Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1916 - d. 2007

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    • Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916-2007), Chemise, acrylic on board, 17 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (44.5 x 49.5 cm.)
      Oct. 23, 2024

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916-2007), Chemise, acrylic on board, 17 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (44.5 x 49.5 cm.)

      Est: $400 - $600

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic Canadian, (1916-2007) Chemise acrylic on board signed and dated 1988 on verso

      Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
    • Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916-2007), Beret, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 32 in. (92 x 81 cm)
      Apr. 27, 2022

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916-2007), Beret, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 32 in. (92 x 81 cm)

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic Canadian (1916-2007) beret acrylic on canvas signed and dated 1991 36 x 32 in. (92 x 81 cm) Other Notes: with accompanying documents

      Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
    • Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916-2007), Lonely Nude, arcylic on board, 15 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (39.3 x 36.1 cm)
      Oct. 31, 2018

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916-2007), Lonely Nude, arcylic on board, 15 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (39.3 x 36.1 cm)

      Est: $500 - $700

      signed, 1977

      Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
    • Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916-2007), Young Woman, oil on canvas, 25 x 20 in. (63.5 x 50.8 cm)
      Oct. 31, 2018

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916-2007), Young Woman, oil on canvas, 25 x 20 in. (63.5 x 50.8 cm)

      Est: $600 - $900

      signed

      Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
    • Myfawnwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916-2007), Mother and Child, oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3 cm)
      Jun. 08, 2018

      Myfawnwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916-2007), Mother and Child, oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3 cm)

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      signed

      Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
    • Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916 - ), Rita, pencil sketch, 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (44.5 x 34.3 cm)
      Oct. 27, 2017

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916 - ), Rita, pencil sketch, 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (44.5 x 34.3 cm)

      Est: $200 - $300

      signed

      Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
    • Myfanwy Pavelic - Female Nude
      Aug. 27, 2017

      Myfanwy Pavelic - Female Nude

      Est: $400 - $600

      Female Nude (graphite drawing, 12" x 10.5")

      Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
    • Myfanwy Pavelic - Female Nude
      Jul. 08, 2017

      Myfanwy Pavelic - Female Nude

      Est: $400 - $600

      Female Nude

      Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
    • Myfanwy Pavelic - Female Nude
      Jun. 11, 2017

      Myfanwy Pavelic - Female Nude

      Est: $400 - $600

      Female Nude (graphite drawing, 12" x 10.5")

      Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
    • Myfanwy Pavelic - Reflection
      Jun. 11, 2017

      Myfanwy Pavelic - Reflection

      Est: $500 - $700

      Portrait of a Lady (ink & wash, 24" x 20")

      Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
    • Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916 - 2007), Friends, acrylic on canvas, 15 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (39.4 x 44.5 cm)
      May. 19, 2017

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916 - 2007), Friends, acrylic on canvas, 15 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (39.4 x 44.5 cm)

      Est: $300 - $500

      signed lower right

      Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
    • Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916 - 2007), Green Sweater, oil on canvas, 26 x 21 in. (66 x 53.3 cm)
      Oct. 19, 2016

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916 - 2007), Green Sweater, oil on canvas, 26 x 21 in. (66 x 53.3 cm)

      Est: $3,000 - $4,000

      signed, 1964

      Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
    • Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916 - 2007), Green Sweater, oil on canvas, 26 x 21 in. (66 x 53.3 cm)
      Oct. 28, 2015

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, Canadian (1916 - 2007), Green Sweater, oil on canvas, 26 x 21 in. (66 x 53.3 cm)

      Est: $4,000 - $6,000

      signed, 1964

      Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
    • MYFANWY PAVELIC (1916 - 2007 ), R.C.A., O.C., NIKI (ON COUCH) - PORTRAIT OF NIKI PAVELIC, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED, DATED 1967 AND TITLED TO STRETCHER, 30" x 41.75" - 75.6 x 106 cm.
      Apr. 21, 2015

      MYFANWY PAVELIC (1916 - 2007 ), R.C.A., O.C., NIKI (ON COUCH) - PORTRAIT OF NIKI PAVELIC, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED, DATED 1967 AND TITLED TO STRETCHER, 30" x 41.75" - 75.6 x 106 cm.

