AANFM LP RCA
1930 - 2009
Canadian
L'arrière-pays
mixed media on canvas
signed and dated 1973 and on verso signed, titled and on the gallery label, dated and inscribed "Pierreville" / "(20)" / and variously
32 x 40 in, 81.3 x 101.6 cm
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 CAD
Sold for: $2,000
Preview at: Heffel Montreal
PROVENANCE
Galerie Bernard Desroches, Montreal
Private Collection
Fernand Toupin, a signatory of the Plasticiens manifesto in 1955, initially came to prominence with works rooted in geometric abstraction. But as the 1950s came to an end he changed direction radically, working rich textures into his canvases and abandoning for a time geometric composition. With their dominating white fields and thick granular media, Pointe au rouge and Arrière-pays are exemplary of Toupin’s work in the 1970s.
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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