Artwork by Jean-Paul Mousseau,  Sans titre

Jean-Paul Mousseau
Sans titre

coloured inks on textured watercolour paper
signed and dated 1948 lower left
11.5 x 9 ins ( 29.2 x 22.9 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $5,000.00$3,000.00 - $5,000.00

Price Realized $4,560.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020

Provenance:
Private Collection, Montreal
By descent to a Private Collection
Private Collection, Toronto
This intricate ink composition was completed in a particularly significant year for the painter, as well as for art in Quebec. 1948 was the year when the manifesto Refus Global was published with sixteen signatories, including Jean-Paul Mousseau. A student of Paul-Émile Borduas, the artist contributed five original drawings for the first Automatiste book published in Quebec in 1946, which was inspired by Surrealism. “Sans titre” is a fine and delicate work that exemplifies the early days of abstraction in Quebec, recalling the influences of automatic writing and drawing from the unconscious.

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Jean-Paul Mousseau
(1927 - 1991) Les Automatistes