Lot 94
  • 94

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Tapis No. 2
  • wool tapestry
  • 82 1/4 by 128 3/8 in. 209 by 326 cm.

Provenance

Pace Editions, New York
Private Collection
Jane Kahan Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Sarasota, Florida, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Contemporary Tapestries, February - March 1978

Literature

Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXXI: Habitats, Closerie Falba, Salon d'ete, Paris, 1981, cat. no. 7, p. 83, illustrated in color
Anne Lane Hedlund, Gloria F. Ross & Modern Tapestry, New Haven, Connecticut, 2010, pp. 146, 148-149, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The tapestry is partially lined on the reverse with canvas running along the reverse perimeter. The tapestry is separating from the reverse lining at the top right corner edge and the top left corner edge. There is a minor, very faint discoloration in the bottom white section just to the right of center.
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