The fall sale of BYDealers has been online since November 6, and you can go and examine, as of Tuesday, the 60 works by Quebec, Canadian and foreign artists in the gallery of the Quebec auction house in Montreal. A nourishing journey, especially pictorial, at the heart of the history of art, from Picasso to Letendre, via Riopelle and Lemoyne.
Exhibited in Toronto last week, the batch of works from this ninth BYDealers sale is once again being auctioned online. Because it works, says its Chairman and CEO, Marc-Antoine Longpré. “We can better manage the sale, which takes place over three weeks. There is no technological issue. It is very easy to bet. Indoors, you have to think in five seconds while online, you have more time. It promotes good sales. I think that at 95%, we will not come back to theatrical sales. We moved on to something else. ”
Art lovers are used to coming to see the works at the local BYDealers, near the intersection of rue Beaubien and boulevard Saint-Laurent. And those who live outside Quebec have easy access to works that we would probably not find elsewhere. Because many works come from Toronto or Quebec collections, in particular that of the collector and businessman Guy de Repentigny, former member of the Board of Directors of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts who died in 2003.
From his collection will be sold several pieces, including Kezdi, a painting by Vasarely, two inks on rice paper by Robert Motherwell, a canvas by Pierre Alechinsky and two sculptures, an iconic aluminum column by Ulysse Comtois and a small bronze by Henry Moore.
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Kezdi, 1968, Victor Vasarely (1906-1997), egg tempera on panel, 80 by 80 cm. Estimate between $ 50,000 and $ 70,000.
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Two works by Jean Paul Lemieux, Train time and Jean Pierre. Estimates: between $ 250,000 and $ 350,000 for the first, and between $ 40,000 and $ 60,000 for the second.
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Lynx Roadkill, 2017, Marc Séguin (1970-), naturalized lynx, charcoal and oil on canvas, 198.2 x 274.3 cm. Estimate between $ 20,000 and $ 30,000.
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Wizard polo, 1990, Jean-Paul Jérôme (1928-2004), acrylic on canvas, 101.6 on 137.1 cm. Estimate between $ 15,000 and $ 18,000.
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Ali III, 1984, Evan Penny (1953-), resin, pigments, hair, 167.6 x 38.1 x 30.5 cm. Estimate between $ 35,000 and $ 45,000.
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Odalisque with cat, 1984, Walasse Ting (1929-2010), acrylic on rice paper mounted on canvas, 96.5 by 178 cm. Estimate between $ 55,000 and $ 75,000
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Maison Camille Leclerc, Sainte-Rose, around 1940, Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888-1970), oil on panel, 56 by 71 cm. Estimate between $ 100,000 and $ 120,000.
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Down and Up, 1961, Harold Barling Town (1924-1990), oil and lucite on canvas, 172 by 197.5 cm. Estimate between $ 100,000 and $ 120,000.
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The ancestor’s domain, 1980, Claude Le Sauteur (1926-2007), oil on canvas, 50.8 x 101.6 cm. Estimate between $ 6,000 and $ 8,000.
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Old Griffintown, Montreal, 1984, John Little (1928-), oil on canvas, 30.5 by 40.6 cm. Estimate between $ 20,000 and $ 25,000.
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Famine elk, 1970 (cast 1989), Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002), bronze, lost wax, 30.5 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm. Estimate between $ 25,000 and $ 35,000.
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The sale includes two oils by Marc-Aurèle Fortin placed near an etching by Picasso, The frugal meal, one of the first prints by the great Spanish master. “A historic piece,” says Marc-Antoine Longpré.
There is also an interesting painting by Borduas, The cry of the tree frogs, produced during the summer of 1953 in Provincetown, then exhibited in New York during a solo at the Passedoit gallery, in January 1954. An acrylic by Yves Gaucher and another by Denis Juneau, judiciously presented side by side. Two oils and a pastel by Jean Paul Lemieux. And a landscape of Griffintown painted in 1984 by Montreal painter John Little, now 93 years old.
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The frugal meal, 1904, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), etching and scraper on Japanese paper, 59.7 by 50.8 cm. Estimate between $ 250,000 and $ 350,000.
BYDealers is selling two works from the 1960s by Rita Letendre, also 93 years old. Two paintings of a rather rare format for this period. And two of his famous beams from the 1970s, Malapec and Dorit. “She is one of the stars of the sale,” says Marc-Antoine Longpré.
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The cry of the tree frogs, 1953, Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960), oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm. Estimate between $ 200,000 and $ 250,000.
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Magic of the night, 1961, Rita Letendre (1928-), oil on canvas, 127 x 137.2 cm. Estimate between $ 150,000 and $ 200,000.
A large painting, Small pink triangle, by Serge Lemoyne, is part of the event. Luckily, the Acton Vale artist is receiving a well-deserved tribute at the present time at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. His acrylic on canvas estimated between $ 35,000 and $ 45,000 could well exceed this range.
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Small pink triangle, 1982, Serge Lemoyne, acrylic on canvas, 210.2 by 150.5 cm
The 60 works are on display until November 27. Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 6345, boulevard Saint-Laurent, in Montreal.
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