Maxwell Bennett Bates (1906-1980) - art auction sale records

Reception (1973)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2009
Estimate C$20,000 - C$30,000
Sold for C$49,725

Cafe
oil on wood board
Sold in 2016

The Lonesome Road (1970)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2013

Interior with Figures (1957)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2015

Brooklyn Tavern (1973)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2009
Estimate C$12,000 - C$16,000
Sold for C$26,325

Young Girl in a Field (1950)
oil on canvas on artist board
Sold in 2017

Picnic Near The Sea (1975)
oil on canvas
For Sale in 2008 (did not sell)

Prairie People (1975)
acrylic on canvas
Sold in 2011

Untitled - Midway Sideshow
oil on wood board
Sold in 2018

Couple in a Restaurant (1972)
oil on board
Sold in 2008

Woman Of Nice (1973)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2013

Fortune Teller (1972)
oil on wood board
Sold in 2023

Street Scene (1968)
oil on board
Sold in 2011

Portrait of Saul M. Green (1972)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2007

Garden Cafe at Empress Hotel (1978)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2012

Girl With Red Table; 1978 (1978)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2022

Children (1964)
watercolour and ink
Sold in 2014

Side Show
oil on canvas
Sold in 2020

Young Women (1973)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2014

CLOWNS; 1972
oil on board
Sold in 2014

Side Show, 1972 (1972)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2016

Woman Of Nice; 1973 (1973)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2019

Cocktail Party (1974)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2010

Market
oil on board
Sold in 2018

Still Life (1965)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2004

Young Woman
oil on canvas
Sold in 2015

Still Life with Table
oil on wood board
Sold in 2016

The Young Philosopher: Berlin Series (1964)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2004

Cook (1965)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2023

Three Girls
oil on board
Sold in 2017

Pink Cushion (1973)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2024

Untitled - Floral Still Life (1973)
oil on wood board
Sold in 2023

Vic and his Dog (1978)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2010

Green Forest
oil on board 1960
Sold in 2013

Northern Painting
oil on canvas
Sold in 2017

The Gamblers (1952)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2003

Couple In Fancy Dress; 1970
oil on canvas
Sold in 2016

Tavern (1974)
oil on wood board
Sold in 2022

Farmer and Wife, 1973 (1973)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2015

Portrait Of Eleanor Friedman, 1971 (1971)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2024

Three Graces
oil on canvas
Sold in 2018

The Poet (1948)
oil on board
Sold in 2007

House by the Sea
oil on board
Sold in 2017

Old Woman (1969)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2003

Polynesian God
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2007

Woman Sitting at a Window (1972)
oil on board
For Sale in 2015 (did not sell)

Still Life With Figures; 1977 (1977)
watercolour on embossed paper
Sold in 2024

Untitled
Sold in 2007

Anthem (1960)
oil on masonite
Sold in 2010

Classical Ball (1974)
watercolour and ink
Sold in 2012

Cafe, 1973 (1973)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2016

Interior with Table and Chair
oil on canvas
Sold in 2017

Spring Landscape (1973)
oil on board
Sold in 2002

Audience, 1978 (1978)
oil on board
Sold in 2016

Evening Star; 1962 (1962)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2018

Untitled
Sold in 2009

Still Life; 1974 (1974)
oil on masonite
Sold in 2018

Woman In Striped Dress; 1974 (1974)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2018

Farmhouse, Near Calgary (1964)
oil on board
Sold in 2005

Untitled (Family) (1951)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2022

Party Scene (1974)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2013

Clothesline (1946)
oil on paper board
Sold in 2021

Indian Camp (1973)
oil on board
Sold in 2020

Interior with Table and Chair (1961)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2021

Still Life with Peter Daglish
oil on canvas
Sold in 2024

The Artist and his Friends
watercolour on paper on mat board
Sold in 2018

Woman and Flowers (1974)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2020

Untitled
Sold in 2007

Autumn Still Life
oil on board
Sold in 2014

Figures in Interior (1962)
oil on board
Sold in 2018

Woman On Blue Sofa; 1961
oil on board
Sold in 2018

Polynesian God; 1957 (1957)
oil on board
Sold in 2018

City Life (A partial portrait on the reverse)
gouache on card
Sold in 2010

Actresses (1975)
oil on board
Sold in 2018

Woman Sitting at a Window (1972)
oil on board
Sold in 2016

Women in a Café
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2015

Eviction (1967)
watercolour and ink
Sold in 2016

Velasquez (1974)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2006

West Indian Puppets (1972)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2024

Night of the Nepenthe (1967)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2003

Woman in Striped Dress (1973)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2014

