Lot 111
  • 111

Jean-Paul Riopelle

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Paul Riopelle
  • Oies Sauvages
  • signed
  • acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
  • 16 by 18 1/4 in. 40.6 by 46.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1983.

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Riopelle, les oies sauvages, April - May 1985

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet has unevenly and irregularly cut edges and is mounted to a stretched canvas backing. There is some very minor lifting noted at the bottom edge. Under close inspection, there is evidence of some light surface soiling and accretions to the canvas that surrounds the sheet. Framed.
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