Lot 18
MARCELLE FERRON, R.C.A.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Quebec
Literature:
Roald Nasgaard and Ray Ellenwood, The Automatiste Revolution, Montreal 1941-1960, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto/Berkeley, 2009, page 79.
Note:
In 1946, Marcelle Ferron met Paul-Émile Borduas with whom her paintings such as Sans Titre, 1961 are so favourably compared. In Montreal, Ferron became part of the group of artists associated with Les Automatistes and was a signatory of Le Refuse Gobal. Like Riopelle, Ferron would spend many years pursuing her practice in Paris. Nasgaard suggests that while other Automatistes moved away from the original tenets of the group, "Riopelle and Ferron alone remained faithful to the Automatiste tache.”