In 1964, Adrien Maeght created the ARTE printing works located on rue Daguerre, in Paris. From 1966, Jean-Paul Riopelle worked closely with the masters of this printing press, constantly pushing the limits of this medium. According to art historian Michèle Grandbois, Riopelle's artistic approach, in particular with regard to the technique of printmaking, gives him a very particular originality: "His approach to printmaking testifies to invention, audacity and excessiveness that will make him transgress, if not ignore, the traditional rules of the ''beautiful profession'' 1”.

1. Michèle Grandbois, 1980, Contemporary Quebec prints. Volume I, doctoral thesis in art history, Laval University, 1996, p.180

Yseult Riopelle, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Catalogue raisonné des estampes, Hibou Éditeurs, Montreal, 2005, p. 177, reproduced in color under reference 1968.07EST.GR

Printer: ARTE
Publisher: Adrien Maeght, Paris

Public collections: AGH, 22/75 ; MNBA, 42/75 ; BNF, H.C.

Exhibitions:

– 1981 Le Bestiaire de Jean Paul Riopelle, Galerie Martine Hénault, Montreal
– 1984 Riopelle, Peintures, estampes, Musée des beaux-arts and Hôtel d'Escoville, Caen
– 1998 Les Riopelle de Riopelle, Domaine Cataraqui, Quebec, cat., p. 79, H.C.
– 2005–2006 Jean Paul Riopelle. Impressions sans fin, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, cat. no. 42

Publications:
– Lithographies et eaux-fortes, Maeght Éditeur, 1971, p. 227
– Songo et la liberté, Gilles Vigneault, Musée du Québec, 2002, pp. 37 and 4