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Riopelle made these “”faces” by rubbing a slice of sawed log on paper. They likely represent imaginary Thule peoples – ancient ancestors of Inuit, who once lived in the Canadian Arctic and in parts of Greenland. The Canadian West Coast masks that Riopelle discovered in Paris in the collections of George Duthuit and Andre Breton undoubtedly fed his imagination. These works also hint at the unique petroglyphs of facial engravings of facial engravings that he saw in the Far North.
Tags: Jean Paul Riopelle
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Riopelle made these “”faces” by rubbing a slice of sawed log on paper. They likely represent imaginary Thule peoples – ancient ancestors of Inuit, who once lived in the Canadian Arctic and in parts of Greenland. The Canadian West Coast masks that Riopelle discovered in Paris in the collections of George Duthuit and Andre Breton undoubtedly fed his imagination. These works also hint at the unique petroglyphs of facial engravings of facial engravings that he saw in the Far North.
Tags: Jean Paul Riopelle
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