Lot 417
  • 417

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Untitled (Texte Historie IV)
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 64
  • ink on paper
  • 10 5/8 by 8 1/4 in. 27 by 21 cm.

Provenance

Galerie Jeanne-Bucher, Paris
Saidenberg Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Christie's, New York, November 2, 1984, lot 124

Literature

Max. Loreau, ed., Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet: L'Hourloupe II: Fascicule XXI, Lausanne 1968,  p. 26, cat. no. 38, illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The sheet is hinged to the backing board in multiple places. The colors are faded and there is pale time staining to the sheet. There is some light surface soiling throughout. Framed under Plexiglas.
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