Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title August #State Proof
Media colour etching on paper
Size 11.5 x 10 in. / 29.2 x 25.4 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; unframed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title July #XVI/XX
Media silkscreen on paper
Dated 1989
Size 10.25 x 12.5 in. / 26 x 31.8 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Reference
possibly used as reference for laser-cut sculpture 'Mid-July' which was sold at Levis in 2021; see Historical Result by clicking here

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Altamira I #2/2 AV
Media painted bronze sculpture
Dated 1991
Size 24.25 x 21.75 x 7.5 in. / 61.6 x 55.2 x 19 cm.

Notes
signed, dated, numbered and foundry stamp 'JA/PL' along bottom

Reference
illustrated on pages 27 and 73 in Joe Fafard: The Bronze Years published by Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1996; French version included with lot

Provenance
purchased from Gallery 454, Winnipeg; private collection, Saskatchewan
Estimate CAD$10,000-$15,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Untitled - Hand Treasures #8/10
Media painted bronze sculpture
Dated 1989
Size 1.75 x 6 x 3 in. / 4.4 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm.

Notes
signed, dated, numbered and foundry stamp 'JA/PL' verso

Provenance
private collection, Saskatchewan
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Untitled - Tiny Calf with Brown Eyes
Media painted ceramic sculpture
Dated 1972
Size 1.5 x 2.75 x 1.5 in. / 3.8 x 7 x 3.8 cm.

Notes
signed and dated on bottom; some minor handling marks noted

Provenance
from the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Van Vliet, Edmonton and by descent to a private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Untitled - Tiny Calf with White Spot
Media painted ceramic sculpture
Dated 1972
Size 1.25 x 2.75 x 1.75 in. / 3.2 x 7 x 4.4 cm.

Notes
signed and dated on bottom; some minor handling marks noted

Provenance
from the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Van Vliet, Edmonton and by descent to a private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Untitled - Tiny Calf with White Face
Media painted ceramic sculpture
Dated 1972
Size 1.5 x 2.75 x 2 in. / 3.8 x 7 x 5.1 cm.

Notes
signed and dated on bottom; some minor handling marks and small chip in left ear noted

Provenance
from the estate of Dr. and Mrs. Van Vliet, Edmonton and by descent to a private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Diego #6/7
Media painted bronze sculpture
Dated 2001
Size 25.25 x 19.75 x 9.75 in. / 64.1 x 50.2 x 24.8 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered on chair

Reference
lot includes Joe Fafard by Terrence Heath, published by Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing, 2007 and Joe Fafard: Cow and Other Luminaries 1977-1987 by Matthew Teitelbaum and Peter White, published by Mendel Art Gallery and Dunlop Art Gallery, 1987

Provenance
from the Estate of Dr. Joan Snyder, a prominent Calgary philanthropist; proceeds from this work will help fulfill Joan's wishes to support the University of Calgary. To read more about Dr. Joan Snyder, visit the University of Calgary's Memoriam
Estimate CAD$30,000-$40,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Aunt Cow
Media glazed ceramic sculpture
Dated 1973
Size 8 x 20.5 x 13 in. / 20.3 x 52.1 x 33 cm.

Notes
signed and dated on bottom; repair on her left ear noted

Reference
illustrated on the cover of and included in Moo... A Souvenir Album of Joe Fafard's Pensées exhibited at the Glenbow-Alberta Gallery, Calgary, September 1 to 30, 1973; exhibition catalogue included with lot

Provenance
purchased directly from the artist circa 1974 following the Glenbow-Alberta Gallery exhibition; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$7,000-$9,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Untitled - Cow #2/12
Media bronze sculpture
Dated 1990
Size 4 x 6.25 x 1.75 in. / 10.2 x 15.9 x 4.4 cm.

Notes
signed, dated, numbered and indistinctly inscribed on bottom

Provenance
from an Edmonton estate
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title White Colt II
Media pastel on paper
Dated 1998
Size 29.75 x 22.25 in. / 75.6 x 56.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed with archival mat and plexiglass

Provenance
Douglas Udell Gallery, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Miniature Cow #23/75
Media bronze sculpture
Size 1.25 x 2.75 x 1.25 in. / 3.2 x 7 x 3.2 cm.

Notes
signed, numbered and indistinctly dated along bottom

Provenance
purchased from a Saskachewan art gallery in the 1980s; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,000-$1,500

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Noah's Fear #PP
Media colour etching on paper
Dated 1986
Size 6 x 17.5 in. / 15.2 x 44.4 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Sonny! #56/150
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1979
Size 14.5 x 18.5 in. / 36.8 x 47 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat; chip in glass noted upper left

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Untitled - Joe's Arc #PP
Media hand coloured etching on paper
Dated 1987
Size 11 x 20 in. / 27.9 x 50.8 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Mare and Filly #4/7
Media painted bronze sculpture
Dated 1998
Size x in. / x cm.

