Joyner’s Canadian Art Auction, 1st Session

May 27, 2008

LOT 131

Lot 131

ALFRED PELLAN, R.C.A.

ALFRED PELLAN, R.C.A.
Lot 131 Details
ALFRED PELLAN, R.C.A.

MADAME PAMPLEMOUSSE

gouache
signed, tear at bottom centre edge and at the mid left edge
21 ins x 16 ins; 52.5 cms x 40 cms

Estimate $3,000-$5,000

Realised: $5,175
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

Provenance:

Estate of Gerald Gladstone, Quebec
Private Collection, Brittany, France

Literature:

Alfred Pellan, National Gallery of Canada (travelling), 1960, introduced by Donald W. Buchanan, p.7

Note:

This work is possibly a costume design for Les Compagnons, the experimental theatre group in Montreal. In 1946, Pellan designed the costumes, stage settings and make-up for their production of Victor Hugo’s version of Shakepeare’s Twelfth Night.

CONDITION DETAILS

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