House by the Sea (1952)
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2022

Gloucester Road, London; Ca 1959 (1959)
oil on masonite
Sold in 2020

Life Study (1974)
watercolour on paper
For Sale in 2015 (did not sell)

Near Okotoks
oil on canvas
Sold in 2018

Prairie Shacks
oil on canvas
Sold in 2019

Untitled
Sold in 2009

Untitled (Woman and House) (1975)
oil on board
Sold in 2021

Indian Cemetery (1962)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2021

Still Life (1948)
oil on board
Sold in 2012

Chinese Laundry
oil on board
Sold in 2023

Husband And Wife (1947)
watercolour and graphite
Sold in 2011

Head of a Man
watercolour
Sold in 2009

#98 Landscape (1965)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2015

Street Scene, New York
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2015

Tavern (1974)
oil on board
Sold in 2016

Untitled - City at Night (1961)
enamel on wood board
Sold in 2011

Alberta Storm (1955)
oil on board 1955
Sold in 2018

Facets One (Time Symbols) (1960)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2018

Still Life With Plant and Dish (1948)
oil on board
For Sale in 2015 (did not sell)

Farmer & Wife; 1974
oil on masonite
Sold in 2016

Cocktail Party (1978)
watercolour and ink on paper
For Sale in 2016 (did not sell)

Untitled
Sold in 2006

Petrified Museum; 1965 (1965)
coloured ink and wash on paper
Sold in 2019

Untitled - Figures on A Country Road (1975)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2013

Still Life (1971)
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2020

Farmer (1978)
oil on board
Sold in 2013

At the Tavern (1974)
watercolour and ink on paper
Sold in 2022

Victoria, B.C. (1965)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2024

Timovic - Serbian P.O.W. (1974)
oil on board
Sold in 2023

Landscape
watercolour
Sold in 2021

Seascape Near Victoria (1962)
oil on wood board
Sold in 2015

Landscape near Victoria (1965)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2016

Flowers (1976)
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2020

Untitled - Conversation in the Gallery (1976)
watercolour and ink on paper
Sold in 2019

The Scarecrow, 1957 (1957)
gouache and watercolour on paper
Sold in 2021

Head Of A Woman; 1952 (1952)
oil on board
Sold in 2020

Persian And Lion; 1961
mixed media on paper
Sold in 2017

Untitled
Sold in 2009

Untitled
Sold in 2007

Autumn in Saanich (1967)
oil on canvas
Sold in 2023

Untitled
Sold in 2007

View Of Florence; Ca 1959 (1959)
oil on masonite
Sold in 2018

Autumn Landscape (1972)
oil on board
Sold in 2015

Country of the Night Moth (1960)
oil on board
Sold in 2020

Untitled
Sold in 2009

Landscape with Boy and Girl (1972)
oil on board
Sold in 2021

Cabena (1965)
mixed media on paper
Sold in 2024

Jester
ink and watercolour on paper
For Sale in 2014 (did not sell)

Brown Landscape (1974)
oil on board
For Sale in 2015 (did not sell)

Tavern
watercolour and graphite on paper
For Sale in 2016 (did not sell)

The Scarecrow (1957)
gouache and watercolour on paper
For Sale in 2016 (did not sell)

The Scarecrow (1957)
gouache and watercolour on paper
For Sale in 2013 (did not sell)

Model in Grey and Red
oil on canvas
For Sale in 2022 (did not sell)

Landscape (1962)
oil on canvas board
For Sale in 2014 (did not sell)

Untitled
Sold in 2006

John Ruskin Checking a Stone at Venice (1964)
mixed media on paper
For Sale in 2013 (did not sell)

Landscape (1962)
oil on canvas board
For Sale in 2015 (did not sell)

Summer
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2012

Beggar King (1963)
oil on board
Sold in 2023

Road in Autumn
oil on artist board
Sold in 2017

Still Life; 1948
oil on board
Sold in 2014

Summer Landscape
oil on artist board circa 1950
Sold in 2013

Untitled (1948)
oil on canvas on board
Sold in 2012

Masked Figure; 1961
mixed media on paper
Sold in 2015

Untitled - Bird (1961)
mixed media on paper
Sold in 2016

Model in Grey and Red
oil on canvas
For Sale in 2022 (did not sell)

Jester
ink and watercolour on paper
For Sale in 2014 (did not sell)

Cocktail Party (1978)
watercolour and ink on paper
Sold in 2020

Esquimalt House (1976)
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2020

Winter Landscape (1973)
oil on wood board
Sold in 2019

Appel [Role Call] at the Camp
watercolour and ink on paper
Sold in 2019

Classical Ball (1974)
watercolour and ink on paper
Sold in 2023

Untitled - Alberta Landscape (1962)
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2020

