LOT 031

AUTO CAS OC QMG RCA SCA
1923 - 2002
Canadian

Sans titre
mixed media on paper on board and on two lithographs from the "Suite" series, 1972 - 1989
103 1/8 x 187 3/8 in, 261.9 x 475.9 cm

Estimate: $400,000 - $600,000 CAD

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PROVENANCE
Estate of the Artist
Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal
Acquired from the above by the present Prominent Corporate Collection, Montreal

LITERATURE
Pierre Schneider, "L’éternel et l'éphémère," L'Express, (Paris), June 22, 1990, page 130
Jean-Louis Prat et al., Jean Paul Riopelle, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, 1991, titled as Painting, reproduced pages 168 and 169
Jocelyne Lepage, "Jean Paul Riopelle: la force de la nature," La Presse, November 23, 1991, page E5
Eure-Inter, Jean Paul Riopelle entre au Musée, July 1, 1993
Pierre Schneider, Riopelle: parcours 1963 - 1993, Musée d'Évreux – Ancien évêché d'Évreux, 1993, reproduced page 39
Karl-Gilbert Murray, "Riopelle: un dialogue par intérim," Vie des arts, no. 190, Spring 2003, page 44
Yseult Riopelle, Mutations de Riopelle, 2003, reproduced pages 52 and 53
Yseult Riopelle, Jean Paul Riopelle Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 2, 1954 - 1959, 2004, page 477
Yseult Riopelle, Catalogue raisonné des estampes de

EXHIBITED
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Jean Paul Riopelle, D'hier et d'aujourd'hui, April 28 – June 25, 1990, catalogue #54
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Jean Paul Riopelle, 1991, catalogue #113
Musée d'Évreux – Ancien évêché d'Évreux, France, Riopelle: parcours 1963 - 1993, July 3 – September 30, 1993
Couvent des Cordeliers, Châteauroux, France, Riopelle, 1993, catalogue #16
Art Chapel Gallery, Cologne, 1994
Centre d'exposition du Vieux-Palais, Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Mutations de Riopelle, February 2 – March 30, 2003, traveling in 2003 - 2004 to Centre national, Jonquière, Quebec; the Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke; the Maison Hamel-Bruneau, Sainte-Foy; and the Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Rivière-du-Loup


Literature continued:

Yseult Riopelle, Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Jean Paul Riopelle, 2005, reproduced pages 96 and 97, catalogue #1989.110, and the lithographs Suite à l'Année verte reproduced page 209, catalogue #1972.02EST.LI, and Suite Tabou, catalogue #1972.06EST.LI, reproduced page 213



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Estimate: $400,000 - $600,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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