Ohne Titel. 1954/55.
Oil on canvas.
59,2 x 72 cm (23,3 x 28,3 in).

Works by Riopelle from the 1950s are among the artist's most sought-after works by the artist on the international auction market.
Accompanied by a photo expertise by Yseult Riopelle, Archives du Catalogue raisonné de Jean Paul Riopelle, Montréal, dated 20 May, 2013. The work will be listed by teh archive with the number "368-A 2-WFA" and included in the forthcoming catalog raisonné under the numer "1954.100 H".

This remarkably tense work is particularly fascinating for its inner contrast between the colors on the one hand and the identdeical directions of the filling. Both the dissonant colorsand the homogenuous style that seems to swell from the lower left part urging to t he upper right, make for the composition'sdominannce and strong expression. The black paint, applied in pastose stripes determiones the structure of the composition, it is increased by white, blue, yellow and red color traces.

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