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Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002)
Lot 203 PROPERTY FROM AN EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002)

La chute du merisier

Closed1 July 2008

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GBP 55,250

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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

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

Specialist note

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