Lot 8
  • 8

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Vache
  • signed and dated déc. 54
  • India ink on paper
  • 33 x 25 cm; 13 x 9 7/8 in.
  • Executed in 1954.

Provenance

Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris
Galleria La Bussola, Turin
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Europe

Exhibited

Turin, Galleria La Bussola, Jean Dubuffet, May 1960; catalogue, no. 21, n.p., illustrated
Milan, Galleria Blu, Opere di Dubuffet, May 1960; catalogue, no. 29, n.p.
Milan, Galleria Levi, Jean Dubuffet: olii, gouaches, assemblages, sculture, monumenti, praticables, disegni, October - November 1972; catalogue, no. 38, n.p., illustrated
New York, The Elkon Gallery, Jean Dubuffet: the first two decades 1943-1963, 30 October 1986 - 31 January 1987; catalogue, p. 21, illustrated
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Jean Dubuffet: 1901-1985, 12 December 1990 - 3 March 1991; catalogue, no. 132, p. 116, illustrated
New York, The Elkon Gallery, Inc, Jean Dubuffet, Works on paper: 40's, 50's and 60's, 12 April - 16 June 2007

Literature

Michel Ragon, Dubuffet, Paris, 1958, p. 24, illustrated
Michel Ragon, Dubuffet, New York, 1959, p. 24, illustrated
Max Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule X: Vaches-Petites statues de la vie précaire, Lausanne, 1969, no. 142, p. 102, illustrated
Michel Ragon, Jean Dubuffet, Paris, 1995, p. 33, illustrated

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the sheet tends more towards cream in the original work. Few tiny foxing spots are visible on the sheet as well as a small stain located on the upper right quadrant, visible only under very close inspection. This work is in very good condition.
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