LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

78.74 in. (200.00 cm.) (height) by 118.31 in. (300.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 54 on the reverse

Exhibited:

Quebec, Musée du Quebec, . Riopelle 67, summer 1967; catalogue, p. 36 , illustrated. New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, . Jean-Paul Riopelle, Grands Formats , . 1952-1975 , April 1977; catalogue, no. 5, illustrated in colour. Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou; Québec, Musée du Québec; Montréal, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montreal; Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes (no. 22); . Jean-Paul Riopelle, Peinture 1946-1977 , 30 September 1981 - 22 August 1982, p. 58, no. 28; catalogue, illustrated in colourNew York, Aquavella Galleries,. Riopelle Grand Formats , 17 September - 23 October 2009; catalogue, np., no. 2, illustrated

Literature:

Yseult Riopelle, Catherine Loewer and Sylvio Acaros,. Jean-Paul Riopelle Catalogue Raisonné Tome II 1954-1959 , 2004, Montreal, p. 161, no. 1954.009H, illustrated in colour

Provenance:

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Acquavella Galleries, New York. Private Collection, New York