Philip Henry Surrey Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Philip Henry Surrey Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 22, 2024
Surrey, Philip Henry Howard - Place Ville-Marie
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Surrey, Philip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Place Ville-Marie Description (FR): Technique mixte sur papier signÃ©e au bas gauche. Description (EN): Mixed media on paper signed lower left Dimension (PO): 17" x 11" Dimension (CM): 43,18 x 27,94 cm Rapport de condition: Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de rÃ©pondre Ã vos questions de maniÃ¨re dÃ©taillÃ©e. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
Champagne Auctions
Oct. 10, 2024
Philip Henry Howard Surrey, RCA (1910-1990), RUE NOTRE DAME OUEST, MONTREAL, CA. 1975
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Philip Henry Howard Surrey, RCA (1910-1990), Canadian RUE NOTRE DAME OUEST, MONTREAL, CA. 1975 signed lower right; titled and dated to gallery labels verso Estimate: $4,000—6,000 CAD
Waddington's
Oct. 17, 2023
Surrey, Philip - Étude de mouvement / Motion study - 1938
Est: $300 - $400
Surrey, Philip (1910-1990) Étude de mouvement / Motion study (1938) Description: Pencil drawing on paper, signed and dated on lower right Surrey, Baie St Paul, 1938 Dimension (PO): 11 x 6 1/4" Dimension (CM): 28 x 16 cn Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
Champagne Auctions
Mar. 28, 2023
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard - Le fleuve St. Laurent à Verdun - 1978
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Le fleuve St. Laurent à Verdun (1978) Description: Mixed media on paper, signed on lower right Surrey, labels of Sotheby's and of Galerie Jean-Pierre Valentin, certificate of Galerie L'Art Français Dimension (PO): 18" x 24" Dimension (CM): 46 x 61 cm Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
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Feb. 07, 2023
PHILIP SURREY (CANADIAN 1910-1990) THE JUNCTION
Est: £400 - £600
PHILIP SURREY (CANADIAN 1910-1990) THE JUNCTION Indistinctly signed lower left, pastel (34cm x 45cm (13.5in x 17.75in))
Lyon & Turnbull
Dec. 14, 2021
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard - The beach
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) The beach Description (FR): Pastel sur papier, signée en bas à gauche Surrey Description (EN): Pastel on paper, signed on lower right Surrey Dimension (PO): 17 1/4" x 27 1/4" Dimension (CM): 43.8 x 69.2 cm Rapport de condition: Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de répondre à vos questions de manière détaillée. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
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Dec. 14, 2021
Surrey, Philip Henry Howard - Boat
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Surrey, Philip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Boat Description (FR): Huile sur isorel, signée en bas à droite Surrey Description (EN): Oil on hardboard, signed on lower right Surrey Dimension (PO): 6" x 8" Dimension (CM): 15.2 x 20.3 cm Rapport de condition: Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de répondre à vos questions de manière détaillée. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
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Jul. 06, 2021
Surrey, Philip Henry Howard - Route North Hatley vers Magog
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
Surrey, Philip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Route North Hatley vers Magog Description (FR): Huile sur isorel, signée en bas à gauche Surrey Description (EN): Oil on hardboard, signed on lower left Surrey Dimension (PO): 12" x 18" Dimension (CM): 30.48 x 45.72 cm Rapport de condition: Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de répondre à vos questions de manière détaillée. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
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Mar. 09, 2021
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard - Train Scene - c.1949
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Train Scene (c.1949) Description (FR): Fusain et gouache sur papier, signée en bas à gauche Surrey Certificat d'authenticité Galerie Walter Klinkhoff et étiquette de la Galerie d'Art Claude Lafitte Exposé lors de la rétrospective de septembre 2004 à la Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Description (EN): Charcoal and gouache on paper, signed on lower left Surrey Certificate Galerie Walter Klinkhoff and label Galerie d'Art Claude Lafitte Exhibited during the September 2004 retrospective at the Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Dimension (PO): 9" x 12" Dimension (CM): 22.9 x 30.5 cm Rapport de condition: Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de répondre à vos questions de manière détaillée. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
