KITTIE BRUNEAU RCA 'MASQUE - ENIGME' 1987

KITTIE BRUNEAU RCA (CANADIAN, 1929�2021) ACRYLIC AND MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, INITIALED "KB" LOWER LEFT, TITLED "MASQUE - ENIGME", SIGNED "K BRUNEAU" AND DATED "87" (1987) VERSO DEPICTS AN EXPRESSIONIST COMPOSITION FROM THE ARTIST'S ACCLAIMED "S�RIE LES MASQUES", EXPLORING ARCHETYPAL FORMS AND INNER PSYCHOLOGICAL STATES THROUGH ANGULAR PLANES AND VIBRANT CHROMATIC CONTRASTS PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA 33.75 X 32.75 IN 36 X 35.25 IN FRAMED KITTIE BRUNEAU (1929�2021) WAS A LEADING FIGURE IN QUEBEC POST-WAR LYRICAL ABSTRACTION AND SURREALIST EXPRESSIONISM, TRAINED AT THE �COLE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE MONTR�AL AND IN PARIS. HER CELEBRATED MID-1980S "S�RIE LES MASQUES" REPRESENTS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICALLY AND COMMERCIALLY SOUGHT-AFTER PERIODS OF HER CAREER, EMPLOYING ARCHETYPAL FACIAL TOTEMS AND ENIGMATIC CHROMATIC FORMS TO CONFRONT THE COMPLEXITY OF HUMAN IDENTITY. HER WORK IS REPRESENTED IN MAJOR INSTITUTIONS NATIONWIDE, INCLUDING THE MUS�E NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QU�BEC AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA.