PAUL-EMILE BORDUAS. RCA. [1905-1960].
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Incognito.
13 ½ x 16 ½ inches. watercolour & ink on paper. signed & dated [19] 54 on recto.  


Exhibited: National Council of Jewish Women, Annual Exhibition, Ottawa Section, label on verso.

Bibliography: Francois-Marc Gagnon, Paul-Emile Borduas, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 1998, pp. 370-375, plates 110-112 for similar works from 1954. Gagnon suggests the term "delicate bombardment" is a good description of the method used by Borduas in his 1954 watercolours.

Provenance: Private Collection, Ottawa.