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LOT 025

AUTO CAS OC QMG RCA SCA
1923 - 2002
Canadian

Le vol des crevettes
oil on canvas
signed and on verso titled and dated 1955 on the gallery and exhibition labels and inscribed "4252" and "1/6" and "177" on a label
28 3/4 x 39 3/8 in, 73 x 100 cm

Estimate: $250,000 - $350,000 CAD

Sold for: $481,250

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PROVENANCE
Galerie Jacques Dubourg, Paris
Private Collection, São Paulo
Michelle Morin, Montreal
Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary
By descent to the present Private Estate, Calgary

LITERATURE
Yseult Riopelle, Jean Paul Riopelle Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 2, 1954 - 1959, 2004, reproduced page 194, catalogue #1955.010H.1955

EXHIBITED
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Riopelle, January 10 - February 9, 1958, catalogue #16
Städtisches Museum, Wuppertal, Riopelle, February 16 - March 16, 1958, catalogue #14
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, Riopelle, September 13 - October 19, 1958, catalogue #30


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Estimate: $250,000 - $350,000 CAD

All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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