Jean Dubuffet

The Pace Gallery, New York
Collection privée, Tucson (Arizona)
Vente: Christie's New York, 15 novembre 1995, lot 150
Robert Sandelson Ltd, Londres
Collection particulière, Suisse

New York, The Pace Gallery, Dubuffet: new sculptures and drawings, 1968; catalogue, p.6, no.1, illustré
Londres, Robert Sandelson Ltd, Jean Dubuffet : paintings and sculptures from the 1960s and 1970s, 2007

Max Loreau, Catalogue Intégral des travaux de Jean Dubuffet; Sculptures Peintes, fascicule XXIII, Lausanne, 1972, p.94, no.75a, illustré

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration, although the overall tonality is more creamy in the original. The polyester surface is richer in the original. Superficial dust on the white parts of the sculpture and some dust accretions are visible under close inspection. A tinly loss of polyester (approx. 0,5cm) located in the lower left corner, along the lower edge of the base, is visible under very close inspection. Due to the artist's process, the white paint, especially on the back and along the right and the left sides of the arms, is not uniform and applied in several layers. This work is in very good original condition.
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