1902 - 1994
Canadian
Otage de la Vêprée
oil on canvas
signed and on verso titled and inscribed variously
8 1/4 x 19 3/4 in, 21 x 50.2 cm
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 CAD
Sold for: $1,250
Preview at: Heffel Montreal
PROVENANCE
Private Collection
Frère Jérôme was an influential painter and teacher involved in avant-garde aesthetics along with his spiritual journey. He was a close friend of Paul-Émile Borduas and in the 1960s built up a body of work parallel to the expression of automatism. Otage de la Vêprée and Matin nouveau, both from 1966, belong to that highly intuitive period, with its thick pictorial medium applied with a spatula.
We thank Patricia Aubé, curator and educator at the MACBSP, for contributing the original French essay.
Consignor proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Musée d’art Contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul.
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