Hutterites, 1974 (1974)
watercolour and ink
Sold in 2020

Terrace Scene from a French Village
pastel on paper circa 1959
Sold in 2013

Landscape
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2017

Spring Landscape; 1962
oil on canvas
Sold in 2012

Brown Landscape (1974)
oil on board
Sold in 2015

HOUSES IN APRIL; ca 1948/49
oil on board
Sold in 2019

Folies Pigalle; 1976 (1976)
mixed media on paper
Sold in 2024

CLOWNS; 1976 (1976)
mixed media on paper
Sold in 2024

Untitled - Jester Before the Court (1978)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2023

Trick Or Treat, 1976 (1976)
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2019

Green Room (1976)
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2021

CLOWN, 1974 (1974)
oil on masonite
Sold in 2019

Life Study
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2018

Malle Babbe by Frans Hals
oil on canvas
Sold in 2017

Spanish Family
watercolour
Sold in 2017

Abstract (1961)
mixed media on paper
For Sale in 2016 (did not sell)

Fields
oil on board
For Sale in 2020 (did not sell)

Abstract (1961)
mixed media on paper
For Sale in 2016 (did not sell)

Punch And Judy (1974)
watercolour and ink on paper
Sold in 2021

Design For A Reredos; Ca 1938
mixed media on paper
Sold in 2015

Women in Fancy Dress
felt pen and charcoal on paper
Sold in 2016

Life Study (1974)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2016

monotype, gouache on wove paper (1961)
Sold in 2012

The Fair
ink & watercolour on paper
Sold in 2017

Stormy Day; 1956
oil on board
Sold in 2014

Persian and Lion (00081/TN015) (1961)
mixed media on paper
Sold in 2014

Tavern
watercolour and graphite on paper
Sold in 2017

Conversation 1976 (1976)
monoprint on paper
Sold in 2016

Untitled - Quiet Street in Nice (1957)
pastel on paper
Sold in 2023

Chateau in a Wild Garden (1977)
watercolour
Sold in 2013

The Scarecrow (1957)
gouache and watercolour on paper
Sold in 2024

Polynesian God (Study) (1955)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2022

Beggar 2 #9/16
colour lithograph on paper
Sold in 2018

Barn
oil on board
Sold in 2011

Untitled - Matching in Blue (1967)
colour monoprint on paper
Sold in 2018

Cathedral (1951)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2020

Abstract (1961)
mixed media on paper
Sold in 2016

Broadway and 109th St. NYC #7/9 (1955)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2021

Some Chinese Poets (1974)
ink on paper
Sold in 2001

Abstract (1961)
mixed media on paper
Sold in 2016

Canal In Venice
pastel on paper
Sold in 2010

Annunciation
oil on canvas
For Sale in 2015 (did not sell)

Nocturne
lithograph
Sold in 2003

Saanich Landscape (1975)
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2021

Sunrise At Stonehewer Place (1976)
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2021

Untitled
Sold in 2006

Untitled
Sold in 2009

Moon Abstract; 1961
mixed media monotype on paper
Sold in 2018

Untitled
Sold in 2008

Children #11/15 (1957)
colour lithograph on paper
Sold in 2016

Punch and Two Others (00206/TN082) (1979)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2014

Fortune Teller; 1971
lithograph on paper; ed. #9/30
Sold in 2011

Untitled
Sold in 2008

Tavern #4/6 (1962)
colour lithograph on paper
Sold in 2016

'Cirque Medrano', Paris #4/50 (1966)
colour lithograph on paper
Sold in 2020

Beggar King #23/30 (1971)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2022

Children #3/15 (1957)
colour lithograph on paper
Sold in 2016

Untitled - Wax Museum (1965)
ink on paper
Sold in 2011

Punch & Two Others (1977)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2023

Untitled
Sold in 2007

Bilingualism
graphite
For Sale in 2012 (did not sell)

Woman And Still Life; 1966
colour lithograph on paper; ed. #17/25
Sold in 2011

BROADWAY AT 109TH STREET. NEW YORK CITY
stone lithograp #8/9
Sold in 2010

Beggar King #3/30 (1971)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2018

