{"id":133494,"date":"2017-11-23T02:48:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T07:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=133494"},"modified":"2017-11-23T02:48:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T07:48:38","slug":"lawren-harris-painting-sells-for-more-than-3-million-at-auction-wednesday-night-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/23\/lawren-harris-painting-sells-for-more-than-3-million-at-auction-wednesday-night-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawren Harris painting sells for more than $3 million at auction Wednesday night"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A painting by Group of Seven founding member Lawren Harris sold for just over $3 million Wednesday night, in line with presale expectations. (Photo By The original uploader was YUL89YYZ at English Wikipedia, Public Domain<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TORONTO \u2014 A painting by Group of Seven founding member Lawren Harris sold for just over $3 million Wednesday night, in line with presale expectations.<\/p>\n

The 1925 oil canvas \u201cMountains East of Maligne Lake\u201d had a pre-sale estimate of $2.5 million to $3.5 million, according to the Heffel Fine Art Auction House, and sold for $3,001,250.<\/p>\n

The painting was one of eight paintings by Harris among more than 100 that fetched a total of $15 million.<\/p>\n

Other Harris paintings sold Wednesday include \u201cMorin Island, Eclipse Sound, North Baffin Island, Arctic Painting XXXVI,\u201d which sold well above the presale estimate at $1.2 million, and \u201cCathedral Mountain from Yoho Valley, Mountain Sketch LXXXVI, which sold for $931,250.<\/p>\n

Harris paintings have smashed expectations at recent auctions and Heffel has now sold 336 of his works for more than $90 million.<\/p>\n

It was last November that \u201cMountain Forms\u201d by the Brantford, Ont.-born painter went for over $11.2 million, more than double the previous record set in 2002 for the most expensive Canadian work ever sold.<\/p>\n

Heading into that auction, Heffel had estimated the 1926 oil canvas could fetch between $3 million and $5 million.<\/p>\n

Harris’s work received an international boost when American actor-comedian Steve Martin co-curated an exhibit of his paintings, which debuted in 2015 at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles before heading to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Art Gallery of Ontario last year.<\/p>\n

Also up for auction were three works by Jean-Paul Riopelle, including \u201cComposition.\u201d The work sold for $481,250, matching the presale estimate of $400,000 to $600,000.<\/p>\n

In May, a painting by the Quebec artist sold for more than $7.4 million, good for second on the list of Canada’s most expensive works of art. Going into that Heffel sale, the painting \u201cVent du nord\u201d had a pre-sale estimate of $1 million to $1.5 million.<\/p>\n

Three canvases by Jack Bush were sold, including \u201cWinged Totem\u201d for $601,250, about double the presale estimate. \u201cStill\u201d and \u201c3 on Purple\u201d also exceeded the estimates.<\/p>\n

A painting by Group of Seven artist A.J. Casson, \u201cOld Lumber Village,\u201d was sold for $361,250.<\/p>\n

All prices include a buyer’s premium.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been a huge year for art auctions globally, and this sale was no exception,\u201d said Heffel vice-president Robert Heffel.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow more than ever, Canada is as dominant as any other market and Heffel is proud to be at the forefront of this evolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

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