Agreste

Details

Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002)
Agreste
signé 'Riopelle' (en bas à droite)
huile sur toile
38 x 46 cm.
Peint en 1956.

signed 'Riopelle' (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 x 18 1/8 in.
Painted in 1956.

Provenance

Galerie Jacques Dubourg, Paris
Arthur Tooth & sons, Londres
Collection privée, Europe
Vente anonyme, Christie's, Londres, 2 décembre 1975, lot 102
Collection privée, Royaume-Uni
Vente anonyme, Christie's, Londres, 29 mars 1977, lot 67
Collection privée, Canada

Literature

Y. Riopelle, Jean Paul Riopelle, Catalogue raisonné, 1954-1959, Tome II, Montréal, 1999, No. 1956.056H.1956 (illustré en couleurs p. 230).

Special Notice

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Further Details

L'authenticité de cette œuvre a été confirmée par Madame Yseult Riopelle.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

« Je ne me dis jamais, par exemple, que je dois peindre comme ceci ou comme cela pour obtenir tel ou tel effet. Si j'en arrive là, je m'arrête. C'est dangereux... parce que cela veut dire que j’ai basculé vers le côté technique de la peinture. » - Jean Paul Riopelle

“I never tell myself, for instance, that I have to paint like this or like that to get one effect or another. If I reach that point, I stop. It’s dangerous... because then I am on the technical side of painting.” - Jean Paul Riopelle

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