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Mar. 09, 2021
Surrey, Philip Henry Howard - Boulevard Gouin
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Surrey, Philip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Boulevard Gouin Description (FR): Huile sur isorel, signée en bas à gauche Surrey Description (EN): Oil on hardboard, signed on lower left Surrey Dimension (PO): 12" x 18" Dimension (CM): 30.48 x 45.72 cm Rapport de condition: Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de répondre à vos questions de manière détaillée. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
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Dec. 15, 2020
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard - Femme et son chien sur une route de campagne
Est: $800 - $1,200
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Femme et son chien sur une route de campagne Description (FR): Huile sur isorel, signée en bas à gauche Surrey Description (EN): Oil on hardboard, signed on lower left Surrey Dimension (PO): 12" x 16" Dimension (CM): 30.48 x 40.64 cm Rapport de condition: Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de répondre à vos questions de manière détaillée. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
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Sep. 17, 2020
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A., MARCH WIND, 1965, mixed media on paper, 12 ins x 21 ins; 30.5 cms x 53.3 cms
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A. MARCH WIND, 1965 mixed media on paper signed; titled and dated to gallery label on the reverse 12 ins x 21 ins; 30.5 cms x 53.3 cms Provenance: Kastel Gallery Inc., Montreal Galerie Valentin, Montreal Private Collection, Montreal Anyone who has experienced March weather of the Canadian variety will simultaneously wince and chuckle at this familiar scene. The wind nearly topples the pedestrians as they hurl their bodies, twirling and pitching, hands on caps and skirts, into the gusts that threaten to bowl them over. One man walks determinedly against the wind, against the flow of the crowd, barely catching purchase on the sloped ground. Philip Surrey goes so far as to angle the majority of his pencil and brushstrokes as if they too are being subjugated by invisible winds, heightening the effect. The artist was a lifelong pedestrian, walking to and from work, and often used the simple act as a basis for many compositions. While the artist’s skill is such that the cool air seems to blast out from the page, there is a sympathetic lightness to the scene, as the viewer watches the small figures dance and joust with the March wind. Estimate: $3,000–4,000
Waddington's
Sep. 17, 2020
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A., BOULEVARD GOUIN, oil on masonite, 20 ins x 30 ins; 50.8 cms x 76.2 cms
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A. BOULEVARD GOUIN oil on masonite signed 20 ins x 30 ins; 50.8 cms x 76.2 cms Provenance: Gauvreau Gallery, Montreal Private Collection, Ontario Of Philip Surrey’s work, Robert Ayre wrote in 1940 that it evoked “the loneliness and secrecy of the night, created by still, poised compositions, by sombre colours, by mysterious shadows and, here and there, an eerie light…There is a story in most of Surrey’s paintings: not an anecdote made obvious but a story implied for your own imagination to complete.” Indeed, a painting that appears simple at first glance slowly reveals itself to be the intersection of three vignettes: the couple on promenade, a boater on the river, and a car looping around the bend on the road, visible only by its lights. Surrey guides the viewer through the scene masterfully, coaxing the eye around the canvas using the curves of the low-slung telephone wire, the mirrored sweep of the road and the backhand arc of the trees. The effect is cinematic, simultaneously serene and unsettling, in the way of a David Lynch film. The composition functions as a painterly choose-your-own-adventure story, with the viewer left to contemplate the anterior and posterior of this moment in time. The pivotal moment takes place almost offstage, in the form of the approaching vehicle. Surrey frequently returned to the car as a subject; Gilles Daigneault wrote of Surrey that "...there is one thing that occupies a special place in the artist's imagination and which he often uses to express what he resents most: the automobile." Indeed, in this painting it is the car that will interrupt and perhaps even threaten the couple’s bucolic stroll. The painting takes its title from a street of the same name, the longest on the Island of Montreal. Gouin wraps around the north side of the island, bordering the Riviere des Prairies. Estimate: $15,000–20,000
Waddington's
Jun. 15, 2020
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard - Train Scene - c.1949
