ONLINE AUCTION
Modern Canadian Art
2nd session

May 01 - May 29, 2025

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This session is closed for bidding.
Current bid: $13,000 CAD
Bidding History
Paddle # Date Amount

995831 29-May-2025 02:03:32 PM $13,000

325310 29-May-2025 02:02:17 PM $12,000

995831 29-May-2025 01:59:07 PM $11,000

872920 29-May-2025 01:22:25 PM $10,000 AutoBid

26984 29-May-2025 01:22:25 PM $9,500

872920 29-May-2025 01:00:19 PM $9,000 AutoBid

26984 29-May-2025 01:00:19 PM $8,500

872920 29-May-2025 11:23:13 AM $8,000 AutoBid

26984 29-May-2025 11:23:13 AM $7,500

872920 23-May-2025 09:31:49 PM $7,000 AutoBid

31335 23-May-2025 09:31:49 PM $6,500

872920 18-May-2025 03:53:09 PM $6,000 AutoBid

24056 03-May-2025 07:31:11 PM $5,500

The bidding history list updated on: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 06:16:50

LOT 309

ALC BCSFA CGP FCA G7 OSA RPS TPG
1885 - 1970
Canadian

Laurentians
oil on board, 1908
on verso initialed, titled, dated 1913 and inscribed "Lawren Harris" and "Laurentians trip with J. MacD, 13-14" by Thoreau MacDonald
5 1/2 x 8 3/4 in, 14 x 22.2 cm

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 CAD

Sold for: $16,250

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PROVENANCE
Mr. and Mrs. A Crawford Kenny, Toronto
William Allan Manford, Toronto
By descent to the present Private Estate, Toronto


This work and lots 310, 311, and 312 in this sale were produced by Lawren Harris in 1908 on his first Canadian sketching trip in Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains after returning from his artistic studies in pre-WW1 Germany. From these intimate, romantic, earth-toned oil sketches, some of Harris's most essential early breakthroughs emerged, including the major canvas Deserted Barn, Laurentians, circa 1912 and the early masterpiece Laurentian Landscape, 1913 (sold by Heffel in May 2016). With these small works, Harris set the stage for the Group of Seven and its transformative impact on modern painting in Canada.

The four early Lawren Harris sketches in this sale were once part of the collection of William Allan Manford (1913-2009). Co-founder, CEO, and chairman of the Canadian-based global asset management firm AGF, Manford was considered one of the important collectors of Canadian art of his time. His collection once included masterpieces such as Emily Carr’s Sunlight in the Forest, J.E.H MacDonald’s After Sunset, Georgian Bay, and Arthur Lismer's Bon Echo Rock.


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