Lot 138
  • 138

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Arabe gesticulante
  • signed and dated 48
  • gouache on paper laid down on board
  • 12 3/8 by 16 1/8 in. 31.4 by 41 cm.

Provenance

Alfonso Ossorio, Paris (acquired directly from the artist in 1951)
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach
Richard C. Himmel, Palm Beach
Sotheby's, New York, May 16, 2001, lot 189
Acquired by the previous owner from the above sale

Exhibited

New York, Museum of Modern Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Jean Dubuffet, February - August 1962, cat. no. 52

 

 

Literature

Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule IV: Roses d'Allah, clowns du désert, Paris, 1967, no. 111, p. 74, illustrated

 

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There are artist’s pinholes at the corners. There is evidence of minor craquelure and light wear. Framed under Plexiglas.
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