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MARC-AURÈLE FORTIN, A.R.C.A.
MAISONS EN ÉTÉ, CA. 1930
watercolour
signed
18 ins x 27.5 ins; 99.1 cms x 99.1 cms
Estimate $8,000-$12,000
Realised: $9,000
Price Includes Buyer's Premium
About artist/note:
This work is interesting as much for what Fortin has chosen to paint as for what he has not. Fortin often left sections of the support (in this case paper) unpainted, as a compositional intention. Here he relies on the colour of the unpainted paper to suggest the lane between and in front of the houses. The path itself is a typical device used frequently by Fortin to lead the viewer through his compositions (see lot 18).
Provenance:
Galerie Jean-Pierre Valentin, Montreal
Private Collection, Toronto