Blended media on Masonite portray from 1967 by Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1970), titled The Lobsterman (CA$53,100).
1993 enamel on board portray by Canadian folk artist Joe Norris (1924-1996), titled Hauling the Herring Nets (CA$21,240).
This 1978 latex and marker on Masonite portray by Canadian folk artist Joe Sleep (1914-1978), titled Cat, bought inside estimate for CA$5,900.
The shock lot of the auction was a uncommon and lovely circa 1900 diorama out of Lehigh Corners, Leeds County, Ontario, titled A Nice Disaster, Shoot Dat Canine (CA$8,260).
Circa Fifties oil on board portray by Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1970), titled Two Birds in Winter (CA$44,250).
Six paintings by Maud Lewis mixed for $184,680, whereas 4 authentic works by Joe Norris totaled $57,230 (Canadian). General, the auction grossed $432,260.
— Ethan Miller
NEW HAMBURG, ONTARIO, CANADA, October 26, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — As anticipated, the acclaimed Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1970) dominated the listing of high tons in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.’s online-only Folk Art auction on October 14th, however this time she shared the spotlight with two different Canadian luminaries – Joe Norris (1924-1996) and Joe Sleep (1914-1978). All three posted excessive {dollars}.
Six authentic paintings by Maud Lewis mixed to carry $184,680. They included a combined media on Masonite from 1967 titled The Lobsterman ($53,100); a Fifties oil on board titled Two Birds in Winter ($44,250); a Fifties combined media on scrap cardboard titled Canine Beneath Cherry Bushes ($32,450); a circa 1967-1967 combined media on Masonite titled Practice Station ($27,140); a circa 1964-1965 combined media on beaverboard titled Winter Sleigh Experience ($25,960); and a 1967 combined media on Masonite work titled White Cat with Flowers, Butterflies and Yarn ($24,780).
All costs quoted listed here are in Canadian {dollars} and embrace an 18 % purchaser’s premium.
4 authentic works by Joe Norris totaled $57,230. They included a 1993 enamel on board titled Hauling the Herring Nets ($21,240); a 1995 enamel on board titled Boat Touchdown ($17,700); a circa 1980 oil on canvas titled Canada Geese ($9,440); and an early twentieth century Victorian facet desk, later painted by the artist, with an autumn homestead in major colours on high ($8,850). A 1978 latex and marker on Masonite by Joe Sleep, titled Cat, bought inside estimate for $5,900.
“This specialised sale was a celebration of latest, post-1950 folk art,” mentioned Ethan Miller of Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. “It was thrilling to witness the help for each extremely acknowledged and rising artists. Maud Lewis, Joe Norris, Joe Sleep, Charlie Tanner, Collins Eisenhauer, Edmond Chatigny, Everett Lewis and Patricia Promaine have been only a few of the artists represented, and I’m fairly assured just a few benchmarks have been set for these artists in the auction.”
Mr. Miller added, “Patricia Promaine (1918 – 2012) who solely created roughly 200 items throughout her lifetime, is beginning to get the recognition she deserves. Her painstakingly detailed folk paintings have an identical aura to these of American folk grasp Grandma Moses.” Her portray, a hard-to-find circa 1980 busy village scene painted on canvas board, hammered down at $2,750.
“Whereas I count on that could be a new report, I imagine we’ll begin to see even larger costs from Ms. Promaine shifting ahead,” Mr. Miller commented. “We attempt to concentrate on the ‘higher and greatest’ examples of artists, and in doing so the market responds with driving distinctive outcomes. The works by Maud Lewis, Joe Norris, Charlie Tanner, Collins Eisenhaur and others bore this out.”
The 269-lot auction featured carvings and sculptures, paintings and drawings and strolling sticks. There was no stay in-gallery bidding, however 256 registered on-line bidders place a complete of 5,069 bids. On-line bidding was supplied by LiveAuctioneers.com and the Miller & Miller web site. Almost all tons (99 %) have been bought, and 58 % of the high 50 tons exceeded estimate. The full gross was $432,260, one other feather in the cap for one in all Canada’s premier auction homes.
The shock lot of the auction was a uncommon and lovely circa 1900 diorama out of Lehigh Corners, Leeds County, Ontario, titled A Nice Disaster, Shoot Dat Canine, which blasted via its $600-$900 estimate to complete at $8,260. The pine and glass cigar field diorama, depicting a black determine dressed in a striped shirt and rust-colored trousers sitting astride a donkey painted in a cream colour, was distinguished by unbelievable patina, design and element.
Maud Lewis has develop into one in all Canada’s most famous artists, the topic of quite a few monographs, novels, performs, documentaries, and even a characteristic movie. She was born into relative consolation and obscurity, and died in poverty, although having fun with nationwide fame. She overcame extreme bodily challenges to create a novel creative fashion, and sparked a growth in folk art in her dwelling province of Nova Scotia.
Although she hardly ever left her tiny home, her works have travelled round the world, and in the a long time since her demise, she has develop into an iconic determine, a logo of Nova Scotia, and a beloved character in the standard creativeness.
Joe Norris spent most of his life in the small hamlet of Decrease Prospect, Nova Scotia. He started portray in 1972, after a coronary heart assault compelled his early retirement from the fishing and development trades. His works depicted life alongside the seacoast, with scenes of wildlife, nature and landscapes painted in daring, saturated colours.
Norris’s work included painted chairs, tables and chests, in addition to his two-dimensional paintings. After his work was found in 1975 by Maine vintage seller Chris Huntington, Norris was capable of stay off of his earnings as an artist somewhat than incapacity from the authorities. Work by Joe Norris might be discovered in the collections of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Nationwide Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Museum of Historical past, and in many company and personal art collections throughout North America.
Joe Sleep grew up in Saint John, New Brunswick. He spent his life working in the fishing trade and as a jack-of-all-trades earlier than turning into a employee for the Invoice Lynch Reveals travelling carnival. It was not till 1973, when Sleep was hospitalized at the Halifax Infirmary, that he found his ardour for drawing. The nurses requested he draw posters for them, and supplied him with paper and art provides – a gesture that began him on his late-life profession as a painter.
Sleep later opened a small art studio on Argyle Road in Halifax. His folk art items integrated many supplies, together with latex, cardboard, canvas, Masonite, felt markers and even spray paint. Work by Joe Sleep is in the collections of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Dalhousie College Art Gallery, Nationwide Gallery of Canada and the Canadian Museum of Historical past.
Miller & Miller Auctions has back-to-back gross sales deliberate for Friday, October twenty seventh (Promoting & Americana) and Saturday, October twenty eighth (Promoting, Petroliana & Coin-Op). Each are on-line. Then, on Friday, November seventeenth, the agency will maintain a Luxurious Watches auction, additionally online-only.
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