RITA LETENDRE "ORAGE II / JOUR" PASTEL, 1992Rita Letendre (1928 2021) is one of Canadas leading abstract painters and one of Caviar20's favourite artists. Early in her career, Letendre was associated with Les Automatistes (which included Borduas and Riopelle amongst others) in Montreal's avant garde circles of the 1950s. However in the 1960's her aesthetic transformed dramatically as she embraced hard edge abstraction. Her marriage to Kosso Eloul arguably had a tremendous impact on her artistic

starting with his deep admiration for John F

The framing is intimate

the enduring theory linking it to the Black Death is the most notable

This particular work is included in numerous museum collections such as the Whitney Museum (NYC) and the Cleveland Museum

Unique to this work is the man's upper lip

Ruth Asawa and of course Louise Nevelson

and working alongside the artist until his death

using the space as a recording studio and concert hall for close friends and fortunate visitors

Warhol's Polaroids were used as preparatory works for his iconic silkscreen portraits or other artworks

works from this series can be found in several prominent museum collections including the MoMA the United States Library of Congress

Literature: Nancy Campbell

Ink and mixed media on paper