Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923 - 2002)

Suite Fortin, 1972

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  • Gallery

    Cosner Art Gallery Ritz - Carlton Montreal

  • Medium

    Original Lithograph in Black on Arches

  • Time

    Post-War Canadian art

  • Dimensions

    160 cm x 117 cm | 63'' x 47''

  • Dimensions with frame

    176 cm x 151,6 cm | 69,5'' x 59,7''

  • Signed

    Signed lower right , numbered 21/30 lower left

The painter Jean-Paul Riopelle was also a sculptor and engraver. In 1972, he created the series Les suites, large lithographs in white and black on Arches paper. These 160 × 117 cm prints were the largest ever made in Europe at the time. 

The HC is the inscription on the lithographic works of Jean-Paul Riopelle meaning non-commercial ( hors commerce). The prints of Jean-Paul Riopelle were, for the great majority, published on a number of 75. However, a few more were created and not intended for sale. These non-commercial works were intended to be offered to collaborators of his edition. These collaborators could be engravers or people close to the artist’s entourage.

Yseult Riopelle, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Catalogue raisonné des estampes, Hibou Éditeurs, Montreal, 2005, p. 223, reproduced in color under reference 1972.16EST.LI

Printer: Imprimerie ARTE Adrien Maeght
Publisher: Maeght Éditeur, Paris

Public collections: BNQ, 7/30 and 10/30 ; MBAM, 11/30 ; MNBA, H.C. ; AEAC, H.C. ; MACM, H.C.

Exhibitions:
– 1972 Riopelle, Ficelles et autres jeux, Musée d’art moderne, Paris, cat., texts by Noël Lajoie and Pierre Schneider
– 2005–2006 Jean Paul Riopelle, Impressions sans fin, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, cat. no. 79

Bibliography:
Lithographies, eaux-fortes, Derrière le miroir, affiches, livres, Maeght Éditeur, supplement 1973, p. 110
Lithographies, gravures originales, Maeght Éditeur, 1985, p. 215 (not reproduced)

 


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