Lot 124
  • 124

Jean Paul Riopelle

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Paul Riopelle
  • Untitled
  • signed with the artist's initials; signed on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 5 by 8 7/8 in. 12.7 by 22.5 cm.
  • Executed in 1978.

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, January 11, 2005, lot 6
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is unlined. There are artist's pinholes in the 4 corners. There is light surface soiling evident. There are some minor pinpoint losses in the peaks of the impasto and some fine, scattered, unobtrusive pigment separation. Framed.
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