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Consignor Canadian Fine Art will be shining a celebratory spotlight on Canada’s diversity in its upcoming Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art on Tuesday, May 29 at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto.

The preparatory work for of one of Lawren Harris’s most renowned canvases, Lake Superior, sold for nearly five times its auction value setting a new record for a pencil sketch by the Group of Seven artist, fetching $161,000 (significantly above its pre-estimate of $20,000 – $30,000; all prices include a 15 per cent buyer’s premium, the lowest in the industry).

Consignor Canadian Fine Art is set to embark on a nine-city “Art Roadshow” in search of undiscovered art that might be forgotten, overlooked or hiding in the attics of households across the country. Beginning August 15th, Consignor launches its cross-country tour of Regina, Winnipeg, Halifax, Saint John, Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, inviting Canadians to bring in works of art for free verbal appraisals and the chance discovery that they could be in possession of a hidden gem.

Two celebrated works by Franklin Carmichael are the centerpieces to Consignor Canadian Fine Art’s upcoming Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art taking place May 25th at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto. A largescale oil painting, Old Orchard (1940), will make its auction debut having been privately owned by the family of Herbert Laurence Rous, founder of the renown Rous and Mann printing studio where many of the Group of Seven artists began their careers.

Following Consignor Canadian Fine Art’s highly successful live auction debut in May 2016 (that included a record-breaking sale of Lawren Harris’s Algoma Sketch 48), the auction house launches its second live auction event featuring an exciting catalogue of important Canadian works, to be held at the historic Berkeley Church in downtown Toronto on November 22, 2016.