Graham Coughtry Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Graham Coughtry Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 31, 2024
John Graham Coughtry (1931-1999), UNTITLED (ABSTRACT FORMS); UNTITLED (BURGUNDY), 1981
Est: $400 - $600
John Graham Coughtry (1931-1999), Canadian UNTITLED (ABSTRACT FORMS); UNTITLED (BURGUNDY), 1981 1) Untitled (Abstract Forms) signed, dated, and editioned "Studio Proof 1/2"; printed by Jerry Shiner at The Art Printer, Toronto, with blindstamp 29 x 22.25 in — 73.7 x 56.5 cm 2) UNTITLED (BURGUNDY), 1981 signed, dated, and editioned "Bon à tirer"; printed by Jerry Shiner at The Art Printer, Toronto, with blindstamp 29.75 x 22 in — 75.5 x 55.75 cm Estimate: $400—600 CAD
Waddington's
Oct. 31, 2024
John Graham Coughtry (1931-1999), UNTITLED (RECLINING FIGURE), 1982
Est: $200 - $300
John Graham Coughtry (1931-1999), Canadian UNTITLED (RECLINING FIGURE), 1982 initialed, dated "82", and numbered 9/26 Estimate: $200—300 CAD
Waddington's
Aug. 16, 2024
John Graham COUGHTRY (1931-1999) Canadian
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
John Graham COUGHTRY (1931-1999) ; Moonlight Inside ; May of 1957 ; oil on canvas ; dimensions 103 x 113 cm (40 1/2 x 44 1/2 in.) ; signed and dated lower right corner ; Exhibition: Greenwich Gallery - January 30th - February 20th, 1959 N.8 ; Shipping to USA - DHL $735 , National post with tracking service $425 / Shipping to EU, Middle Assia - DHL $545 , National post with tracking service $375
Art-Torg
Jun. 23, 2024
Graham Coughtry, Figure, 26/28 1982
Est: $500 - $600
Graham Coughtry (Canadian 1931 - 1999), lithograph, untitled "Figure" 26/28 1982. Very large lithograph of a loosely lounging figure.
4th Meridian Fine Art
Jun. 20, 2024
John Graham Coughtry (1931-1999), TORONTO JAZZ, 1984
Est: $200 - $300
John Graham Coughtry (1931-1999), Canadian TORONTO JAZZ, 1984 signed, dated "84", justified "Bon a tirer", and dedicated "For Count Basie"; aside from the edition of 100; printed by Jerry Shiner at The Art Printer, Toronto, with blindstamp Estimate: $200—300 CAD
Waddington's
May. 29, 2024
Graham Coughtry (1931-1999), RECLINING NO. 2, 1959
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Graham Coughtry (1931-1999), Canadian RECLINING NO. 2, 1959 oil and Lucite 44 on canvas signed lower right; signed, dated "March, 1959," and titled verso 48.25 x 54 in — 122.6 x 137.2 cm Estimate: $8,000—12,000
Waddington's
Dec. 08, 2023
John Graham COUGHTRY (1931-1999) Canadian
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
John Graham COUGHTRY (1931-1999) ; Moonlight Inside ; May of 1957 ; oil on canvas ; dimensions 103 x 113 cm (40 1/2 x 44 1/2 in.) ; signed and dated lower right corner ; Exhibition: Greenwich Gallery - January 30th - February 20th, 1959 N.8 ; Shipping to USA - DHL $735 , National post with tracking service $425 / Shipping to EU, Middle Assia - DHL $545 , National post with tracking service $375
Art-Torg
Apr. 07, 2023
John Graham COUGHTRY (1931-1999) Canadian
Est: $20,000 - $25,000
John Graham COUGHTRY (1931-1999) ; Moonlight Inside ; May of 1957 ; oil on canvas ; dimensions 103 x 113 cm (40 1/2 x 44 1/2 in.) ; signed and dated lower right corner ; Exhibition: Greenwich Gallery - January 30th - February 20th, 1959 N.8 ; Shipping to USA - DHL $735 , National post with tracking service $425 / Shipping to EU, Middle Assia - DHL $545 , National post with tracking service $375
Art-Torg
Nov. 20, 2022
Graham Coughtry, untitled "Figure" 26/28 1982, lithograph
Est: $500 - $600
Graham Coughtry (Canadian 1931 - 1999), lithograph, untitled "Figure" 26/28 1982. Very large lithograph of a loosely lounging figure. Graham Coughtry's work was almost exclusively concerned with the abstracted human figure. Through his teaching at the Ontario College of Art and Design, the New School of Art, and York University, and by the example of his work, he had a substantial influence on a younger generation of painters in Toronto. He is represented in several public collections, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Graham Coughtry was born in 1931 at St-Lambert, Québec and lived in Toronto until his death in 1999. He became interested in art while at high school and later attended the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School. He studied at the Ontario College of Art where he graduated in 1953. He won an I. O.D.E. prize and a T. Eaton travelling scholarship in 1953 which financed his trip to France and Spain, 1954-55. His first exhibition was with Michael Snow at Hart House, University of Toronto, in 1955, and his first one-man show was held the following year at Avrom Isaacs's Greenwich Gallery in Toronto. He became, along with Snow, Joyce Weiland, Dennis Burton, Gordon Rayner, John Meredith and others, part of the "Isaacs Group" – artists joined by the radicalism of their art and by their interests in Dadaism and jazz.
