A segment of Emily Carr`s `Forest Light`which sold for C$1 53 million at Heffel`s Auction House in Vancouver last night

A segment of Emily Carr`s `Forest Light`which sold for C$1 53 million at Heffel`s Auction House in Vancouver last night
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Emily Carr painting sells well above estimates

`Forest Light`, a painting by Emily Carr, sold Wednesday night in Vancouver, for C$1.53 million dollars.  Pre-sale estimates were in the C$400,000 to C$600,000 range.

From her mature period, Forest Light was one of six Carr paintings that garnered C$2.3 million at the Heffel Fine Art Auction House last night.

The record for a single Carr painting is just under C$3.4 million (premium included) at Heffel`s.

Three Quebec artists works did well. Chant d’été by Paul-Émile Borduas‘s went for $737,500, beating its pre-auction estimate of $400,000 – $500,000.

Jean Paul Lemieux`s La visite sold at $719,800, when it had been expected to sell for $250,000 – $350,000.

La forêt enchantée, a large-scale canvas by Jean Paul Riopelle, drew a final bid of $590,000, following a pre-sale estimate of $150,000 – $250,000.

Perhaps the biggest winner, was this garage-sale find!

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“Painted Structure in Space”, by B.C. Binning, is a nautical abstract in its original frame. © CBC

 The work was found at a garage sale in Ontario, in a box of paintings, acquired for under $200

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