Lot 99
  • 99

Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour 1917 - 2005

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 CAD
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Description

  • Jacques Godefroy De Tonnancour
  • LES SIGNES DOMAGE
  • signed, titled and dated on the reverse: JACQUES DE TONNANCOUR, LES SIGNES DOMAGE, 1969
  • mixed media and collage on wood

  • 152.4 by 152.4 cm. 60 by 60 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Toronto

Condition

This work is in excellent condition. There is a small scuff 7 inches from the top in the centre of the panel, but may be intentional texture from the artist's studio. In the lower left there are two miniscule drops of what appears to be white housepaint, which can be easily removed.
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Catalogue Note

De Tonnancour's early works were of the Laurentian landscapes, but by the early 1960's, influenced by his friends Pellan and Borduas, he evolved towards abstraction. He went on to do completely non-objective built-up relief panels in single colour fields of red, grey or ochre.