Lot 226
  • 226

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Paysage tavelé aux arbres
  • signed, dated 54 and dedicated à Gabrielle Neumann; signed, titled and dated janvier 54 on the reverse 
  • oil on paper mounted to canvas
  • 11 3/4 by 19 1/2 in. 29.9 by 49.5 cm.

Provenance

Gabrielle Neumann, Paris (gift of the artist in August 1964)
Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1981, Lot 273
Perrin-Royère la Jeunesse, Versailles, 27 October 1991
Galerie Jacques Melki, Paris
Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Paris, 2 July 2003, Lot 6
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner 

Literature

Max Loreau, Ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fasicicule IX: assemblage d'empreintes, Lausanne 1968, cat. no. 121, p. 89, illustrated 

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The bottom left corner has been partially torn off and filled in, possibly by the artist at the time of execution. There is a string visible in the upper right corner that appears to be from the time of execution. Under raking light, some minor surface abrasions are visible in the darker painted areas. Framed.
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