Lot 153
  • 153

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Personnage Fond Noir D 82
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated Oct. 61; inscribed D 82 on the reverse
  • Chinese ink on paper
  • 13 1/8 by 9 7/8 in. 33.3 by 25.1 cm.

Provenance

Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris
Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1967

Literature

Max Loreau, ed. Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet: Fascicule XIX: Paris Circus, Paris, 1969, no. 187, p. 100, illustrated 

Condition

This work is in very good overall condition. There is a slight undulation to the sheet inherent to the artist's working method. There is minimal evidence of wear and handling to the edges and corners and a pinpoint accretion located 3 ¾ inches from the left edge and 1 inch from the top edge. The work is hinged verso to the archival matte at the four corners. Framed under glass.
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