PROVENANCE
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Private Collection, Toronto
Winchester Galleries, Victoria
Private Collection, Vancouver
Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal
Post-War & Contemporary Art - Galerie Simon Blais, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 14, 2020, lot h116
Private Collection, Montreal

LITERATURE
Ferron-Riopelle Duos, Galerie Simon Blais, 2019, reproduced page 22
Yseult Riopelle, Jean Paul Riopelle Catalogue Raisonné Online Addenda, Volume 2, catalogue #1956.005H.V1956

EXHIBITED
Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Ferron-Riopelle Duos, February 2 - March 30, 2019

A veritable haiku poem of oil paint on canvas, this little composition contains all of the trademark elements of Jean Paul Riopelle’s major works. Thick globs of paint are feverishly applied with jabs of the palette knife and the resulting mastery leaves us with a sensuous luxury object. It is not unlike what in African cultures one would refer to as a “passport”, where the object is used to demonstrate the creative talents of its creator, who would then carry it with him as identification while traveling. This work was first acquired by Dr. Stern of Montreal’s Dominion Gallery, who regularly purchased from Riopelle directly at his studio in Vanves, France.

This work is accompanied by the duplicata certificate of authenticity from Yseult Riopelle.

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