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LOT 017

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

Northern Image
oil on canvas
on verso signed, titled, dated 1952 and inscribed variously on the exhibition labels
50 1/4 x 47 1/4 in, 127.6 x 120 cm

Estimate: $450,000 - $550,000 CAD

Sold for: $1,021,250

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PROVENANCE
Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, acquired with funds donated by Lawren Harris in 1955

LITERATURE
Lawren Harris Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Canada, 1963, reproduced as frontispiece and listed page 86
Bess Harris and R.G.P. Colgrove, editors, Lawren Harris, 1969, reproduced page 9 and listed page 144
Dennis Reid, Atma Buddhi Manas: The Later Work of Lawren S. Harris, Art Gallery of Ontario, collection of the University of British Columbia, 1985, reproduced page 91
Peter Larisey, Light for a Cold Land: Lawren Harris's Work and Life - An Interpretation, 1993, collection of the University of British Columbia, reproduced page 157
Andrew Hunter, Lawren Stewart Harris: A Painters Progress, The Americas Society, 2000, reproduced page 69
Catharine M. Mastin, editor, The Group of Seven in Western Canada, Glenbow Museum, 2002, reproduced page 178 and listed page 204

EXHIBITED
Canadian Group of Painters, Toronto, 1952
Vancouver Art Gallery, Lawren Harris: Recent Paintings, May 10 – June 5, 1955 and University of British Columbia, October 1955, catalogue #20
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Lawren Harris Retrospective Exhibition, June 7 - September 8, 1963, traveling to the Vancouver Art Gallery October 4 - 27, 1963, catalogue #65
Vancouver Art Gallery, Exhibition of Brock Hall Collection, March 1965
University of British Columbia, SUB Art Gallery, Exhibition of Brock Art Collection, November 1973
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Atma Buddhi Manas: The Later Work of Lawren S. Harris, September 28 - November 24, 1985, traveling in 1986 to the Vancouver Art Gallery; Winnipeg Art Gallery; and Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, catalogue #57
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, The Group of Seven in Western Canada, July 13 - October 14, 2002, traveling in 2002 - 2004 to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; and National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, catalogue #205
Penticton Art Gallery, Students Collect: University of British Columbia Alma Mater Society Student Art Collection: 1948 - 1968, July 11 - September 7, 2008


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Estimate: $450,000 - $550,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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