Provenance
Marlborough-Godard, Toronto Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto Important Canadian Art, Sotheby's in Association with Ritchies, Toronto, November 18, 2003, lot 28 Private Collection, Montreal Canadian Post-War & Contemporary Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, November 19, 2008, lot 55, cover lot Acquired from the above by an Important Private Collection, Montreal
Literature
Yseult Riopelle, Jean Paul Riopelle Catalogue Raisonné, addendum to Volume 2, 1954 - 1959, 2004, titled Sans titre, reproduced page 420, catalogue #1951.006H.1951
Catalog summary
Jean Paul Riopelle<br> AUTO CAS OC QMG RCA SCA<br>1923 - 2002<br>Canadian<br>Sans titre (Composition #2)<br>oil on canvas , 1951<br>signed and on verso titled Composition #2 on the Marlborough-Godard label, inscribed variously and stamped indistinctly<br>50 x 64 1/2 in, 127 x 163.8 cm<br>Estimate: $3,000,000 - $5,000,000 CAD CAD<br>Sold for: $5,701,250<br>PROVENANCE Marlborough-Godard, Toronto Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto Important Canadian Art, Sotheby's in Association with Ritchies, Toronto, November 18, 2003, lot 28 Private Collection, Montreal Canadian Post-War & Contemporary Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, November 19, 2008, lot 55, cover lot Acquired from the above by an Important Private Collection, Montreal<br>LITERATURE Yseult Riopelle, Jean Paul Riopelle Catalogue Raisonné, addendum to Volume 2, 1954 - 1959, 2004, titled Sans titre, reproduced page 420, catalogue #1951.006H.1951