MARCELIN CARDINAL

Titled verso "Okako II", signed lower middle and verso, oil on canvas, 68.6 x 90.8cm (27 x 35 3/4in); Provenance: private collection, London; Marcelin (Marcel) Cardinal, Canadian, 1920-2019; in 1941, Marcelin visited the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, an experience that transformed his life; he was a self taught artist and held his first solo exhibition in 1947; his works are included in numerous private and public collections across the country, and Montrealer's can view his mural on the platform of subway station Saint-Michel