Lot 6
JEAN-PHILIPPE DALLAIRE
Provenance:
Private Collection, Montreal
Note:
Painted early in his career, Dallaire's Femme Assise does not let on whether the viewer has caught her in a moment of thought, or in a coy gesture of secrecy. Melded by colours and patterns to the chair on which she sits, Dallaire positions the woman as a modern, sibylline figure. While her elongated limbs and supple feminine form beguile us, it is her bolted tendrils of Medusa-like hair that prevent us from averting our gaze.