Lot 114
  • 114

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Topographie Obscure
  • signé; signé, titré et daté au dos
  • huile sur papier (assemblage collé sur toile)
  • 34 x 52 cm
  • Exécuté en mai 1959.

Provenance

Max Loreau, Braine-l'Alleud (directement acquis auprès de l'artiste en 1963)
Collection particulière, Belgique

Literature

Max Loreau, Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet - Fascicule XIV : Célébration du sol II, Texturologies, Topographies, Lausanne, 1969, p.117, no.189, illustré en couleurs

Condition

This work is in very good condition. The artist's pinholes are visible on every piece of collage. Colours: the colours are less dark and contrasted than in the catalogue's illustration and tend more towards a light brown.
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Catalogue Note

signed; signed, titled and dated on the back; oil on paper mounted on canvas. Executed on May 1959.