"Original Lithograph N:5 Artist's Proof Jean-paul Riopelle "near My Lake" 1985"
This etching is part of a box set of 8 original colour etchings, printed in 75 copies numbered from 1/75 to 75/75 + 20 HC and some EA copies Atelier Maurice Felt, France. Galerie Lelong Éditeur, Paris. One of the most recognized Canadian painters in Canada and abroad during his lifetime, Jean Paul Riopelle (1923–2002) is also one of the most important engravers that Canada has known. Riopelle is one of the most prolific engravers, with some 300 prints created over thirty years. Insects, and especially flies, are another of Riopelle's animal leitmotifs, especially between 1985 and 1991.