Ballet #7/20 (1955)
colour lithograph on paper
Sold in 2014

Fleurs Naturelles (1967)
ink on paper
Sold in 2020

Settlers #10/13 (1955)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2011

Untitled (Love Birds) (1961)
monoprint
Sold in 2016

Untitled - French Hotel
pastel on paper
Sold in 2018

Angry Cock #2/7 (1957)
colour lithograph on paper
Sold in 2021

Untitled
Sold in 2008

Untitled
Sold in 2007

Untitled
Sold in 2009

Village; 1956
colour lithograph on paper; ed. #10/12
Sold in 2016

Dancers; 1955
colour lithograph on paper; ed. #9/19
Sold in 2010

Portrait Of A Woman; 1947 (1947)
watercolour and pencil on paper
Sold in 2021

Trees, 1961 (1961)
pen and ink
Sold in 2016

Some Chinese Poets (1974)
ink on paper
Sold in 2015

Angry Cock; 1957
colour lithograph on paper; ed. #1/7
Sold in 2011

TWO BOYS; 1956 (1956)
lithograph; 1st state; ed. #1/2
Sold in 2021

Man
colour lithograph on paper; ed. #2/6
Sold in 2018

Portrait of a Man at a Table
lino block on paper
Sold in 2019

Woman and Still Life #1/25 (1966)
colour lithograph on paper
Sold in 2016

Dancers #14/19 (1955)
colour lithograph on paper
Sold in 2014

Untitled
Sold in 2008

Untitled
Sold in 2006

Untitled - Beggar King in Abstract
watercolour and graphite on paper
Sold in 2023

Fortune Teller; 1957
colour lithograph on paper; ed. #5/9
Sold in 2012

Untitled
Sold in 2007

Children; 1957
colour lithograph on paper; ed. #11/15
Sold in 2010

Mother and Boy (1957)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2023

Nocturne
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2020

109th Street and Broadway, N.Y.C. (1955)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2023

Bilingualism
graphite on paper
For Sale in 2013 (did not sell)

Two Dolls (1961)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2023

Girl with Pony Tail (1957)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2023

Untitled
Sold in 2007

Bottles #3/14 (1958)
colour lithograph on paper
Sold in 2015

Bilingualism - It's O.K. Mom. I Spoke Too Much French!
graphite on paper
Sold in 2016

Figure Study
graphite on paper
Sold in 2014

Ballet
lithograph, printed in colours
Sold in 2010

Dancers
lithograph, printed in colours
Sold in 2010

Cock And Hen; 1955 (1955)
colour lithograph on paper; ed. #10/14
Sold in 2018

Official; 1962 (1962)
colour lithograph on paper; ed. #11/12
Sold in 2018

Soldier #8/8 (1961)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2022

Beggar King #12/30 (1971)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2016

Untitled (The Yellow Pipe)
blockprint
Sold in 2023

Street in Brooklyn
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2014

Acrobats #11/11 (1958)
colour lithograph on paper
Sold in 2015

Fortune Teller (1957)
colour lithograph
Sold in 2019

Horseman
lino block on paper
Sold in 2012

Nocturne
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2024

Fortune Teller (1957)
lithograph, printed in colours
Sold in 2010

Mother and Child #2/6 (1958)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2016

Untitled
Sold in 2006

Beggar 3 #13/16 (1962)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2018

Children; 1957 (1957)
colour lithograph on paper; ed. #3/15
Sold in 2021

Beggar 2
colour lithograph
Sold in 2023

Rehearsal (1959)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2014

Theatre (1949)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2011

Street Scene; 1977; ed. #43/50
lithograph
Sold in 2024

Corsican Town; 1966; ed. #18/34
lithograph
Sold in 2024

Street Scene (1977)
lithograph
Sold in 2023

Untitled - Man at Table [Sketchbook 1958]
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2018

Fortune Teller (1957)
colour lithograph
Sold in 2023

Untitled - Still Life with Candle and Wine
wood block on paper
Sold in 2022

Street Scene
lithograph AP
Sold in 2024

Punch & Two Others
lithograph 29/30
Sold in 2024

Theatre (1949)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2011

Untitled - Portrait of a Man (1958)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2013

Three Bates Prints [Untitled - John Snow's Furnace / Central Park, Calgary / Theatre] (1949)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2018

Three Bates Prints [Untitled - John Snow's Furnace / Rehearsal / Theatre] (1949)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2018

Untitled - King [1970]
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2018

Sketchbook 1958 [Man at a Table with Plants] (1958)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2019

Three Bates Prints [Untitled - John Snow's Furnace / Untitled - Street Car / Theatre] (1952)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2018

Untitled - The King (1970)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2013

Untitled - Still Life with Candle and Wine
lino block on paper
Sold in 2018

Sketchbook 1958 [Man at a Table with Plants]
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2016

Sketchbook 1970 [King]
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2016

Sketchbook 1970
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2020

Le Chateau des Cartes (1970)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2013