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

Street Scene (1968)
oil on board
Sold in 2011

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

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

Green Forest
oil on board 1960
Sold in 2013

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

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

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

Three Graces
oil on canvas
Sold in 2018

Polynesian God
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2007

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

Untitled
Sold in 2007

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

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

Untitled
Sold in 2009

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

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

Evening Star; 1962 (1962)
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

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

Untitled
Sold in 2007

Autumn Still Life
oil on board
Sold in 2014

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

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

Indian Camp (1973)
oil on board
Sold in 2020

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

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

Woman On Blue Sofa; 1961
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

Women in a Café
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2015

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

Eviction (1967)
watercolour and ink
Sold in 2016

Velasquez (1974)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2006

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

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

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

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

Tavern (1974)
oil on board
Sold in 2016

Street Scene, New York
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2015

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

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)

Untitled
Sold in 2006

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

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

Farmer & Wife; 1974
oil on masonite
Sold in 2016

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

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

Landscape
watercolour
Sold in 2021

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

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

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

Flowers (1976)
oil on canvas board
Sold in 2020

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

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

Untitled
Sold in 2009

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

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

Landscape (1962)
oil on canvas board
For Sale in 2015 (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

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

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

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

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

Jester
ink and watercolour on paper
For Sale in 2014 (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

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

Model in Grey and Red
oil on canvas
For Sale in 2022 (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

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

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

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

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

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

Brown Landscape (1974)
oil on board
Sold in 2015

Spring Landscape; 1962
oil on canvas
Sold in 2012

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

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

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

Trick Or Treat, 1976 (1976)
oil on canvas board
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

Life Study (1974)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2016

Women in Fancy Dress
felt pen and charcoal 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

Tavern
watercolour and graphite on paper
Sold in 2017

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

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

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

Abstract (1961)
mixed media on paper
Sold in 2016

Cathedral (1951)
watercolour on paper
Sold in 2020

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

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

Canal In Venice
pastel on paper
Sold in 2010

Abstract (1961)
mixed media on paper
Sold in 2016

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

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

Untitled
Sold in 2008

Untitled
Sold in 2009

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

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

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

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

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

Untitled
Sold in 2007

Bilingualism
graphite
For Sale in 2012 (did not sell)

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

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

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

Fleurs Naturelles (1967)
ink on paper
Sold in 2020

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

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

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

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

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

Untitled - French Hotel
pastel on paper
Sold in 2018

Untitled
Sold in 2008

Untitled
Sold in 2009

Untitled
Sold in 2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Two Dolls (1961)
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2023

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

Untitled
Sold in 2007

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

Untitled
Sold in 2007

Nocturne
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2020

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

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

Figure Study
graphite on paper
Sold in 2014

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

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

Dancers
lithograph, printed in colours
Sold in 2010

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

Ballet
lithograph, printed in colours
Sold in 2010

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

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

Street in Brooklyn
lithograph on paper
Sold in 2014

Fortune Teller (1957)
colour lithograph
Sold in 2019

Horseman
lino block on paper
Sold in 2012

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)
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

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

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

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

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