4th Meridian Fine Art
Jun. 03, 2022
John Graham Coughtry (1931-1999) Canadian
Est: $16,000 - $24,000
John Graham Coughtry (1931-1999) ; Portrait No. 8 ; MAR. 1959 ; oil on canvas / framed ; dimensions 84 x 59 cm (33 x 22 1/4 in.) ; signed, named and dated on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $420 , National post with tracking service $220 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $290 , National post with tracking service $130
Art-Torg
Dec. 12, 2021
Graham Coughtry, untitled "Figure" 26/28 1982, lithograph
Est: $500 - $600
Graham Coughtry (Canadian 1931 - 1999), lithograph, untitled "Figure" 26/28 1982. Very large lithograph of a loosely lounging figure. Graham Coughtry's work was almost exclusively concerned with the abstracted human figure. Through his teaching at the Ontario College of Art and Design, the New School of Art, and York University, and by the example of his work, he had a substantial influence on a younger generation of painters in Toronto. He is represented in several public collections, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Graham Coughtry was born in 1931 at St-Lambert, Québec and lived in Toronto until his death in 1999. He became interested in art while at high school and later attended the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School. He studied at the Ontario College of Art where he graduated in 1953. He won an I. O.D.E. prize and a T. Eaton travelling scholarship in 1953 which financed his trip to France and Spain, 1954-55. His first exhibition was with Michael Snow at Hart House, University of Toronto, in 1955, and his first one-man show was held the following year at Avrom Isaacs's Greenwich Gallery in Toronto. He became, along with Snow, Joyce Weiland, Dennis Burton, Gordon Rayner, John Meredith and others, part of the "Isaacs Group" – artists joined by the radicalism of their art and by their interests in Dadaism and jazz.
4th Meridian Fine Art
Aug. 12, 2021
John Graham Coughtry (1931-1999) Canadian
Est: $16,000 - $24,000
John Graham Coughtry (1931-1999) ; Portrait No. 8 ; MAR. 1959 ; oil on canvas / framed ; dimensions 84 x 59 cm (33 x 22 1/4 in.) ; signed, named and dated on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $420 , National post with tracking service $220 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $290 , National post with tracking service $13016000
Art-Torg
Nov. 28, 2020
John Graham Coughtry, Colored Lithograph, Abstract
Est: $100 - $15,000
John Graham Coughtry (canadian, 1931-1999), Colored Lithograph, Abstract Figures. Signed And Dated 1965. Numbered 96/100. 19 X 25 Inches Within Matting.
