signed and dated 1938 lower right; signed, dated 1938 and inscribed “Ottawa, Ont. Canada” on the reverse
22 × 19 in (55.9 × 48.3 cm)
Auction Estimate:$20,000 - $30,000
Sale date:May 31, 2016
Price Realized
$23,000
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection, Montreal
“Portrait of a Woman” is an example of Dallaire’s early work and his first experimentations with flattened planes and simplification of forms as he developed into abstraction. While Dallaire was in the Ottawa area in 1938 to complete a commissioned mural for the Dominican Fathers, he accomplished a number of naturalistic portraits and figure studies of his friends. Dallaire was awarded a bursary this same year from the province of Quebec to study in Paris at the Ateliers d'Art Sacré.
Jean-Philippe Dallaire - Portrait of a Woman | Cowley Abbott
