Jean Dubuffet

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 EUR

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Description

Jean Dubuffet
Figure pensive
signé et daté
assemblage d'empreintes lithographiques sur papier
32,3 x 22,3 cm; 12 11/16 x 8 3/4 in.
Exécuté en janvier-février 1958.

Provenance

Galerie Beyeler, Bale (numéro d'inventaire 5820)
Donald Morris Gallery, Brimingham, Michigan
Jeffrey Hoffeld & Company, Inc., New York
Vente : Sotheby's, New York, 6 mai 1986, lot no.67
Linda Hyman Fine Arts, New York
Collection particulière, Detroit, Michigan
Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Exhibited

Birmingham, Michigan, The Donald Morris Gallery, Jean Dubuffet, Two Decades: 1943-1962, 1983, p.41, illustré en couleurs

Literature

Max Loreau, Catalogue raisonné des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fascicule XIII: Célébrations du sol I, lieux cursifs, texturologies, topographies, Lausanne, 1969, p.108, no.145, illustré

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration, although the overall tonality is warmer and contrast more important in the original. The work is executed on a wove ivory paper and is taped to the mount. The work is in very good condition, although studio marks are visible along the left and top edges of the work.
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Catalogue Note

signed and dated; collage of printed papers on paper. Executed on January-February 1958.

"Dubuffet n'est pas un imbécile..." (Michel Ragon, Cimaise, janvier 1958).

"... pouvoir visionnaire..." (Marco Valsecchi, Il Giorno, 9 février 1958).

"...magicien de l'image... vers les déserts de l'inconnu..." (Marco Valsecchi, Il Tempo, 20 février 1958).

"... tendresse barbare..." (André Pieyre de Mandiargues, XXe siècle, mars 1958).

"... une harmonie nouvelle et encore inexplorée" (Gilles Dorfles, Domus, avril 1958).

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