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Train Scene (c.1949) Description (FR): Fusain et gouache sur papier, signée en bas à gauche Surrey Certificat d'authenticité Galerie Walter Klinkhoff et étiquette de la Galerie d'Art Claude Lafitte Exposé lors de la rétrospective de septembre 2004 à la Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Description (EN): Charcoal and gouache on paper, signed on lower left Surrey Certificate Galerie Walter Klinkhoff and label Galerie d'Art Claude Lafitte Exhibited during the September 2004 retrospective at the Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Dimension (PO): 9" x 12" Dimension (CM): 22.9 x 30.5 cm Rapport de condition: Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de répondre à vos questions de manière détaillée. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
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Jun. 15, 2020
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard - Route North Hatley vers Magog
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Route North Hatley vers Magog Description (FR): Huile sur isorel, signée en bas à gauche Surrey Description (EN): Oil on hardboard, signed on lower left Surrey Dimension (PO): 12" x 18" Dimension (CM): 30.48 x 45.72 cm Rapport de condition: Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de répondre à vos questions de manière détaillée. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
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Oct. 10, 2019
Philip Henry Howard Surrey (Canadian, 1910-1990) Montreal Scene on Dorchester St.
Est: $800 - $1,200
Philip Henry Howard Surrey (Canadian, 1910-1990) Montreal Scene on Dorchester St. pastel on paper signed Surrey (lower right) Sight: 8 x 9 3/4 inches.
Hindman
Oct. 10, 2019
Philip Henry Howard Surrey (Canadian, 1910-1990) Boulevard Gouin
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Philip Henry Howard Surrey (Canadian, 1910-1990) Boulevard Gouin oil on panel signed Surrey (lower right) 20 x 30 inches.
Hindman
Oct. 10, 2019
Philip Henry Howard Surrey (Canadian, 1910-1990) Grand Greve Gaspe
Est: $800 - $1,200
Philip Henry Howard Surrey (Canadian, 1910-1990) Grand Greve Gaspe oil on masonite signed Surrey (lower right) 12 x 16 inches.
Hindman
Sep. 24, 2019
SURREY, PHILLIP HENRY HOWARD - VERS LA PLAGE -
Est: $2,000 - $2,200
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Vers la plage () Pastel sur papier, signée en bas à gauche Surrey Pastel on paper, signed on lower left Surrey 10" x 14" - 25.40 x 35.56 cm Rapport de condition : Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de répondre à vos questions de manière détaillée. Condition Report : Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
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May. 28, 2019
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard - Boulevard Gouin -
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard 1910-1990 Boulevard Gouin Huile sur isorel, signée en bas à gauche Surrey Oil on hardboard, signed on lower left Surrey 30.48 x 45.72 cm 12" x 18"
Champagne Auctions
May. 28, 2019
Surrey, Philip Henry Howard - Route bordée d'arbres -
Est: $700 - $900
Surrey, Philip Henry Howard 1910-1990 Route bordée d'arbres Encre et lavis d'encre sur papier, étampé au dos Estate Philip Surrey, signé en bas à gauche Surrey Ink and ink wash on paper, stamped on the back Estate Philip Surrey, signed on lower left Surrey 22.2 x 29.2 cm 8 3/4" x 11 1/2" Petite tache sur le côté gauche et coins de la feuille percés
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May. 28, 2019
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard - Baie St-Paul - 1938
Est: $100 - $200
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard 1910-1990 Baie St-Paul 1938 Crayon sur papier, signé et daté en bas à droite Surrey 1938 Pencil on paper, signed and dated on lower right Surrey 1938 26.67 x 15.24 cm 10 1/2" x 6"
Champagne Auctions
May. 28, 2019
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard - Sans titre -
Est: $200 - $300
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard 1910-1990 Sans titre Lithographie sur papier, 58/75, signée en bas à droite Surrey Lithograph on paper, 58/75, signed on lower right Surrey 33.02 x 41.91 cm 13" x 16 1/2"
Champagne Auctions
May. 28, 2019
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard - Le Noroît - 1983
Est: $100 - $200
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard 1910-1990 Le Noroît 1983 Gravure sur papier, 60/100, signée et datée en bas à droite Surrey 83 Etching on paper, 60/100, signed and dated on lower right Surrey 83 20.32 x 15.24 cm 8" x 6"
Champagne Auctions
Apr. 23, 2019
* Philip Surrey, (Canadian, 1910-1990), Street Corner, Montreal
Est: $200 - $400
Philip Surrey (Canadian, 1910-1990) Street Corner, Montreal oil on artist board signed Surrey (lower left) 8 x 6 inches.
