Lot 129
  • 129

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Paysage Urbain II
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 74

  • coloured crayon and felt tip pen on paper
  • 32.5 by 25cm.; 12 3/4 by 9 7/8 in.

Provenance

The Estate of the Artist
Sale: Sotheby's, London, Contemporary Art, 18 June 2007, Lot 569
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Berlin, Akademie der Künste; Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst; Cologne, Josef Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Dubuffet Retrospektive, 1980-1981, p. 263, no. 312, illustrated
London, Waddington Galleries, Jean Dubuffet: Works on Paper from 1943 to 1985, 2000, p. 40, no. 29, illustrated

Literature

Max Loreau, Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fasc. XXIX: Crayonnages, Récits, Conjectures, Paris 1979, p. 26, no. 47, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly softer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached to the backing mount at intervals along the reverse.
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