      Est: $2,500 - $3,000

      MYFANWY PAVELIC (1916 - 2007 ), R.C.A., O.C.NIKI (ON COUCH) - PORTRAIT OF NIKI PAVELICACRYLIC ON CANVAS; SIGNED, DATED 1967 AND TITLED TO STRETCHER30" x 41.75" - 75.6 x 106 cm.Provenance:Purchased directly from the artistNote:MYFANWY PAVELIC (1916 - 2007 ), R.C.A., O.C."Abstraction was too empty for me; it didn't say anything to me."- Myfanwy Pavelic -Myfanwy Pavelic was one of Canada's most renowned portraitists. Her portraits and paintings document succeeding generations of artists, musicians, composers and statesmen, from Yehudi Menuhin to Pierre Trudeau. Her work has been exhibited from Victoria, British Columbia to the National Gallery in London, England.Myfanwy Pavelic, nee Spencer, was born in Victoria, BC, in 1916. At the age of six, she met the influential artist, Emily Carr, who mentored her and arranged a show of her drawings at Carr's Peoples' Gallery at the age of fifteen. The two artists corresponded until Carr's death in 1945. Pavelic also had a love of music, and in 1932, began formal music education in Montreal and later at the University of British Columbia. Health problems prevented her from becoming a concert pianist, and she turned her creativity to drawing and painting. During the Second World War, Pavelic painted portraits across Canada and donated the funds to the Red Cross. She spent much time in New York City, mixing with celebrities such as artists Malvina Hoffman, and musicians Andres Segovia and Vladimir Horowitz. In 1948, she married her second husband, Nikola Pavelic, son of the former Yugoslavian prime minister, before returning to Victoria. During the 1960's, Pavelic spent much time in New York, drawn to the bustling art scene. Although the art movement at the time was towards Minimalism, Abstract Expressionism and Conceptual Art, Pavelic realized that her talent lay in Portraiture and Realism. Although she experimented in the late 1960's with a combination of abstraction and realism through collage and simple shapes (Silent and Far Away, 1977), she came to realize that abstraction was too empty for her. In the 1970s, Pavelic became part of Victoria's Limners , a collective group of painters, sculptors, potters, and visual artists, which included Maxwell Bates, Robin Skelton, Herbert Siebner, Richard Ciccimarra, Karl Spreitz and Nita Forest. Their focus was in portraying the essence of human nature through art, as well as providing artistic, material and moral support to the members.Pavelic focused most of her artistic career on the human figure and is renowned for her portrait paintings. She painted many musicians, including Yehudi Menuhin (now in Britain's National Portrait Gallery) , Glenn Gould, Rostropovich, Segovia and Ravi Shankar. She also developed a long lasting friendship with actress Katherine Hepburn, which led to many sittings and portraits of Katherine.  In 1990, former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau chose her to create his official portrait, which now hangs in Parliament in Ottawa, and was later used on his Commemorative Stamp. Pavelic received an honorary Doctorate from the University of Victoria, the Order of Canada in 1984, and in 2001 received the Order of British Columbia. She died peacefully on May 7, 2007.Selected Corporate, Private and Public CollectionsArt Gallery of Greater Victoria, BCMaltwood Museum, University of Victoria, BCClaridge Collection, Montreal, QCNational Portrait Gallery, London, UKParliament Buildings, Ottawa, ONSooke MuseumSelected LinksMorris Gallery videoUniversity of Victoria site devoted to the works of Myfanwy Pavelic

      Waddington's
    • MYFANWY PAVELIC, NIKI (ON COUCH) - PORTRAIT OF NIKI PAVELIC, acrylic on canvas, 30 ins x 41.75 ins; 75.6 cms x 106 cms
      May. 26, 2014

      MYFANWY PAVELIC, NIKI (ON COUCH) - PORTRAIT OF NIKI PAVELIC, acrylic on canvas, 30 ins x 41.75 ins; 75.6 cms x 106 cms

      Est: $7,000 - $9,000

      MYFANWY PAVELICNIKI (ON COUCH) - PORTRAIT OF NIKI PAVELICacrylic on canvassigned; titled and dated 1976 on the stretcher 30 ins x 41.75 ins; 75.6 cms x 106 cms Provenance:Charles Bronfman's Claridge Collection, MontrealLiterature:Patricia Bovey, Myfanwy Pavelic: Inner Explorations, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, 1994.Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic: A Selection of Works 1950-1978, Burnaby, 1978, fig. 68, reproduced in colour.Note:Pavelic has painted some of the most important people of our times, Pierre Trudeau and Sir Yehudi Menuhin among them. Here her subject is her husband Nikola whom she met in New York in 1948. Pavelic, who was mentored by Emily Carr, has an unusual approach to art making. According to Bovey, she starts her portraits by "messing up" her canvases, "randomnly wiping brushes and using up dibs and dabs of pigment on the surface" not composing or drawing. Then when the surface is covered, she begins intuitively "relating to the mere suggestion of volumes, colour components, light and shadows inhabiting a 'space' which has begun to shape itself." Sold to benefit Historica Canada.

