JEAN PAUL RIOPELLE Canadian, 1923-2002
Composition 1, from: Marrying Flies | Les mouches à marier, 1985
Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
50 x 66 cm. / 19.7 x 26 in.
Image size: 38 x 47.6 cm. / 15 x 18.7 in.
This work is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Riopelle" at the lower right corner.
It is also hand inscribed in pencil "EA" (épreuve d’artiste), at the lower left corner.
This impression is one of a small number of artist’s proofs aside from the edition of 75. There were also 20 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions.
It was printed by Atelier Maurice Felt, Paris and published by Galerie Lelong Éditeur, Paris in 1985.
This is the first of eight compositions comprising the portfolio ‘Les mouches à marier’ [Marrying Flies].
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the lower left margin.
Literature: Riopelle, Y. (2005) Jean-Paul Riopelle, Catalogue Raisonné des Estampes. Montreal: Hibou Éditeurs.
Reference: YR 1985.25EST.GR.ALB
Condition: Good condition. Areas of foxing in the left, right and upper margin. Soft handling creases in the margins.
It is also hand inscribed in pencil "EA" (épreuve d’artiste), at the lower left corner.
This impression is one of a small number of artist’s proofs aside from the edition of 75. There were also 20 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions.
It was printed by Atelier Maurice Felt, Paris and published by Galerie Lelong Éditeur, Paris in 1985.
This is the first of eight compositions comprising the portfolio ‘Les mouches à marier’ [Marrying Flies].
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the lower left margin.
Literature: Riopelle, Y. (2005) Jean-Paul Riopelle, Catalogue Raisonné des Estampes. Montreal: Hibou Éditeurs.
Reference: YR 1985.25EST.GR.ALB
Condition: Good condition. Areas of foxing in the left, right and upper margin. Soft handling creases in the margins.
$ 3,000.00
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