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LOT 86

Lot 86

JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE, R.C.A.

JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE, R.C.A.
Lot 86 Details
JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE, R.C.A.

GALARNEAU, FROM PARLER DE CORDE (TEXT BY PIERRE SCHNEIDER), 1972

lithograph, printed in colours
signed and numbered 47/75 in pencil in the lower margin
sight 14.5 ins x 11 ins; 36.8 cms x 27.9 cms

Estimate $200-$300

Realised: $900
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE, R.C.A.
  • JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE, R.C.A.
Provenance:

Albert White Gallery, Toronto

Literature:

Yseult Riopelle, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Catalogue Raisonne des Estampes, 2005, page 38 for a discussion about Parler de Corde.

Note:

Parler de Corde was inspired by string games played by the Inuit. As Schneider explained such games were the equivalent of “words uttered with the fingers.”

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