      Waddington's
    • Myfawny Pavelic Robin Skelton
      Mar. 23, 2014

      Myfawny Pavelic Robin Skelton

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      Robin Skelton

      Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
    • MYFANWY PAVELICTHE LIMNERS, acrylic on board; signed; signed, titled on reverse 36 ins x 48 ins; 91.4 cms x 121.9 cms Note: Myfanwy Pavelic, nee Spencer, was born in Victoria, BC, in 1916. At the age of six, she met the influential artist, Emily
      Nov. 06, 2013

      MYFANWY PAVELICTHE LIMNERS, acrylic on board; signed; signed, titled on reverse 36 ins x 48 ins; 91.4 cms x 121.9 cms Note: Myfanwy Pavelic, nee Spencer, was born in Victoria, BC, in 1916. At the age of six, she met the influential artist, Emily

      Est: $8,000 - $10,000

      MYFANWY PAVELICTHE LIMNERS, acrylic on board; signed; signed, titled on reverse 36 ins x 48 ins; 91.4 cms x 121.9 cms Note: Myfanwy Pavelic, nee Spencer, was born in Victoria, BC, in 1916. At the age of six, she met the influential artist, Emily Carr, who mentored her and arranged a show of her drawings at Carr's Peoples' Gallery at the age of fifteen. The two artists corresponded until Carr's death in 1945. During the Second World War, Pavelic painted portraits across Canada and donated the funds to the Red Cross. In 1948, she married her second husband, Nikola Pavelic, son of the former Yugoslavian prime minister, before returning to Victoria. During the 1960's, Pavelic spent much time in New York, drawn to the bustling art scene. In the 1970s, Pavelic became part of Victoria's Limners , a collective group of painters, sculptors, potters, and visual artists, which included Maxwell Bates, Robin Skelton, Herbert Siebner, Richard Ciccimarra, Karl Spreitz and Nita Forest. Their focus was in portraying the essence of human nature through art, as well as providing artistic, material and moral support to the members.Pavelic focused most of her artistic career on the human figure and is renowned for her portrait paintings. She painted many musicians, including Yehudi Menuhin (now in Britain's National Portrait Gallery) , Glenn Gould, Rostropovich, Segovia and Ravi Shankar. She also developed a long lasting friendship with actress Katherine Hepburn, which led to many sittings and portraits of Katherine. In 1990, former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau's advisor Claridge Curator Franklin SIlverstone chose her to create Mr. Trudeau's official portrait, which now hangs in Parliament in Ottawa, and was later used on his Commemorative Stamp. Pavelic received an honorary Doctorate from the University of Victoria, the Order of Canada in 1984, and in 2001 received the Order of British Columbia. She died peacefully on May 7, 2007.

      Waddington's
    • Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 Canadian acrylic on canvas Just Another Joke
      Feb. 24, 2011

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 Canadian acrylic on canvas Just Another Joke

      Est: $2,500 - $3,500

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 Canadian acrylic on canvas Just Another Joke 18 x 22 inches 45.7 x 55.9 centimeters signed and on verso titled and dated 1980 on a label Provenance: Private Collection, Victoria The figures in this work are Maxwell Bates and Herbert Siebner from the Limner Group.

      Heffel
    • Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 Canadian
      Nov. 27, 2010

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 Canadian

      Est: $5,000 - $7,000

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 Canadian charcoal on paper On Chair 18 x 13 1/2 inches 45.7 x 34.3 centimeters signed and on verso signed, titled and dated 1991 Literature:Theodore E. Lindberg, A Portrait by Myfanwy, 1991, reproduced, unpaginated Provenance:Franklin Silverstone Fine Arts Inc., Montreal Private Collection, Calgary This work is from a series of official portraits created by Myfanwy Pavelic of Pierre Trudeau in 1991.

      Heffel
    • Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 ~Canadian
      Nov. 27, 2008

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 ~Canadian

      Est: $2,000 - $2,500

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 ~Canadian acrylic on canvas Max Bates 10 x 9 inches 25.4 x 22.9 centimeters on verso signed, titled and dated 1974 Provenance:Private Collection, Vancouver Island

      Heffel
    • Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 ~Canadian
      Nov. 27, 2008

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 ~Canadian

      Est: $800 - $1,000

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 ~Canadian graphite on paper Figure (Relationship Series) 9 x 6 inches 22.9 x 15.2 centimeters signed and on verso signed, titled and dated 1985 Provenance:Private Collection, Vancouver Island

      Heffel
    • Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 Canadian graphite on paper Woman
      May. 31, 2008

      Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic 1916 - 2007 Canadian graphite on paper Woman

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      17 x 14 inches 43.2 x 35.6 centimeters signed Provenance:Private Collection, Vancouver

      Heffel
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