VANCOUVER -- A trio of paintings by Group of Seven member Lawren Harris are slated for sale tonight at an auction in Vancouver.
The Heffel Fine Art Auction House says Harris's canvas "Laurentian Landscape" is expected to fetch between $1.2 million and $1.6 million.
Heffel says the painting is considered to be "a foundation work for the establishment of the Group of Seven."
Oil-on-board works "Coldwell, Lake Superior" and "Mount Sampson, Maligne Lake" round out the trio of Harris paintings for sale.
Three of the late landscape artist's creations broke the million-dollar mark at Heffel's fall auction in Toronto, led by the record-breaking $4.6-million sale of "Mountain and Glacier."
Works by all original members of the Group of Seven are also on the auction block at the spring Heffel sale, including A.Y. Jackson's snow scene "Farm at St. Tite des Caps," an oil-on-canvas work.
Five works by Emily Carr, including the oil-on-canvas "Shoreline" and rare watercolour "Gitwangak," will be available.
A "historically significant" 1949 post-war canvas by official Canada war artist E.J. Hughes is also bound for the auction block.
Hughes relied on supplies left over from his Second World War service to paint "The Post Office at Courtenay, BC" -- a work he created over the course of three years.
A pair of works by the late Alex Colville are also slated for sale: "Racer" from the celebrated artist's prolific mid-'50s period, and "Swimming Dog and Canoe."
The spring auction also features Jean Paul Riopelle's 1955 "Composition," which was exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada.
The two-session live auction will take place at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Heffel's post-war and contemporary art auction is slated for 4 p.m. PT, followed by the fine Canadian art auction at 7 p.m. PT.
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