AUTO CAS OC QMG RCA SCA
1923 - 2002
Canadien
Superbagnères 1964-1965
techniques mixtes sur papier
signé et daté et au verso inscrit
13 x 16 1/8 po, 33 x 41 cm
Estimation : 15 000 $ - 25 000 $ CAD
Vendu pour : $37,250
Exposition à :
PROVENANCE
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquavella Modern Art, New York
Private Collection, Montreal
BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Yseult Riopelle, Catalogue raisonné de Jean Paul Riopelle, Volume 3, reproduced page 305, listed page 492, 1964.019P.1964-1965
EXPOSITION
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, Riopelle. Sculpture, Paintings and Aquarelles, 1965, catalogue #21
Didier Imbert Fine Art, Paris, Riopelle les années soixante, May 18 - July 13, 1994, catalogue #24
Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Jean Paul Riopelle, peintures, sculptures et oeuvres sur papier, joint exhibition with Roseline Granet, sculptures: Portraits de Jean Paul 1965-1966, May 29 - July 13, 2002
Superbagnères is a captivating work on paper, and it is one of great importance in Riopelle’s oeuvre. At the end of 1964 and the beginning of 1965, Riopelle went on a skiing vacation at Superbagnères in the Pyrenees. From the very beginning of his trip, a knee injury forced him off the slopes. Wanting to keep busy, Riopelle had his friends send him materials to work with: inks, pastels, gouache, acrylic, watercolours and his sketchbook. He then created a series of works on paper inspired by the breathtaking views of the mountains he witnessed. Not only were they his very first mixed media pieces, but they were also his first figurative representations directly inspired by landscape since the beginning of his career. Here, a complex web-like network of sharp, calligraphic black lines is arranged atop a textured white background, and on the right hand side, a mass of colour - red, cobalt, green, yellow and brown. The pictorial surface of the work, an organic and dynamic whole, is remarkably expressive and invites our eye to dance across it. The artist’s energy is palpable through his ample brush-strokes and tangled colours and lines.
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