Artist Jean-Paul Riopelle
Title Suite Fancy #29/30
Media lithograph on paper
Dated
1972
Size 45.25 x 63 in. / 114.9 x 160 cm.
Frame Size 50.75 x 67.25 x 3.25 in.
Sold $13,000
Estimate $9,000 - $12,000
Notes
signed and numbered along bottom; framed; some minor yellowing on paper edge and very minor scratches on frame noted
Reference
illustrated in Jean Paul Riopelle: Catalogue raisonne des estampes, by Y. Riopelle, pg. 215, Hibou Editeurs, 2005. In 1972, the artist created the series called Les Suites comprising 17 black and white lithographs on Arches paper which, at 46 x 63 in. each, were the largest prints ever made in Europe at the time.
Provenance
private collection, Victoria
Biographical Information
Jean-Paul Riopelle ~ [1923-2002] Canadian RCA
see Jean-Paul Riopelle, by N.G.C., XXI Venice Biennial, 1962; Jean-Paul Riopelle: The Fifties, by C. Lafitte, Claude Lafitte Gallery, 1989; Jean Paul Riopelle, by P.Theberge, M.M.F.A., 1999; Jean Paul Riopelle 1939-1953, Tome 1, 1999; Jean Paul Riopelle 1954-59, Tome 2, by Y.Riopelle, Hibou Editeurs, 2004; Jean Paul Riopelle Catalogue raisonne des estampes, by Y.Riopelle, Hibou Editeurs, 2005; N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.259; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.393; MacDonald, Vol.7, pg.2119; M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.323 for exhibition list; Benezit, Tome 8, pg.774; see artist's biography at National Gallery of Canada