Jean Paul Riopelle abstract canvas sells for a record-setting C$7.4m

The Montreal-born painter Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002) stole the show at Heffels Spring sale in Toronto on Wednesday afternoon, when his abstract canvas Vent du nord (1952-53) sold for a record-setting $7.4m (all results in Canadian dollars, including buyers premium). Reaching nearly fives times its high estimate of $1.5m, the oil painting more than doubled the previous record for Riopelle and became the second most expensive work by a Canadian artist to be sold at auction.
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