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Jean Dubuffet
Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description
- Jean Dubuffet
- Site avec 4 Personnages
- signed with the artist's initials and dated 81
- acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
- 26 1/2 by 19 3/4 in. 67.3 by 50.2 cm.
Provenance
Estate of the Artist
Galerie Martin-Ishihara, Paris
Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Paris, 18 December 2003, Lot 80
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Galerie Martin-Ishihara, Paris
Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Paris, 18 December 2003, Lot 80
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Jean Dubuffet: Sites aux Figurines et Psycho-sites, September - November 1981, p. 59, illustrated
Literature
Max Loreau, Ed., Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXXVI: Psycho Sites, cat no. 123, p. 40, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good condition. The paper is laid down on a stretched canvas. Under very close inspection, there are a few very minor surface accretions. Please note this work was not examined out of its frame. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"I want my street to be crazy, I want my avenues, shops and buildings, to enter into a crazy dance, and this is why I deform and distort their outlines and colors. However I always come up against the same difficulty, that if all the elements were one by one deformed and distorted excessively, if in the end nothing remained of their real outlines, I would have totally effaced the location that I intended to suggest, that I wished to transform."
Jean Dubuffet
Jean Dubuffet