Lot 134
  • 134

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Mire G 34 (BolĂ©ro)
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 83
  • acrylic on paper mounted to canvas
  • 26 5/8 by 39 1/2 in. 67.6 by 100.3 cm.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Private Collection, Japan
Sotheby's, London, June 29, 1995, lot 208
Private Collection, London
Private Collection, San Francisco
MK Fine Art, New York (acquired from the above in 1999)
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Literature

Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXXVI: Mires, Paris, 1988, cat. no. 29, p. 19, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The colors are bright fresh and clean. Very close inspection reveals some extremely faint and unobtrusive scattered light brown spot accretions in the upper left corner. Also under very close inspection, a pinpoint area of blue paint in the upper right corner is lifting slightly. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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