heffel f ine Art Auction Auction ine Art h ouse post-war & contemporary art & contemporary post-war post-wAr & contemporAry Art Sale Wednesday, july 15, 2020 · 5 Pm · toronto i ii Post-wAr & contemPorAry Art Auction Wednesday, July 15, 2020 5 PM Post-War & Contemporary Art 7 PM Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art Design Exchange The Historic Trading Floor (2nd floor) 234 Bay Street, Toronto Located within TD Centre Previews Heffel Gallery, Vancouver 2247 Granville Street Saturday, June 20 through Tuesday, June 23, 11 am to 6 pm Galerie Heffel, Montreal 1840 rue Sherbrooke Ouest Thursday, July 2 through Saturday, July 4, 11 am to 6 pm Design Exchange, Toronto The Exhibition Hall (3rd floor), 234 Bay Street Located within TD Centre Friday, July 10 through Tuesday, July 14, 10 am to 6 pm Wednesday, July 15, 10 am to 1 pm Heffel Gallery Limited Heffel.com Departments Additionally herein referred to as “Heffel” consignments or “Auction House” [email protected] APPrAisAls CONTACT [email protected] Toll Free 1-888-818-6505 [email protected], www.heffel.com Absentee And telePhone bidding [email protected] toronto 13 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5R 2E1 shiPPing Telephone 416-961-6505, Fax 416-961-4245 [email protected] ottAwA subscriPtions 451 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6H6 [email protected] Telephone 613-230-6505, Fax 613-230-6505 montreAl CatAlogue subscriPtions 1840 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, Quebec H3H 1E4 Heffel Gallery Limited regularly publishes a variety of materials Telephone 514-939-6505, Fax 514-939-1100 beneficial to the art collector. 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Digital Imaging—Ward Bastian, Jasmin Daigle and Jared Tiller Catalogue Layout and Production—Kirbi Pitt and Clara Wong Catalogue Design—Peter Cocking boArd of directors Chairman In Memoriam—Kenneth Grant Heffel President—David Kenneth John Heffel coPyright Auctioneer License T83-3364318 and #20-116477 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in Vice-President—Robert Campbell Scott Heffel retrieval systems or transmitted in any form or by any means, Auctioneer License T83-3365303 and #20-116476 digital, photocopy, electronic, mechanical, recorded or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Heffel Gallery Limited. Printed in Canada by Friesens ISBN: 978-1-927031-40-7 Follow us: L I X contents 4 Preview and Auction Location 5 Auction Details Selling at Auction Buying at Auction General Bidding Increments Framing, Conservation and Shipping Written Valuations and Appraisals 7 Post-War & Contemporary Art Catalogue 106 Heffel Specialists 108 Terms and Conditions of Business 114 Property Collection Notice 115 Catalogue Abbreviations and Symbols 116 Catalogue Terms 116 Heffel’s Code of Business Conduct, Ethics and Practices 117 Annual Subscription Form 117 Collector Profile Form 118 Absentee Bid Form 119 Shipping Authorization Form for Property 120 Terms and Conditions for Shipping 121 Index of Artists by Lot Preview And Auction locAtion Preview and Auction Location Heffel recommends submitting an Absentee Bid Form to partic- ipate. Heffel also accepts telephone bidding, prioritized by the design exchAnge first received Telephone Bid Form and limited to available Tele- Preview: The Exhibition Hall (3rd floor) phone Bid Operators per Lot. Alternatively, Heffel now offers Live Auction: The Historic Trading Floor (2nd floor) Auction Online Bidding, subject to advanced registration and approval. All forms of bidding participation and registration must 234 Bay Street, Toronto be received by Heffel at least 24 hours prior to the commence- Located within TD Centre ment of the sale. Information on absentee and telephone bidding Saleroom Telephone 1-888-212-6505 appears on pages 5 and 118 of this publication. We recommend that you test your streaming video setup Auction Notice 30 minutes prior to our sale at: The Buyer and the Consignor are hereby advised to read fully the Terms and Conditions of Business and Catalogue Terms, www.heffel.tv which set out and establish the rights and obligations of the All Lots and additional images depicting the frame and verso Auction House, the Buyer and the Consignor, and the terms are available at: by which the Auction House shall conduct the sale and handle other related