Heffel Fine Art Auctions Presents a Patriotic Showcase of 40 Works
Canadian fine art auction is getting patriotic with a showcase of 40 works in advance of a Toronto live sale next week. “It’s a rare opportunity for us to show Western Canada the great masterpieces we’re offering,” says Heffel auctioneer David Perry. Highlights include Shoreline, a circa 1936 canvas by internationally renowned artist Emily Carr that beautifully captures the raw energy of the Pacific coast. The sale also includes a colorful 1951 canvas by Paul-Emile Borduas, one of the pioneers of modern abstract painting, that demonstrates his bold shift towards pure abstraction (est. $750,000 – 850,000).
The Heffel Fall Canadian Auction, featuring back-to-back auctions of Canadian Impressionist & Modern and Post-War & Contemporary Art, offers a wide range of major masterpieces. Several key Group of Seven works are on offer, including Mountain Forms by Lawren Harris, a stunning landscape that recently achieved a world-record price at the Joyner Waddington auction in spring 2011.
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Two paintings by Tom Thomson are among the highlights. Autumn, Algonquin Park, and Dawn on Round Lake (Kawawaymog Lake) are both expected to fetch more than $1 million each. The sale also features works by Franklin Carmichael, Arthur Lismer, and William Krieghoff, who all shared the Group of Seven’s pursuit of a distinctly Canadian landscape painting aesthetic.
The sale is rounded out by a selection of works by women artists, including Laura Muntz Lyall, who became one of the first female painters to gain recognition outside Canada, and Pegi Nicol MacLeod, who used quotidian subjects – such as children, gardens and street scenes – to convey a vibrant progressive modernism that was all her own.
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