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MARC-AURÈLE DE FOY SUZOR-COTÉ, R.C.A.
PERDRIX (PARTRIDGE)
oil on canvas
signed
20.75 ins x 14.25 ins; 53.3 cms x 35.6 cms
Estimate $10,000-$15,000
Realised: $9,600
Price Includes Buyer's Premium
About artist/note:
Suzor-Coté had an obvious talent for rendering trompe l’oeil effects as evidenced by this still life with partridge. Laurier Lacroix references other still lifes by the artist featuring game as the subject which date to circa 1895-1896.
Literature:
Laurier Lacroix, Suzor-Coté: Light and Matter, Musée du Québec, Quebec, 2002, page 79.
Provenance:
Walter Klinkhoff Gallery Inc., Montreal
Private Collection, Alberta