Kavanagh Auctions
Oct. 10, 2020
Graham Coughtry 1958 oil Moonlit Interior
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Coughtry, John Graham (Canadian 1931 - 1999), Moonlit Interior, 1958, oil and lucite on canvas, 48 x 54 inches, signed Coughtry lower right, Exhibited in the 1958 Carnegie International #107, not illustrated, Provenance: The current owner's family acquired the painting from the 1958 Carnegie International
Concept Art Gallery
Mar. 28, 2020
John Graham Coughtry, Untitled (Abstract in Black and White) 26/28
Est: $800 - $1,200
Graham Coughtry was born in 1931 at St-Lambert, Québec and lived in Toronto until his death in 1999. Coughtry studied at the Ontario College of Art from 1949-53. His first exhibition was with Michael Snow at Hart House, University of Toronto, in 1955, and his first one-man show was held the following year at Avrom Isaacs's Greenwich Gallery in Toronto. He became, along with Snow, Joyce Weiland, Dennis Burton, Gordon Rayner, John Meredith and others, part of the "Isaacs Group"--artists joined by the radicalism of their art and by their interests in Dadaism and jazz. Coughtry's work was almost exclusively concerned with the abstracted human figure and was characterized by rich colour and powerful impasto surfaces. Through his teaching at the Ontario College of Art and Design, the New School of Art, and York University, and by the example of his work, he had a substantial influence on a younger generation of painters in Toronto.
4th Meridian Fine Art
Mar. 03, 2020
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (Canadian, 1931-1999)
Est: $600 - $800
Pair of drawings: Study (1982) Pencil on paperSigned and dated lower right 8.5 x 7.25 in. (image) Study (1983) Pencil on paperSigned and dated lower right 7.5 x 7.2 in (image) Condition report available upon request
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Mar. 03, 2020
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (Canadian, 1931-1999)
Est: $600 - $800
Pair of drawings: Study for Painting I (1988) Pencil on paperSigned and dated lower right 9 x 7.75 in. (image) Study for Painting II (1988) Pencil on paperSigned and dated lower right Size: 9 x 7.75 in. (image) Each with Isaac Gallery, Toronto Condition report available upon request
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Mar. 03, 2020
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (Canadian, 1931-1999)
Est: $200 - $400
Figure Becoming Leaping Fox (1991) Pencil on paper Signed, titled and dated in pencil Size: 10 x 9 in. (image) Condition reportavailable upon request
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Mar. 03, 2020
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (Canadian, 1931-1999)
Est: $200 - $400
Study for Figures in Forest Stream Pencil on paper (1989) Signed, titled and dated in pencil Size: 8 x 7 in. (image) Condition report available upon request
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Mar. 03, 2020
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (Canadian, 1931-1999)
Est: $200 - $400
Actaeon (1991) Pencil on paper Signed, titled and dated in pencil Size: 9.5 x 10.75 in. Condition report availableupon request
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Mar. 03, 2020
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (Canadian, 1931-1999)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Untitled (1993) Watercolour Signed and dated lower right Size: 29 x 21 in. (sight)Condition report available upon request
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Mar. 03, 2020
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (Canadian, 1931-1999)
Est: $600 - $800
Untitled (1989) Watercolour Signed and dated lower right 16 x 11.5 in. (sheet) Condition report availableupon request
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Mar. 03, 2020
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (Canadian, 1931-1999)
Est: $15,000 - $18,000
Ruby (1988) Oil on canvas Signed, titled and dated verso Size: 36 x 48 in. Provenance: Estate of Barbara McGivern, Toronto Condition report available upon request
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
May. 18, 2019
John Graham Coughtry (1931-1999)# Standing figure, olie på lærred, 152 x 12
Est: kr12,500 - kr25,000
John Graham Coughtry (1931-1999)# Standing figure, olie på lærred, 152 x 122
Svendborg Auktionerne ApS
Nov. 28, 2018
Coughtry, John Graham (1931 - 1999) Black and white abstraction 1973
Est: $300 - $500
