AUTO CAS OC QMG RCA SCA
1923 - 2002
Canadian
Composition
oil on canvas, circa 1953
39 1/8 x 28 3/8 in, 99.4 x 72.1 cm
Estimate: $400,000 - $600,000 CAD
Sold for: $481,250
Preview at: Heffel Vancouver
PROVENANCE
Galerie Jacques Dubourg, Paris
Collection of Gianni Malabarba, Milan
Albert Loeb and Krugier Gallery, New York
Galerie Krugier et Cie, Geneva
Harriet Griffin, New York
Blanche Teze, New York
Private Collection, Toronto
Sold sale of Post-War & Contemporary Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, Wednesday, November 22, 2017, Lot # 024
LITERATURE
Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, La Pittura Moderna Straniera Nelle Collezioni Private Italiane, 1961, reproduced plate #196
Pierre Schneider, “À propos des gravures de Riopelle,” Riopelle, Été 1967, Musée du Québec, 1967, page 10
Guy Robert, Riopelle, chasseur d’images, 1981, page 272
Yseult Riopelle, Jean Paul Riopelle Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 1, 1939 - 1953, 1999, reproduced page 392 and dated circa 1953, catalogue #1953.068H.V1953
Marie-Claude Corbeil, Kate Hewig and Jennifer Poulin, Jean Paul Riopelle: The Artist’s Materials, Getty Conservation Institute, 2011, essay by Yseult Riopelle, page xi
EXHIBITED
Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, La Pittura Moderna Straniera Nelle Collezioni Private Italiane, March 4 - April 9, 1961
Galerie d'art moderne Marie Suzanne Feigel, Basel, Switzerland, Riopelle, œuvres 1948 - 1960, 1963 - 1964, catalogue #9
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Estimate: $400,000 - $600,000 CAD
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