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Harris painting sells for $3M

A painting by Group of Seven founding member Lawren Harris sold for just over $3 million Wednesday night, in line with presale expectations.

The 1925 oil canvas "Mountains East of Maligne Lake" 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.

The painting was one of eight paintings by Harris among more than 100 that fetched a total of $15 million.

Other Harris paintings sold Wednesday include "Morin Island, Eclipse Sound, North Baffin Island, Arctic Painting XXXVI," which sold well above the presale estimate at $1.2 million, and "Cathedral Mountain from Yoho Valley, Mountain Sketch LXXXVI, which sold for $931,250.

Harris paintings have smashed expectations at recent auctions, and Heffel has now sold 336 of his works for more than $90 million.

It was last November that "Mountain Forms" 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.

Also up for auction were three works by Jean-Paul Riopelle, including "Composition." The work sold for $481,250, matching the presale estimate of $400,000 to $600,000.



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