Lot 235
  • 235

Jean-Paul Riopelle

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Paul Riopelle
  • Balcon fleuri
  • signed and dated 58; signed, titled and dated 1958 on the stretcher
  • oil on paper laid down on canvas
  • 31 by 23 in. 78.7 by 58.4 cm.

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Stockholms Auctionsverk, November 27, 2000, Lot 872
Montreal, Iegor Auction House, October 2001
Private collects ion, New York

Exhibited

Cologne, Galerie Anne Abels, Riopelle, Nobember - December 1959, cat. no. 20, illustrated
Stockholm, Svensk-Franska Konsgalleriet, Jean-Paul Riopelle, 1959, cat. no. 35, p. 2, illustrated

Literature

Guy Robert, Chasseur d'Images, Montréal, 1981, p. 95, illustrated
Yseult Riopelle, Catalogue Rasionné de Jean-Paul Riopelle, t.mes 2, 1954-1959, Montréal, 2004, no. 1958.004P.1958, p. 389, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is a small paint loss in the bottom left corner. There is one faint abrasion in the top right corner. There is an area of stable and superficial cracquelure on the black brushstroke 10 ½ inches from the left and 8 inches from the top edge. There is no evidence of inpainting under ultra-violet light. Framed in a wood frame.
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