Hindman
Apr. 23, 2019
* Philip Surrey, (Canadian, 1910-1990), Untitled (Figures running across the street)
Est: $200 - $400
Philip Surrey (Canadian, 1910-1990) Untitled (Figures running across the street) watercolor and gouache 9 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches.
Hindman
Nov. 28, 2018
Surrey, Philip Henry Howard (1910 - 1990) Landscape
Est: $500 - $800
Huile sur isorel, signé en bas à gauche Surrey Oil on hardboard, signed on lower left Surrey 6" x 8" 15.24 x 20.32 cm
Champagne Auctions
Nov. 28, 2018
Surrey, Philip Henry Howard (1910 - 1990) Shoes and pail
Est: $400 - $600
Fusain sur papier, signé en bas à droite Surrey Charcoal on paper, signed on lower right Surrey 18" x 24" 45.72 x 60.96 cm
Champagne Auctions
Oct. 17, 2018
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Icebergs off Greenland coast (1958)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Huile sur panneau de bois, signé en bas à gauche Surrey Oil on wood panel, signed on lower left Surrey 5 3/4" x 7 3/4"; 14.60 x 19.68 cm
Champagne Auctions
Oct. 17, 2018
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Lake of two mountains
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Huile sur isorel, signé en bas à droite Surrey Oil on hardboard, signed on lower right Surrey 14 1/2" x 18"; 36.83 x 45.72 cm
Champagne Auctions
Sep. 13, 2018
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A., BEACH SCENE, watercolour, 11 ins x 17 ins; 30.5 cms x 30.5 cms
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A.BEACH SCENEwatercoloursigned 11 ins x 17 ins; 30.5 cms x 30.5 cms Provenance:Private Collection, MontrealEstimate: $2,500–3,500
Waddington's
Jul. 12, 2018
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY (CANADIAN, 1910-1990), UNTITLED (FARMSCAPE AT DUSK), OIL ON MASONITE; SIGNED LOWER LEFT, 6 x 8 in — 15.2 x 20.3 cm
Est: $600 - $800
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY (CANADIAN, 1910-1990) UNTITLED (FARMSCAPE AT DUSK)OIL ON MASONITE; SIGNED LOWER LEFT6 x 8 in — 15.2 x 20.3 cmEstimate: $600—800
Waddington's
Jun. 20, 2018
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Country Road
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Huile sur isorel, signé en bas à gauche Surrey Oil on hardboard, signed on lower left Surrey 12" x 16"; 30.48 x 40.64 cm
Champagne Auctions
May. 28, 2018
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A., CONSTRUCTION, watercolour on paper, 17.25 ins x 11.75 ins; 43.8 cms x 29.8 cms
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A.CONSTRUCTIONwatercolour on paperwith an unfinished pencil sketch on the reverse 17.25 ins x 11.75 ins; 43.8 cms x 29.8 cms Provenance:Private Collection, MontrealEstimate: $2,000–2,500
Waddington's
Apr. 11, 2018
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Route North Hatley vers Magog
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
Huile sur isorel, signée en bas à gauche Surrey Oil on hardboard, signed on lower left Surrey 12" x 18"; 30.48 x 45.72 cm
Champagne Auctions
Feb. 25, 2018
Painting, Philip Henry Howard Surrey
Est: $700 - $1,000
Philip Henry Howard Surrey, (Canadian, 1910-1990), Backyard Snow Scene, watercolor and gouache, signed verso, sight: 16.5"h x 13"w, overall (with frame): 25"h x 21.25"'w
Clars Auctions
Jan. 25, 2018
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY (CANADIAN, 1910-1990), GROSVENOR AVENUE (MONTREAL), WATERCOLOUR & PASTEL ON PAPER; SIGNED LOWER LEFT; TITLED TO GALLERY LABEL VERSO (Sight, 14.1” x 10.1”)
