Lot 124
  • 124

Jean-Paul Riopelle

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Paul Riopelle
  • Nouvelles impressions no. 6
  • signed on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 19 5/8 by 23 7/8 in. 50 by 60.6 cm.
  • Executed in 1978, the authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Yseult Riopelle, author of the Catalogue RaisonnĂ© of the Works of Jean-Paul Riopelle.

Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1987

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is unlined and the tacking edges are taped. All areas of impasto are intact. Light surface dust has accumulated in the recesses of the impasto. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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