AANFM ARCA OC QMG
1928 - 2021
Canadian
L'Enchanteur
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1960 and on verso signed, titled “L’Enchenteur” [sic], dated and inscribed "Pour M. Jacques Bélanger de la Collection de Beth Lagacé 1.07.05"
14 x 16 in, 35.6 x 40.6 cm
Estimate: $20,000 - $25,000 CAD
Sold for: $28,125
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PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Calgary
Important Canadian Art, Consignor Canadian Fine Art, May 25, 2017, lot 9
Private Collection, Toronto
The paintings Letendre produced in the early 1960s would see her develop away from the earlier influences of Borduas and into her own exuberantly expressive language of abstraction, characterized by thickly applied impasto, blurs of movement, and expansive flashes of colour against broad, stormy grounds. L’Enchanteur is a fantastic example from the beginning of this crucial period. Strata of deep blue and simmering oranges form boundaries of the canvas, while quick white dashes erupt from the central bands of turbulent blacks in sharp contrast. The title suggests something elemental or otherworldly, like the twisting curls of a primordial energy in the process of being formed. This dynamic work from a pivitol period shows Letendre at her most energetic and forceful.
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