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René Pierre Allain, Shell Keep, 1989
Estimate:
CA$3,500 - CA$4,500
Sold
CA$2,700
Timed Auction
BYDealers Post-War & Contemporary Spring // Art d'après-guerre & contemporain Printemps
ARTIST
René Pierre Allain
Size
81,3 x 94,2 x 25,4 cm / 32 x 37.75 x 10 in
Description
Depuis le milieu des années 1980, les « peintures construites » de René Pierre Allain font le tour du monde. Pour ses travaux d’abstraction géométrique, l’artiste tire son inspiration de l’architecture, de l’héraldique, des emblèmes et des motifs irréguliers qu’on trouve dans la nature. Il emploie divers matériaux dont l’acier, le plâtre pigmenté, le lin, le jute, l’acrylique, la colle, le mastic et la cire. Shell Keep (1989) est un des superbes plâtres pigmentés d’Allain. Il s’inscrit dans la lignée de l’abstraction moderne tardive et constitue un exemple des expérimentations radicales de l’artiste avec le support, l’application du pigment et l’iconographie.
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Since the mid-1980s, René Pierre Allain’s “constructed” paintings have been exhibited internationally. His abstract geometric works take their inspiration from architecture, heraldry, insignia, and disruptive rhythmic patterns in nature. He works with various materials, including steel, pigmented plaster, linen, acrylic, burlap, glue, clear sealant, and wax. Shell Keep (1989)) is one of Allain’s finest plaster paintings. It falls within the lineage of late Modernist Abstraction and demonstrates his radical experimentation with support, pigment application, and iconography.
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Since the mid-1980s, René Pierre Allain’s “constructed” paintings have been exhibited internationally. His abstract geometric works take their inspiration from architecture, heraldry, insignia, and disruptive rhythmic patterns in nature. He works with various materials, including steel, pigmented plaster, linen, acrylic, burlap, glue, clear sealant, and wax. Shell Keep (1989)) is one of Allain’s finest plaster paintings. It falls within the lineage of late Modernist Abstraction and demonstrates his radical experimentation with support, pigment application, and iconography.
Medium
Plâtre pigmenté et jute sur bois, cadre en acier / Pigmented plaster compound and burlap, panel and steel frame
Signature
Signée, titrée et datée au dos / Signed, titled and dated verso
Provenance
Rago Arts And Auction Center, 333 Auctions: Brutten Herrick Collection - 20th Century Art, 2004, Lambertville, New Jersey
Collection particulière / Private collection, Montréal
Collection particulière / Private collection, Montréal