
ULYSSE COMTOIS
MATIÈRE - LUMIÈRE
signed and dated ‘78
24 ins x 60 ins; 61 cms x 152.4 cms
May 30, 2016
Estimate $6,000-$8,000
Realised: $62,400
Realised: $62,400
While Ulysse Comtois had focused on sculpture in the 1960s, in the 1970s he returned to painting using a form of exaggerated pointillism shown here in Matière-Lumière.
Comtois used this technique to explore the effects created by juxtaposing strokes of contrasting colour.
In 1978, the Government of Quebec awarded Comtois the prestigious Paul-Émile Borduas Prize for his contributions to the provincial and international art scenes.
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