Notes
LOT OF TWO; each signed, dated and numbered on bottom; mare [larger female horse] measures [8.5 x 11 x 5 inches]; filly [young horse] measures [6 x 6.75 x 1.75 inches]

Provenance
purchased from Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto; private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$8,000-$10,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Bortnick #2/7
Media bronze sculpture
Dated 1988
Size 7.5 x 6.75 x 3.5 in. / 19 x 17.1 x 8.9 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; on custom wood base measuring [2.25 x 7 x 4 inches]

Provenance
private collection, Northern Alberta
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title August #PP
Media colour etching on paper
Dated 1986
Size 11.5 x 10 in. / 29.2 x 25.4 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Moon Walk #AP
Media etching on paper
Dated 1987
Size 11.75 x 11.75 in. / 29.8 x 29.8 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Hi #234/500
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1979
Size 5.5 x 5.75 in. / 14 x 14.6 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop chop lower left; framed

Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Mid-July #2/10
Media laser cut steel sculpture
Dated 1996
Size 18.5 x 21.25 x 1.25 in. / 47 x 54 x 3.2 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered on bottom; unframed; lot includes coloured canvas backing

Estimate CAD$5,000-$7,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Untitled - Cow #2/12
Media bronze sculpture
Dated 1990
Size 4.25 x 6 x 1.75 in. / 10.8 x 15.2 x 4.4 cm.

Notes
signed, dated, numbered and indistinctly inscribed on bottom

Provenance
private collection, Ottawa
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,500

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Moon Walk #AP
Media etching on paper
Dated 1987
Size 11.5 x 11.5 in. / 29.2 x 29.2 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Cell #XXIX/L
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1981
Size 7 x 9 in. / 17.8 x 22.9 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Jacob's Goats #AP
Media etching on paper
Dated 1987
Size 3.5 x 11 in. / 8.9 x 27.9 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title August #PP
Media colour etching on paper
Dated 1986
Size 11.25 x 9.75 in. / 28.6 x 24.8 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$700-$900

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Calf Monet #35/60
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1982
Size 19 x 23.25 in. / 48.3 x 59.1 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated, numbered, and artist's chop along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title August #PP
Media colour etching on paper
Dated 1986
Size 11.25 x 10 in. / 28.6 x 25.4 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Cattle 4 / 3
Media bronze sculpture
Dated 1996
Size 4 x 6.5 x 2.75 in. / 10.2 x 16.5 x 7 cm.

Notes
signed, titled '4 3' and dated along bottom

Provenance
private collection, Penticton
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Cattle 8 / 1
Media bronze sculpture
Dated 1996
Size 4.5 x 6.5 x 3 in. / 11.4 x 16.5 x 7.6 cm.

Notes
signed, titled '8 1' and dated along bottom

Provenance
private collection, Penticton
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title DC Neuf #E/A
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1978
Size 25.75 x 18 in. / 65.4 x 45.7 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom under mat; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Penticton
Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Sonny #A/P
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1979
Size 14.5 x 18.25 in. / 36.8 x 46.4 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom under mat; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Penticton
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Hi #458/500
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1999
Size 5.5 x 5.5 x 1 in. / 14 x 14 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
proceeds to Athabasca University, from an anonymous donor
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Untitled - Mother and her Calf #2/5
Media painted bronze sculpture
Dated 1997
Size 7 x 11.5 x 3.25 in. / 17.8 x 29.2 x 8.3 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered on base

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$3,000-$5,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Piapot's Dream #2/5
Media bronze table sculpture
Dated 1995
Size 16.5 x 38 x 23 in. / 41.9 x 96.5 x 58.4 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered on bottom; includes glass tabletop with two minor chips in glass

Provenance
ex-collection of Mr. Jim Coutts, with proceeds going in support of the University of Lethbridge Coutts Centre for Western Canadian Heritage, located in Nanton
Estimate CAD$10,000-$15,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Vincent Van Gogh #3/7
Media colour bronze sculpture
Dated 1983
Size 12.25 x 6 x 6 in. / 31.1 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom

Provenance
private collection, Saskatoon
Estimate CAD$8,000-$10,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Moon's Eye #17/50
Media etching on paper
Dated 1985
Size 23.5 x 17.5 x 1 in. / 59.7 x 44.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered on all four margins; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$500-$600

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title DC Neuf #42/65
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1978
Size 25.75 x 18 x 1 in. / 65.4 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
The Gallery / art placement, Saskatoon, label verso
Estimate CAD$500-$600

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Hi #198/500
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1979
Size 5.75 x 5.75 x 1 in. / 14.6 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed; small hole in upper margin and some yellowing noted

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Pictograph of Goose and Eye #27/75
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1978
Size 20.5 x 27 x 1 in. / 52.1 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; signed, titled and dated on Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop label verso; framed

Provenance
ex-collection Western Co-operative Fertilizer/Viterra Inc.
Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Untitled - Resting #AP II
Media bronze sculpture
Dated 2007
Size 4.25 x 9.25 x 2 in. / 10.8 x 23.5 x 5.1 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and numbered on bottom

Estimate CAD$3,500-$4,500

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Hi #329/500
Media colour wood block on paper
Dated 1979
Size 5.75 x 5.75 x 1 in. / 14.6 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop chop lower left; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$250-$300

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Untitled - Lounging Cow
Media ceramic sculpture
Dated 1982
Size 3 x 5 x 2.5 in. / 7.6 x 12.7 x 6.4 cm.

