Lot 113
  • 113

Jean-Paul Riopelle

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Paul Riopelle
  • Dark Background, White Squares with Black Streaks
  • signed
  • oil and acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
  • 55 by 93 in. 139.7 by 236.2 cm.
  • Executed in 1964.

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Montreal, Galerie Simon Blais, Jean-Paul Riopelle: Papiers Géants, August - September 2007
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Riopelle, Grands Formats, September - October 2009

Literature

Robert Bernier, François-Marc Gagnon, Guy Patenaude and Monique Brunet-Weinmann, Eds., Riopelle: Des visions d'Amérique, Montreal 1997, p. 111
Yseult Riopelle and Tanguy Riopelle, Jean-Paul Riopelle Catalogue Raisonné Tome 3 1960-1965, Montreal 2009, cat. no. 1964.066P, p. 319, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. The paper is mounted to a stretched canvas backing. There are variations to the surface texture due to the artist’s choice of medium and working method. Under very close inspection and with raking light, there are a few scattered, almost imperceptible surface scratches. Not examined out of the frame. Framed.
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