Lithographie sur papier, 22 / 100, signée et datée en bas à droite Coughtry 73 Lithograph on paper, 22 / 100, signed and dated on lower right Coughtry 73 24" x 24" 60.96 x 60.96 cm
Champagne Auctions
Sep. 13, 2018
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, BLOSSOM BOUGH I, watercolour, gouache and ink, 20 ins x 15 ins; 20.3 cms x 25.4 cms
Est: $800 - $1,200
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYBLOSSOM BOUGH Iwatercolour, gouache and inksigned and dated ‘89; titled on the reverse 20 ins x 15 ins; 20.3 cms x 25.4 cms Provenance:Private Collection, MontrealEstimate: $800–1,200
Waddington's
Sep. 13, 2018
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, FIGURE IN RIVER, ink and watercolour, 9 ins x 10.5 ins; 27.9 cms x 35.6 cms
Est: $600 - $800
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYFIGURE IN RIVERink and watercoloursigned and dated ‘87 9 ins x 10.5 ins; 27.9 cms x 35.6 cms Provenance:The Isaacs Gallery Ltd., Toronto Private Collection, MontrealEstimate: $600–800
Waddington's
Sep. 13, 2018
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, ARTISTS’ JAZZ BAND SERIES, 1973, ink, image 13 ins x 10.5 ins; 24.8 cms x 20.3 cms
Est: $600 - $800
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYARTISTS’ JAZZ BAND SERIES, 1973inksigned and dated ‘73 image 13 ins x 10.5 ins; 24.8 cms x 20.3 cms Provenance:The Isaacs Gallery Ltd., TorontoPrivate Collection, MontrealEstimate: $600–800
Waddington's
Jul. 12, 2018
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (CANADIAN, 1931-1999), STUDY I FOR TWO FIGURE SERIES, COLOURED INK DRAWING; SIGNED AND DATED ‘70 LOWER RIGHT; TITLED TO LABEL VERSO (Sight, 23.3” x 18.8”)
Est: $400 - $600
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (CANADIAN, 1931-1999) STUDY I FOR TWO FIGURE SERIESCOLOURED INK DRAWING; SIGNED AND DATED ‘70 LOWER RIGHT; TITLED TO LABEL VERSO (Sight, 23.3” x 18.8”)Provenance:The Isaacs Gallery Ltd., TorontoEstimate: $400—600
Waddington's
May. 28, 2018
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, UNTITLED - FIGURE(S) SET AMID FAUNA, double-sided pastel and watercolour on paper, 59 ins x 43.5 ins; 147.3 cms x 109.2 cms
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYUNTITLED - FIGURE(S) SET AMID FAUNAdouble-sided pastel and watercolour on paperboth sides signed 59 ins x 43.5 ins; 147.3 cms x 109.2 cms Provenance:Private Collection, MontrealEstimate: $5,000–7,000
Waddington's
May. 28, 2018
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, RECLINING FIGURE MOVING, #10, JAN. 1980, oil on canvas, 72 ins x 60 ins; 182.9 cms x 152.4 cms
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYRECLINING FIGURE MOVING, #10, JAN. 1980oil on canvassigned, titled and dated ‘80 on the reverse 72 ins x 60 ins; 182.9 cms x 152.4 cms Provenance:The Isaacs Gallery Ltd., TorontoArt Sales and Rental, Art Gallery of Ontario, TorontoPrivate Collection, TorontoThe road towards progressive art in Canada in the mid-20th century was convoluted, taking many unexpected twists and turns. This complex history exerts a considerable impact upon the development of the career and art of Graham Coughtry (1931-1999). The reaction to the prospect of abstract art in post-war Canada was outright hostile. Following graduation in 1945 Riopelle departed in 1946 to the friendlier environs of Paris, not to return to residence in Canada for decades. Paul-Émile Borduas was fired from his teaching job as a result of the radical nature of his art and the 1948 manifesto Refus Global.In Toronto, prospects for abstraction looked even more meagre. The principal exhibition vehicles were the art society annual shows. Abstract art was openly disparaged by many of the members of the O.S.A. who still clung to the tenets of the Canadian landscape. Within this context a group of Toronto artists banded together to find a more conducive environment to exhibit. In fall 1953 they held the spirited exhibition Abstracts at Home at the Robert Simpson Toronto store. They formed Painters 11 and held joint exhibitions through 1960. Miraculously the tide completely turned.Hart House, previously the stronghold of A.Y. Jackson and the Canadian Group of Painters, hosted a series of exhibitions of abstract art: Graham Sutherland and the British St. Ives Group, Roloff Beny, William Ronald, and a two-person exhibition of Michael Snow and Graham Coughtry. Where previously abstraction was shunned, every major educational centre reversed its faculty in favour of abstraction. As young students at the Ontario College of Art, Gordon Rayner and Dennis Burton (see lot 83) witnessed