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Jean Dubuffet
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description
- Jean Dubuffet
- Site Aléatoire avec Trois Personnages
signed with the initials and dated 82
- acrylic and paper collage on paper mounted on canvas
- 67.9 by 100.3cm.; 26¾ by 39½in.
Provenance
The Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Literature
Max Loreau, Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fasc. XXXV: Sites Aléatoires, Paris 1986, no. 23, p. 18, illustrated
Condition
Colour:
The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly deeper and richer, with the reds tending more towards a bright cherry red, the yellow to soft primrose yellow, the orange on the left of the lower edge to tangerine and the pink in the lower part of the composition to candy pink. The catalogue illustration does not fully convey the texture of the collage elements apparent in the original.
Condition:
This work is in very good condition. There are artist's pinholes visible on close inspection to the four corners. There is some slight undulation between the paper and the canvas in the top right, lower right and lower left quadrants. Upon close examination there are a few minute media losses: two to the white pigment of the chin of the central collaged figure, one to the top edge of the figure's head, one to the lower left corner, to the upper left corner, to the centre of the upper extreme edge and to the right extreme edge just beneath the top right corner. Upon very close examination there are few isolated spots of fine and stable drying craquelure. No restoration is apparent under ultraviolet light.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."