Lawren Harris painting sells for more than $3 million at auction Wednesday night
TORONTO — 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.