Est: $1,000 - $1,200
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY (CANADIAN, 1910-1990) GROSVENOR AVENUE (MONTREAL)WATERCOLOUR & PASTEL ON PAPER; SIGNED LOWER LEFT; TITLED TO GALLERY LABEL VERSO (Sight, 14.1” x 10.1”)Provenance:WALLACK GALLERIES, OttawaEstimate: $1,000—1,200
Waddington's
Nov. 21, 2017
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Le noroît (1983)
Est: $100 - $200
Gravure sur papier, 38/100, signée et datée en bas à droite Surrey 83 Etching on paper, 38/100, signed and dated on lower right Surrey 83 9 x 6 ½; 22.86 x 16.51 cm
Champagne Auctions
Nov. 21, 2017
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Landscape
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Huile sur isorel, signée en bas à gauche Surrey Oil on hardboard, signed on lower left Surrey 12 x 16; 30.48 x 40.64 cm
Champagne Auctions
Oct. 27, 2017
Phillip Henry Howard Surrey, Canadian (1910 - 1990), Lumieres Lointaines, silkscreen, #22/75, 12 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (32.4 x 47.6 cm)
Est: $300 - $500
signed and dated '75
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
May. 29, 2017
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A., GIRL ON A GALLERY, 1966, oil on masonite, 32 ins x 48 ins; 121.9 cms x 81.3 cms
Est: $18,000 - $22,000
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A.GIRL ON A GALLERY, 1966oil on masonitesigned 32 ins x 48 ins; 121.9 cms x 81.3 cms Provenance:Estate of the artistPrivate Collection, MontrealExhibited:Philip Surrey (1910-1990) Retrospective Exhibition, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., September 2004, Montreal, no. 71.Literature:Anne Whitelaw, Brian Foss and Sandra Paikowksy, (eds.) The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century, Oxford University Press, Canada, 2010, page 131.T.F. Rigelhof, Philip Surrey, Girl on a Gallery, 1966, 2016.Montreal artist Philip Surrey (1910-1990) is known foremost as a painter of urban scenes and typically his city is shown in use by its citizens who occupy places where people naturally gather. Sandra Paikowsky calls them “social places,” like Place Ville Marie or Green Avenue. Paikowsky remarks that in the work of painters like Surrey images of their hometown can be considered symbolic of their own biographies.Indeed, the notion of biography is very much present in this painting. Surrey taught at Sir George Williams (now Concordia). Part of the course of study included “what students might see if they looked into their gardens/back yards.” Girl on a Gallery is set on the balcony of Surrey’s Grosvenor Avenue home in Westmount, one of Montreal’s toniest neighbourhoods. There has been some well-founded conjecture about who the subject is (a close friend of the artist) and her story (a dramatic breakup and new affair), the repercussions of which she is now contemplating, possibly even regretting. The composition is intriguingly ambiguous about this - or simply discreet, the result of Surrey not wanting to cast judgment. The girl seems to shy away from the light source as though fearful of being exposed further. And are the tree branches embracing the girl, or does their reach imply a more ominous intention? The answer may be subject to our own predispositions about such affairs of the heart. Surrey was a meticulous technician and would have prepared many sketches before rendering this large oil painting. One of these, a 12 x 18 inch ink and charcoal drawing is in the collection of the Ottawa Art Gallery. Estimate: $18,000–22,000
