Lot 86
JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE, R.C.A.
Lot 86 Details
JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE, R.C.A.
GALARNEAU, FROM PARLER DE CORDE (TEXT BY PIERRE SCHNEIDER), 1972
lithograph, printed in colours
signed and numbered 47/75 in pencil in the lower margin
sight 14.5 ins x 11 ins; 36.8 cms x 27.9 cms
Estimate $200-$300
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Provenance:
Albert White Gallery, Toronto
Literature:
Yseult Riopelle, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Catalogue Raisonne des Estampes, 2005, page 38 for a discussion about Parler de Corde.
Note:
Parler de Corde was inspired by string games played by the Inuit. As Schneider explained such games were the equivalent of “words uttered with the fingers.”