Record Sotheby’s/Ritchie’s Canadian Art Sale Set for Spring 2007
Jean-Paul Riopelle, La Forêt ArdenteOil on canvas, signed and dated 195576 ½ by 90 ½ in.Estimate: $2,000,000 – $2,500,000 CAN
Celebrating 40 years serving the Canadian art market Sotheby’s
Canada is pleased to announce its spring sale of Important Canadian Art held in association with Ritchie’s Auctioneers on May 28th, 2007 at 10:30 am.
This season we have an extraordinary collection of works by the Automatistes, including a stunning early Jean-Paul Riopelle La Forêt Ardente (est. $2,000,000/2,500,000), a large black and white canvas titled Pierres Angulaires by Paul-Émile Borduas (est. $300,000/400,000), and a selection of works by Marcelle Ferron.
The Group of Seven is well represented with a remarkable sketch by Lawren Harris Glacier & Mountain painted during his 1929 trip to the Canadian Rockies (est.$400,000/600,000) and an early Frederick Varley sketch Rain Squall, Georgian Bay (est.$80,000/100,000). We are also delighted to offer David Milne’s Two Cedars,
Boston Corners, dated 1919, a canvas from his early days in
New York State (est. $150,000/200,000).
In addition three paintings by James Wilson Morrice, The Figure (est. $100,000/150,000), The Harbour (est. $150,000/200,000) and Farm Landscape with Figures,
Brittany (est. $40,000/60,000), show strongly. Major works by Cornelius Krieghoff, Paul Peel, and Robert Field contribute historical depth to this strong sale which has a pre-sale estimate of $9 -13 million
CAN.
