Lot 184
  • 184

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • La Villa III
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 66
  • marker on paper
  • 9 3/4 by 6 1/2 in. 24.7 by 16.1 cm.

Provenance

Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1970

Literature

Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXII: Cartes Ustensiles, Lausanne, 1972, cat. no. 50, p. 57, illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The sheet is hinged on the reverse to the backing board at the top. The pigment is slightly faded and there is a pale time staining to the sheet. The edges of the sheet undulate slightly. There are a few soft horizontal creases to the sheet along the top. Framed under Plexiglas.
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