matters. This information appears on pages 108 www.heffel.com through 116 of this publication. Our Estimates are in Canadian funds. Exchange values are Please consult our online catalogue for information specifying subject to change and are provided for guidance only. Buying which works will be present in each of our preview locations at: 1.00 Canadian dollar will cost approximately 0.70 US dollar, 0.63 euro, 0.56 British pound, 0.66 Swiss franc, 74 Japanese yen www.heffel.com/auction/lotsbypreview_E.aspx or 5.4 Hong Kong dollars as of our publication date. Please note that we produce a live webcast of our sale com- mencing at 4:30 PM ET. If you are unable to attend our sale, 4 Auction detAils Selling at Auction Wire payments should be made to the Royal Bank of Canada as Heffel offers individuals, collectors, corporations and public per the account transit details provided on your invoice. All Cer- entities a full-service firm for the successful de-acquisition of tified Cheques, Bank Drafts and Personal or Corporate Cheques their artworks. Interested parties should contact us to arrange must be verified and cleared by the Auction House’s bank prior for a private and confidential appointment to discuss their pre- to all purchases being released. Credit Card payments are subject ferred method of disposition and to analyse preliminary auction to our acceptance and approval and to a maximum of $5,000 estimates, pre-sale reserves and consignment procedures. This if the Buyer is providing their Credit Card details by fax or to a service is offered free of charge. maximum of $25,000 per Lot purchased if paying online or if the If you are from out of town or are unable to visit us at our Credit Card is presented in person with valid identification. The premises, we would be pleased to assess the saleability of your Buyer is limited to two e-Transfers per Lot and up to a maximum artworks by mail, courier or e-mail. Please provide us with pho- of $10,000 per e-Transfer as per the instructions provided on tographic or digital reproductions of the artworks front and verso your invoice. In all circumstances, the Auction House prefers and information pertaining to title, artist, medium, size, date, payment by Bank Wire. provenance, etc. Representatives of our firm travel regularly to major Canadian cities to meet with Prospective Sellers. General Bidding Increments It is recommended that property for inclusion in our sale Bidding typically begins below the low estimate and arrive at Heffel at least 90 days prior to our auction. This allows generally advances in the following bid increments: time to photograph, research, catalogue and promote works and $50 – 300 $25 increments complete any required work such as re-framing, cleaning or con- $300 – 500 $50 servation. All property is stored free of charge until the auction; $500 – 2,000 $100 however, insurance is the Consignor’s expense. $2,000–5,000 $250 Consignors will receive, for completion, a Consignment Agree- $5,000–10,000 $500 ment and Consignment Receipt, which set forth the terms and fees $10,000–20,000 $1,000 for our services. The Seller’s Commission is the amount paid by the $20,000–50,000 $2,500 Consignor to the Auction House on the sale of a Lot, which is calcu- $50,000–100,000 $5,000 lated on the Hammer Price, at the rates specified in writing by the $100,000–300,000 $10,000 Consignor and the Auction House on the Consignment Agreement, $300,000–1,000,000 $25,000 plus applicable Sales Tax. Consignors are entitled to set a mutu- $1,000,000–2,000,000 $50,000 ally agreed Reserve or minimum selling price on their artworks. $2,000,000–3,000,000 $100,000 $3,000,000–5,000,000 $250,000 Buying at Auction $5,000,000–10,000,000 $500,000 All items that are offered and sold by Heffel are subject to our $10,000,000+ $1,000,000 published Terms and Conditions of Business, our Catalogue Terms and any oral announcements made during the course of our sale. Framing, Conservation and Shipping Heffel charges a Buyer’s Premium calculated on the Hammer Price as follows: a rate of twenty-five percent (25%) of the Hammer As a Consignor, it may be advantageous for you to have your art- Price of the Lot up to and including $25,000; plus twenty percent work re-framed and/or cleaned and conserved to enhance its (20%) on the part of the Hammer Price over $25,000 and up to saleability.