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Winter Morning, Tom Thomson

J oyner Waddington's Winter Morning by Tom Thomson (1877-1917). "Winter Morning". oil on panel, 21.3 cms X 26.3 cms. Tom Thomson. From Joyner Canadian Fine Art catalogue, Nov. 24 2009 Painted 1915; oil on board; 21.3 cm by 26.3 cm Est. $800,000 ...

From JAMES ADAMS, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

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The Old Stump, Lake Superior by Lawren Harris

H effel Fine Art Auction House The Old Stump, Lake Superior by Lawren Harris (1885-1970) The Old Stump, Lake Superior. oil on board, 30.5 X 38.1 cm.Lawren HarrisHeffel Fine Art Auction House Catalogue, Nov. 26, 2009 Painted 1926; oil on board, 30.5 cm ...

From JAMES ADAMS, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

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Thomson, Harris works kick off fall auction season

The adage “a great painting always fetches a great price” gets tested this evening, one year after the onset of the financial crisis that threatened to topple the world's economies. The occasion? The start of the live fall auction season of important ...

From JAMES ADAMS, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sotheby's,  Tom Thomson,  Emily Carr,  Lawren Harris

Lake Superior Sketch III, Lawren Harris

L ake Superior Sketch III by Lawren Harris (1885-1970) Lake Superior Sketch III, oil on board, 30.5 X 38.1 cm. Lawren Harris. From Sotheby's Catalogue, Dec. 3, 2009 Painted Mid-1920s; oil on board; 30.5 cm by 38.1 cm Est. $300,000 to $500,000 On sale ...

From JAMES ADAMS, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lawren Harris,  Sotheby's

Alan Jarvis: wit, charm, looks – and a fatal flaw

You don't hear much about Alan Jarvis these days. His dying an emaciated alcoholic in a Toronto apartment 37 years ago probably has something to do with it. But in the 1950s, Alan Hepburn Jarvis was something – and something to behold. “The most ...

From JAMES ADAMS, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Robertson Davies,  CBC,  David Milne,  Alistair Cooke,  Vivien Leigh

The AGO's greatest hits

T he Art Gallery of Ontario's best-attended shows: Treasures of Tutankhamun. Attendance of 750,000. Ran Nov. 1, 1979 to Dec. 31, 1979 The Barnes Exhibit. Attendance of 600,000. Ran Sept. 17, 1994 to Jan. 1, 1995 The Courtauld Collection. Attendance of 30 ...

From JAMES ADAMS, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

King Tut's vital statistics

9 Age when Tutankhamun, circa 1332 BC, became pharaoh of Egypt. He would reign for about a decade. 250 The maximum number of persons the AGO plans to admit every 30 minutes. 2005 The year the mummified remains of Tutankhamun were subjected to a CT scan ...

From JAMES ADAMS, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Zahi Hawass,  National Geographic

Tutankhamun: gambling on the bling king's golden touch

By Khnum's potter's wheel, Canadians of a certain vintage can be forgiven for thinking it was only yesterday that thousands of people from here, there and everywhere were lining up outside the Art Gallery of Ontario, keen to gaze upon 55 objects ...

From JAMES ADAMS, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Steve Martin,  Michael Jackson,  Frank Gehry,  BMW

Ritchies documents reveal $8.5-million debt

I t appears pickings will be slim for clients seeking satisfaction from Toronto-based Ritchies Auctioneers, which even before being forced into bankruptcy in late October was in severe financial distress. On Monday, documents presented by the trustee in ...

From JAMES ADAMS, Globe and Mail,  16 Nov 2009

J.M.W. Turner oil may leave Canada in U.S. sale

A small, moody painting by the English master J.M.W. Turner that's been in private hands in Canada for almost a century has had its planned export to the United States delayed until early next year. The painter's owner is hoping to sell it there, either ...

From JAMES ADAMS, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sotheby's,  Steve Wynn,  Metropolitan Museum of Art,  David Thomson,  Thomson Reuters

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