LOT 042

AANFM LP QMG RCA SAPQ
1933 - 2004
Canadian

Espace bleu-ocre
acrylic on canvas
on verso signed, titled on various labels, dated 2/1964 and inscribed "G.M.-T-1964-01" / "cassa N. 4" / "Cat. #28"
81 x 108 in, 205.7 x 274.3 cm

Estimate: $200,000 - $300,000 CAD

Sold for: $253,250

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PROVENANCE
East Hampton Gallery, New York
Estate of the Artist, Quebec

LITERATURE
Ted Berrigan, “Reviews and Previews: Guido Molinari,” Art News, vol. 64, no. 1 (March 1965), page 16
Anne Hoene, “In the Galleries: Guido Molinari,” Arts Magazine, vol. 39, no. 9 (May 1965), page 60
Pierre Théberge, The Deceived Eye, Fort Worth Art Center, 1965
Bernard Teyssèdre, “Deux artistes canadiens à la Biennale: Ulysse Comtois et Guido Molinari,” Art international, vol. 12, no. 6 (Summer 1968), pages 68 – 70
Ulysse Comtois, Guido Molinari: XXXIV International Biennial Exhibition of Art, National Gallery of Canada, 1968, essay by Pierre Théberge, pages 17 – 18, listed page 23
Pierre Théberge, “Molinari: An Interview.” artscanada, vol. 26, no. 3 (June 1969), pages 37 – 38
Pierre Théberge, Guido Molinari, National Gallery of Canada, 1976, pages 40 and 90, reproduced page 8

EXHIBITED
Galerie du Siècle, Montreal, Molinari, October 19 – November 8, 1964
East Hampton Gallery, New York, Molinari: Optical Mutation, March 16 – April 3, 1965
Fort Worth Art Center, The Deceived Eye, June – July 1965
34th International Biennial, Venice, Canada: Ulysse Comtois / Guido Molinari, June 22 – October 20, 1968, catalogue #2
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Guido Molinari, July 2 – September 6, 1976, traveling in 1976 – 1977 to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; and Vancouver Art Gallery, catalogue #28


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Estimate: $200,000 - $300,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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