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Jean Paul Riopelle

Artist

WA-00002676

Surrealism

Representation

None documented

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80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ708544

MoMA

Field Verification (6 fields)

0 cross-verified · 6 single-source

BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%
Birth yearUnknown· 30%
NationalityUnknown· 30%
Primary mediumUnknown· 30%
Profile imageUnknown· 30%
Death yearUnknown· 30%

Source Registry (2)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/jean-paul-riopelle
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4934
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

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Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (11)

Scarf

1974 · Silk, twill weave; screen printed

89.8 × 89.2 cm (35 3/8 × 35 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

WattsOS

Triptyque gris (Grey Triptych)

1967 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 29 3/4 × 47 1/8" (75.5 × 119.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page in-text plate (pages 56 and 57) from 1¢ Life

1964 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions

composition: 15 3/8 × 18" (39 × 45.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 22 13/16" (41 × 58 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (pages 156 and 157) from 1¢ Life

1964 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions

composition (irreg.): 15 1/16 × 21 7/8" (38.3 × 55.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 22 13/16" (41 × 58 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vesperal No. 3

1957 · Oil on canvas

113.7 × 161.5 cm (44 3/4 × 63 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Perspectives

1956 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 806 x 1000 mm frame: 914 x 1103 x 93 mm

Tate

Untitled

1953 · Oil on canvas

64.8 × 54.6 cm (25 1/2 × 21 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Forest Blizzard

1953 · Oil on board

67 1/8" x 8' 4 1/4" (170.5 x 254.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trellis

1952 · Watercolour on paper

support: 318 x 406 mm

Tate

WattsOS

Untitled

1923 · color lithograph

Paper: 80 x 40 cm (31 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

WattsOS

Untitled

color lithograph

Sheet: 39.9 x 79.8 cm (15 11/16 x 31 7/16 in.); Secondary Support: 48.7 x 88.8 cm (19 3/16 x 34 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

11 published of 15 catalogued · 11 with image

MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued6 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
Tate
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Untitled
1923 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Trellis
1952 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Perspectives
1956 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Wikipedia

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Surrealism

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

Académie de la Grande Chaumière

Visual Arts

École des beaux-arts de Montréal

Visual Arts

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