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    • Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002)
    Lot 203

    Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002)

    La chute du merisier

    Price realised

    GBP 55,250

    Estimate

    GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000

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    Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002)
    La chute du merisier
    signed 'Riopelle' (lower right); titled 'La chute du merisier' (on the stretcher)
    oil on canvas
    31 7/8 x 25½in. (81 x 65cm.)
    Painted in 1974

    Provenance

    Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
    Galerie HM, Brussels.
    Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 1 December 1994, lot 138.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Jean-Paul Riopelle: Paintings from 1974 and Pastels from 1975, November-December 1975, no. 4.


    Lot Essay

    This work will be included in the forthcoming 5th volume of the Jean-Paul Riopelle Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Yseult Riopelle.

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    No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.


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    PROPERTY FROM AN EUROPEAN COLLECTION

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