the Hart House exhibitions and vowed for ever more to paint only abstractions. They, along with Michael Snow, John Meredith, Joyce Wieland and Graham Coughtry, would form the nucleus of the Isaacs Gallery group, who all made primarily abstract art through 1962. Toronto Mayor, Nathan Phillips, took offense at some of the figurative works by Graham Coughtry in the 1955 Hart House exhibition and caused them to be temporarily removed. Incongruously, this minor episode breathed new life into representational art. Once again figuration could be considered radical not déclassé. The entire enterprise of the Isaacs group of artists changed direction, they evolved to embrace abstract figuration admixed with their admiration for dadaism and jazz.Coughtry, born in Quebec, studied at the School of Art and Design at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from 1948-1949 and completed studies at the Ontario College of Art from 1949-1953. Despite the brevity of his Montreal studies one wonders whether the legacy of fauvistic colour and figuration from Morrice, Lyman (see lot 67) through to Goodridge Roberts might have inspired Coughtry and the rich lush impasto application of his works. Coughtry exhibited in group exhibitions across Canada, the United States and Europe., including the prestigious Venice Biennale (1960), the Sao Paolo International Biennial (1959), and the Guggenheim International, New York (1958, 1965). Graham Coughtry’s work is represented in many public and private collections in North America, including the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, and The Detroit Institute of Art. Reclining Figure Moving, #10, is a perfect example of the attributes that brought to Coughty the many accolades in recognition of his achievement as Canada’s most respected abstract figurative artist.Estimate: $25,000–35,000
Waddington's
Apr. 19, 2018
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, SONADA VARIATIONS #5, watercolour, 8.75 ins x 10.25 ins; 22.2 cms x 26.7 cms
Est: $600 - $800
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYSONADA VARIATIONS #5watercoloursigned and dated ‘80 8.75 ins x 10.25 ins; 22.2 cms x 26.7 cms Provenance:The Isaacs Gallery Ltd., Toronto Private Collection, MontrealEstimate: $600–800
Waddington's
Apr. 19, 2018
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, SONADA VARIATIONS #18, watercolour, 9 ins x 10.5 ins; 22.9 cms x 26.7 cms
Est: $600 - $800
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYSONADA VARIATIONS #18watercoloursigned and dated ‘80 9 ins x 10.5 ins; 22.9 cms x 26.7 cms Provenance:The Isaacs Gallery Ltd., TorontoPrivate Collection, MontrealEstimate: $600–800
Waddington's
Apr. 12, 2018
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (1931-1999), NUDE, 1979, Colour lithograph printed to the edges; signed, titled, dated 79 and numbered 26/45 in pencil along the bottom edge., Sheet 38 x 29 in — 96.5 x 73.7 cm
Est: $500 - $700
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (1931-1999), CANADIANNUDE, 1979Colour lithograph printed to the edges; signed, titled, dated 79 and numbered 26/45 in pencil along the bottom edge.Sheet 38 x 29 in — 96.5 x 73.7 cmProvenance:Private Collection, MontrealEstimate: $500—700
Waddington's
Mar. 22, 2018
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (CANADIAN, 1931-1999), TORONTO JAZZ, COLOUR LITHOGRAPH; TITLED AND NUMBERED 1/100 LOWER LEFT, SIGNED AND DATED ‘84 LOWER RIGHT (Image, 22” x 18”)
Est: $125 - $175
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (CANADIAN, 1931-1999) TORONTO JAZZCOLOUR LITHOGRAPH; TITLED AND NUMBERED 1/100 LOWER LEFT, SIGNED AND DATED ‘84 LOWER RIGHT (Image, 22” x 18”)Estimate: $125—175
Waddington's
Mar. 15, 2018
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, TWO ABSTRACTIONS, lithographs, each sheet 27.75 ins x 22 ins; 69.9 cms x 55.9 cms
Est: $800 - $1,200
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYTWO ABSTRACTIONSlithographsboth signed, both dated ‘73, and numbered 43/50 and 47/50, respectively, in pencil in the lower margins each sheet 27.75 ins x 22 ins; 69.9 cms x 55.9 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoEstimate: $800–1,200
Waddington's
Nov. 21, 2016
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, FIGURE STUDY II, oil on paper, 44 ins x 59 ins; 121.9 cms x 152.4 cms
