection around themes such as mothers and children, miniature ivories, and depictions of bears. Notably his collection was almost solely composed of sculpture, preferring the medium’s “tactility” and “spiritual warmth” over Inuit graphics.
Featuring artworks from the pioneering collection of Dr. Norman Epstein alongside selections from the Lavrov-Costakis collection of historical art, highlights from our Major Spring auction of Inuit Art include significant works by Karoo Ashevak, Pauta Saila, Augustin Anaittuq, Nuna Parr, Tudlik, Kenojuak Ashevak, David Ruben Piqtoukun, John Tiktak, Davie Atchealak, Pierre Karlik, and other notable artists, as well an important collection of ancient Arctic ivories.
Please contact us for more information.
Online bidding is available May 14 to May 28, 2026.
Public previews are available May 20 through May 26, or by appointment. Visit our website for viewing times.
Happy Mother's Day! Today is a day to remember the many forms of care, guidance, and support that shape our lives – from mothers and others!
Pictured here is a sculpture by the *mother of Inuit art,* Kenojuak Ashevak, which is included in our Major Spring Auction of Inuit Art, May 14-28.
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Kenojuak Ashevak ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013), Kinngait (Cape Dorset)
MOTHER AND THREE CHILDREN, CA. 1975
Interested in selling your Modern, Post-War & Contemporary art?
We're looking for a few additional pieces to feature alongside works by James Wilson Morrice, John Geoffrey Caruthers Little, Alec Monopoly, Jean Carzou, Albert Henry Robinson, Doris Jean McCarthy, Charles Camoin, John Hartman, Joe Fafard, and more.
Contact us for a complimentary auction estimate: [email protected]
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David Jones (1895-1974), British
MEHEFIN, 1930
Sold at Waddington's, January 2026
Realised: $80,050
Our Major Spring auctions are here! Get a first look at the preview galleries for our Inuit Art, First Nations Art, and Canadian & International Fine Art auctions. Online bidding opens May 14 and runs through May 28.
Preview the auctions in person at our Toronto location, May 20 through May 27.
Our Major Spring auctions are here! Get a first look at the preview galleries for our First Nations Art, Canadian & International Fine Art, and Inuit Art auctions. Online bidding opens May 14 and runs through May 28.
Preview the auctions in person at our Toronto location:
Wednesday, May 20 from 10 am to 5 pm
Thursday, May 21 from 10 am to 7 pm
Friday, May 22 from 10 am to 5 pm
Saturday, May 23 from 12 pm to 4 pm
Sunday, May 24 from 12 pm to 4 pm
Monday, May 25 from 10 am to 5 pm
Tuesday, May 26 from 10 am to 5 pm
Wednesday, May 27 from 10 am to 5 pm
Our Major Spring auctions are here! Get a first look at the preview galleries for our Canadian & International Fine Art, Inuit Art, and First Nations Art auctions. Online bidding opens May 14 and runs through May 28.
Preview the auctions in person at our Toronto location:
Wednesday, May 20 from 10 am to 5 pm
Thursday, May 21 from 10 am to 7 pm
Friday, May 22 from 10 am to 5 pm
Saturday, May 23 from 12 pm to 4 pm
Sunday, May 24 from 12 pm to 4 pm
Monday, May 25 from 10 am to 5 pm
Tuesday, May 26 from 10 am to 5 pm
Wednesday, May 27 from 10 am to 5 pm
Final hours to bid in our Editions auction! Beginning to close at 2 pm ET, the auction includes pieces for novice and seasoned collectors alike, with artworks by David Hockney, Jack Bush, Marc Chagall, Alex Katz, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder and Andy Warhol. Also featured is a strong selection of Walter Joseph Phillips’ woodcuts, etchings and a monotype by David Blackwood, as well as prints and multiples by William Kurelek, Roy Lichtenstein, Le Corbusier, Alfred Joseph Casson and Christopher Pratt.
We invite you to browse or bid this exciting auction – link in bio.
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Lot 49
Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994), DISTANT JOURNEY, 1983
