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Every so often on the fringe of larger series of oil paintings, Bellefleur gives himself a kind of vacation during which he enjoys getting back to his “paper” work.

The work available for sale “Message 2” from 1979 is begun and developed as watercolour, then finished with gouache, thus giving the second process a superior, decisive power. In this work fragments of masks or monsters seem to loom up out of mysterious archeological strata, making it all look like an illuminated cryptic message with dancing, obscure but playful signs, like the ones fond so plentifully in Bellefleur’s work, and nowhere more than in his most fascinating gouaches.

Works Cited:
“Bellefleur: The Fervour of the Quest” by Guy Robert

Message, 1979
mixed media, 47 x 36 cm
Reproduced in "BELLEFLEUR: The Fervour of the Quest" by Guy Robert on page 159

Second Message
1979
Gouache on paper
14 x 10 in
35.6 x 25.4 cm
Inscriptions
signed and dated 1979 lower right;
titled lower left
Provenance
Wallack Galleries, Ottawa
Private Collection, Ottawa
Frame
framed

Literature
“Bellefleur: The Fervour of the Quest” by Guy Robert, Published 1988 by Éditions ICONIA , ISBN: 2920058614
page 159
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Artwork type:
Original art
Title:
Second Message
Year:
1979
Medium:
Gouache on paper
Size:
14 x 10 in
35.6 x 25.4 cm
Frame size:
24 x 20 in
61 x 51 cm
Signature:
Signed, front
Provenance:
Wallack Galleries, Ottawa
Private Collection, Ottawa

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