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Lot 36
  • 36

Jean Degottex

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Degottex
  • Métasigne Un
  • signed, titled and dated 2-4-61 on the reverse; titled on the stretcher

  • Oil on canvas
  • 280 by 120 cm.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist in 1965

Exhibited

Maastricht, Stichting Cultureel Centrum in Dominicanenkerk, Het Museum in de Fabriek, Peter Stuyvesant Collectie, 1968
Middelburg, Tentoonstelling Vleeshal, 1981
Nîmes, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Degottex, Signes et Métasignes, 1954-1967, 1992, p. 40, illustrated in colour
Amstelveen, CoBrA Museum, Zen, 1996

 

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is more white and less yello and intenser in the original. Condition: Minor surface scratch and paintloss in the lower right corner. Very minor paint cracks throughout. Otherwise this works seems to be in very good condition.
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