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Jean-Charles Rodrigue Léon Bellefleur b. 1910
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 CAD
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Description
- Jean-Charles Rodrigue L�on Bellefleur
- IL A ENCORE NEIGÉ
- signed and dated lower right BELLEFLEUR '77; signed, titled and dated by the artist on the reverse
- oil on canvas
- 88.9 by 116.8 cm.
- 35 by 46 in.
Provenance
Purchased directly from the artist
Private Collection, Ontario
Private Collection, Montreal
Condition
This work has been viewed under UV and it is in pristine condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Bellefleur taught for twenty-five years before dedicating his time entirely to a working as an artist. Many of the works from 1977, the year in which this outstanding canvas, Il a encore neigé was conceived, were particularly inspired and the most lyrical vintage in his pictorial output. A number of horizontal lines are visible, rising and descending, and worked up by a palette knife. This allows the eye to read the work as as an aerial perspective that dissolves in the distant haze of the background.