Sold for: $5,625

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Quebec

LITERATURE
Laurier Lacroix, Suzor-Côté: Light and Matter, National Gallery of Canada, 2002, the related circa 1918 pastel titled Père Cholette reproduced page 258 and listed page 381, catalogue #95, and the related 1918 oil on canvas titled Jean-Baptiste Cholette reproduced page 259 and listed page 379, catalogue #94

Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté met the farmer Jean-Baptiste Cholette while visiting his brother in the Curran region in Ontario. The artist portrayed Cholette often and in a variety of media. He is beautifully rendered in profile, and the deep lines on his face rest in a serene expression, with his bushy eyebrows and mutton chops appearing almost fluffy. Suzor-Côté sensitively captures the character of the humble and hard-working farmer in high contrast onto graph paper lined by the artist’s hand. This drawing is a study for the pastel titled Le Père Cholette, executed between 1918 and 1922, which is part of the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (catalogue #2007.191).

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