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYFIGURE STUDY IIoil on papersigned and dated ‘62 44 ins x 59 ins; 121.9 cms x 152.4 cms Provenance:The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto Private Collection, MontrealLiterature:Art Gallery of Ontario: Selected Works, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1990, page 334.Anna Hudson, “Disarming Conventions of Nudity in Canadian Art” in The Nude in Canadian Modern Art 1920-1950, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, 2009, page 80.Jeffrey Spalding “Introduction: Going Out on a Limb” in Kim Dorland, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, 2014, page 6.Note:Dr. Anna Hudson has remarked that it is landscape painting that defines Canadian Art. Certainly a survey of Canadian art demonstrates the irrefutable accuracy of her statement. Even today one is struck by the paucity of figure work by Canadian artists exhibited in galleries or appearing on the market. Jeffrey Spalding quotes Graham Coughtry who spoke “for a new generation (of Canadian artists) by infamously exclaiming that ‘every damn tree in the country has been painted’.” In the early sixties Markle, Snow and Burton were incorporating the human figure into their work as was Coughtry, despite the fact that according to the AGO at that time “formalist criteria dismissed the figure as an inappropriate artistic concern.” A further wave of resistance would come later with discussions surrounding the male gaze.This lot is, however, as much a manifestation of the artist’s delight in celebrating the sensuosity and pleasure of paint as it is a celebration of flesh although admittedly, much work from this period, particularly the Two Figures works is sexually charged.Estimate: $9,000–12,000
Waddington's
Jun. 15, 2016
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (CANADIAN, 1931-1999)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
"Naranja" Oil on canvas Signed, titled and dated '82 on verso Canvas: 56 in. x 48 in. / 142.24 cm x 121.92 cm. Framed: 57.3 in. x 49 1/4 in. / 145.54 cm x 125.1 cm
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Jun. 15, 2016
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (CANADIAN, 1931-1999)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
"Moreno" Oil on Canvas Signed, titled and dated "Apr/May '82" on verso Canvas: 54 in. x 48 in. / 137.16 cm x 121.92. cm Framed: 55 1/4 in. x 49 1/4 in. / 140.34 cm x 125.1 cm
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Jan. 28, 2016
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (CANADIAN, 1931-1999), RECLINING NUDE, COLOUR LITHOGRAPH; SIGNED AND DATED ‘79 LOWER RIGHT; NUMBERED 28/40 LOWER LEFT (Sheet, 38” x 29”)
Est: -
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (CANADIAN, 1931-1999)RECLINING NUDECOLOUR LITHOGRAPH; SIGNED AND DATED ‘79 LOWER RIGHT; NUMBERED 28/40 LOWER LEFT (Sheet, 38” x 29”)Provenance:Private Collection, New BrunswickEstimate: $700—900
Waddington's
May. 25, 2015
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, RECLINING NUDE, lithograph, printed in colours, 38 ins x 29 ins; 96.5 cms x 73.7 cms
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY RECLINING NUDE lithograph, printed in colourssigned, dated '79 and numbered 28/40 38 ins x 29 ins; 96.5 cms x 73.7 cms Provenance:Private Collection, New Brunswick
Waddington's
May. 25, 2015
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, UNTITLED, oil on canvas, 46 ins x 36 ins; 116.8 cms x 91.4 cms
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY UNTITLED oil on canvassigned and dated '58 on the reverse 46 ins x 36 ins; 116.8 cms x 91.4 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoLiterature:Interview with Brydon Smith in 1966, quoted in Bale Hale, Graham Coughtry Retrospective, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, 1976, page 11.Note:Nineteen fifty-eight was a momentous year for Graham Coughtry. With a preference for the abstract stirring the air, he showed at both the Carnegie International and at the Guggenheim International (at which the Canadian group of paintings won an honourable mention). It was also in this year, with the creation of a work entitled Dark Room, that Barry Hale noted a distinct shift in the manner of Coughtry's painting, which he attributed to the influence of Willem de Kooning. Coughtry explains: "I broke into a more dashing kind of paint handling, all of a sudden, where I found I could put down one great big stroke and actually let it stay there." The space of this untitled work is generalized and entirely abstract. While Coughtry's vibrant palette and large swaths and trickles of paint are present, his signature 'figure' is not yet articulated.