Waddington's
May. 19, 2017
Phillip Henry Howard Surrey, Canadian (1910 - 1990), Lumieres Lointaines, silkscreen, #22/75, 12 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (32.4 x 47.6 cm)
Est: $400 - $600
signed and dated ''75
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Feb. 12, 2017
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Paysage
Est: $400 - $600
Pastel sur papier, signée en bas à droite Surrey Pastel on paper, signed on lower right Surrey 10 ½ x 16; 26.67 x 40.64 cm
Champagne Auctions
Feb. 02, 2017
PHILLIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY (CANADIAN, 1910-1990) UNTITLED (FIGURES ON A STREET CORNER)COLOUR SERIGRAPH; SIGNED AND NUMBERED 49/75 IN PENCIL (Image, 12” x 16”)Estimate: $200—300
Est: -
PHILLIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY (CANADIAN, 1910-1990), UNTITLED (FIGURES ON A STREET CORNER), COLOUR SERIGRAPH; SIGNED AND NUMBERED 49/75 IN PENCIL (Image, 12” x 16”)
Waddington's
Dec. 11, 2016
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Stroll on a country road (1944)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Huile sur isorel, signee et datee en bas a droite Surrey 44 Oil on hardboard, signed and dated on lower right Surrey 44 12 x 16 in ; 30.48 x 40.64 cm
Champagne Auctions
Dec. 11, 2016
Surrey, Phillip Henry Howard (1910-1990) Montreal Street
Est: $500 - $1,000
Encre et Pastel sur papier, signe en bas a droite Surrey Ink and pastel on paper, signed on lower right Surrey 12 .5 x 15 .5 in ; 31.75 x 39.36 cm
Champagne Auctions
Nov. 21, 2016
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A., MOTEL AT DUSK, oil on canvas, 20 ins x 30 ins; 50.8 cms x 76.2 cms
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A.MOTEL AT DUSKoil on canvassigned 20 ins x 30 ins; 50.8 cms x 76.2 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoLiterature:Terry Fenton & Karen Wilkin, Modern Painting in Canada: Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art, Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton, 1978, page 34.Note:Fenton and Wilkin contend that the contribution to the advancement of modern art by artists like Lyman, Goodridge Roberts and Surrey, as members of the Contemporary Art Society in Montreal is significant, if underestimated. He writes: “(These artists) established a modernist art in Canada which sought recognition on the basis of its own intrinsic quality.”Estimate: $12,000–15,000
Waddington's
May. 30, 2016
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A., GOUIN BLVD., oil on masonite, 12 ins x 18 ins; 30.5 cms x 45.7 cms
Est: $3,500 - $4,000
PHILIP HENRY HOWARD SURREY, R.C.A.GOUIN BLVD.oil on masonitesigned 12 ins x 18 ins; 30.5 cms x 45.7 cms Provenance:Biferali Fine Art, MontrealPrivate Collection, MontrealNote:Running parallel to the Rivière des Prairies, or Back River, stretches of Gouin Boulevard are unaccustomed to foot traffic. Yet here, Philip Surrey, painter of urban landscapes, vitalizes the composition with a pedestrian duo. Surrey is masterful at painting reflective light. He favours, in particular, street lamps and headlights, both incorporated here. This is a ‘moody tableau,’ but whether romantic or mysterious is uncertain. The approaching vehicle and undulating road suggest a dreamscape as much as an actual place and load the painting with a delightful ambiguity.
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