Notes
signed and dated inside along bottom

Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,500

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Untitled - Cow and Tree
Media painted ceramic sculpture
Dated 1974
Size 10 x 8.5 x 7 in. / 25.4 x 21.6 x 17.8 cm.

Notes
signed, dated and inscribed 'To Fred Mandel'

Provenance
ex-collection, Fred Mendell; from a prominent Saskatchewan / Alberta collection
Estimate CAD$5,000-$6,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title August #A/P
Media colour etching on paper
Dated 1986
Size 11.5 x 9.75 x 1 in. / 29.2 x 24.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Provenance
purchased directly from the artist, Calgary
Estimate CAD$600-$700

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Noah's Fear #P/P
Media colour etching on paper
Dated 1986
Size 5.75 x 17.5 x 1 in. / 14.6 x 44.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Provenance
purchased directly from the artist, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$350

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Barb #4/150
Media lithograph on paper
Dated 1991
Size 22.25 x 30 x 1 in. / 56.5 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$300-$350

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title [Eye] #A.P.
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1978
Size 20.75 x 26.75 x 1 in. / 52.7 x 67.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled with symbol, dated and numbered along bottom; some handling marks noted; unframed

Reference
see another example The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop, by A.Davis, plate 2 and plate 22

Provenance
ex-collection The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop, Winnipeg
Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title The Painter #2/7
Media painted bronze sculpture
Dated 1986
Size 24.5 x 18.75 x 8.5 in. / 62.2 x 47.6 x 21.6 cm.

Notes
signed, dated, numbered and foundry mark verso; on white plinth [37 inches high]

Reference
included in Joe Fafard: Cows and Other Luminaries, 1977 - 1987 catalogue number 41, Mendel Art Gallery; catalogue included with lot

Provenance
private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$12,000-$15,000

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Sonny #A.P.
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1979
Size 14.5 x 18.5 x 1 in. / 36.8 x 47 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Reference
included in The Great Western Canadian Screen Shop exhibition, Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1992; edition of 150

Provenance
ex-collection David Gilhooley
Estimate CAD$500-$600

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Moon Walk #2 #7/25
Media two colour etching on paper
Dated 1987
Size 11.5 x 11.5 x 1 in. / 29.2 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Provenance
ex-collection David Gilhooley
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Noah's Fear #6/75
Media colour etching on paper
Dated 1986
Size 5.75 x 17.5 x 1 in. / 14.6 x 44.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Provenance
ex-collection David Gilhooley
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Hi #345/500
Media colour silkscreen on paper
Dated 1979
Size 5.75 x 5.75 x 1 in. / 14.6 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Provenance
ex-collection David Gilhooley
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Isaac's Goats #A.P.
Media etching on paper
Dated 1987
Size 3.5 x 11 x 1 in. / 8.9 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Joseph's Goats #A.P.
Media etching on paper
Dated 1987
Size 3.5 x 11 x 1 in. / 8.9 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Moon Walk #11/20
Media etching on paper
Dated 1987
Size 11.5 x 11.5 x 1 in. / 29.2 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Joseph's Goats #20/20
Media etching on paper
Dated 1987
Size 3.5 x 11 x 1 in. / 8.9 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Isaac's Goats #5/20
Media etching on paper
Dated 1987
Size 3.5 x 11 x 1 in. / 8.9 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
LOT OF TWO; signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; archival mat

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Bird #4/100
Media lithograph on paper
Dated 1977
Size 17.5 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 44.4 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom

Provenance
corporate collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$400-$500

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Ram #29/45 E.V.
Media hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Dated 1989
Size 10.25 x 12.75 x 1 in. / 26 x 32.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, dated, titled and numbered along bottom; paper size: 14.75 x 16.75; archival mat front and back

Provenance
private collection, Saskatchewan
Estimate CAD$350-$450

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Moon's Eye #17/50
Media etching on paper
Dated 1985
Size 17.5 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 44.4 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered around edges; archival mat front and back

Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist Joseph [Joe] Fafard
Title Albert #71/100
Media lithograph on paper
Dated 1988
Size 20 x 16 x 1 in. / 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; archival mat front and back

Reference
edition for Canadian Cancer Society ?

Estimate CAD$300-$500