Waddington's
Mar. 05, 2015
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, TORONTO JAZZ, colour lithograph, Image 21.75 ins x 17.75 ins; 55.2 cms x 45.1 cms
Est: -
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYTORONTO JAZZcolour lithographsigned, dated '84, numbered "Artist Proof or /10" and inscribed "Toronto Jazz" in pencil in the lower margin Image 21.75 ins x 17.75 ins; 55.2 cms x 45.1 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoEstimate: $300-350
Waddington's
Mar. 05, 2015
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, STUDY FOR TWO FIGURE SERIES, 1968, spray enamels on paper, 21 ins x 17.5 ins; 53.3 cms x 44.5 cms
Est: -
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYSTUDY FOR TWO FIGURE SERIES, 1968spray enamels on papersigned; inscribed "study for 2 fig series" and dated in pencil on the reverse 21 ins x 17.5 ins; 53.3 cms x 44.5 cms Provenance:The Isaacs Gallery, TorontoPrivate Collection, TorontoEstimate: $2,500-3,000
Waddington's
Mar. 05, 2015
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, RECLINING NUDE, lithograph, printed in colours, 37.75 ins x 29 ins; 95.9 cms x 73.7 cms
Est: -
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYRECLINING NUDElithograph, printed in colourssigned, dated '79 and numbered 17/38 37.75 ins x 29 ins; 95.9 cms x 73.7 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoEstimate: $1,500-2,000
Waddington's
Mar. 05, 2015
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, MONOPRINT SERIES - TWO FIGURES (UNIQUE), 1981, monoprint, 29.5 ins x 22.5 ins; 74.9 cms x 57.2 cms
Est: -
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYMONOPRINT SERIES - TWO FIGURES (UNIQUE), 1981monoprintsigned, dated '81 and numbered 1/1 29.5 ins x 22.5 ins; 74.9 cms x 57.2 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoEstimate: $800-1,200
Waddington's
Nov. 24, 2014
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY, TWO FIGURE SERIES XIX, 1964, oil on canvas, 72 ins x 60 ins; 182.9 cms x 152.4 cms
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRYTWO FIGURE SERIES XIX, 1964signed and dated '6472 ins x 60 ins; 182.9 cms x 152.4 cmsProvenance:Isaacs Gallery, TorontoCollection of Mr. and Mrs. Avrom Isaacs, TorontoPrivate Collection, TorontoExhibited:Toronto Painting: 1953-1965, National Gallery of Canada 15 September - 15 October, 1972 and 10 November - 10 December, 1972, the Art Gallery of Ontario, cat. no. 63.Modern Painting in Canada, Edmonton Art Gallery, 1978, cat. no. 24.Literature:Toronto Painting 1953-1965, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1972, page 21, no. 63, reproduced in colour and unpaginated, cat. no. 63, reproduced. Terry Fenton and Karen Wilkin, Modern Painting in Canada, Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton, 1978, page 71, reproduced in colour.Barrie Hale, Graham Coughtry Retrospective, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, 1976, page 29, figure 22, reproduced.Graham Coughtry Two Figure Series 1962-64, exhibition catalogue, The Isaacs Gallery, October 9-26, 1983, reproduced.Note:Coughtry began working on the Two Series after his return to Toronto from Ibiza in 1961 - a series that would bring him much acclaim later in the decade. The series is inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses whose heroine, Salmacis, consummated her love for Hermaphroditus by uniting with him so closely that the two became one. With Two Figures Series XIX, "the essence of the myth of Hermaphroditus recurs, and which of the figures is male and which female, which Hermaphroditus and which Salmacis, becomes an increasingly ambiguous matter." A critic at the time said "Coughtry is caught up in the peculiar passion of being human in the twentienth century... his two figures come to terms with each other in an isolated, frightening ... terrible kind of love." Henry Malcolmson said "The sustained energy and concentration of this tour de force is unprecedented in Canadian art and, with the exception of certain of Picasso's efforts, I can recall no similar examples of such virtuosity in modern art."
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JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (CANADIAN, 1931-1999), UNTITLED (FROM THE ARTISTS' JAZZ BAND), SERIGRAPH; NUMBERED A.P. 30/35 LOWER LEFT; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT (Image, 16.5" x 14") (Sight, 22" x 22")
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JOHN GRAHAM COUGHTRY (CANADIAN, 1931-1999) UNTITLED (FROM THE ARTISTS' JAZZ BAND)SERIGRAPH; NUMBERED A.P. 30/35 LOWER LEFT; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT (Image, 16.5" x 14") (Sight, 22" x 22")Estimate: $200-300
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