Lot 50
  • 50

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Pouce érigé (D 32)
  • signed with initials and dated 61; titled and dated 26 août 61 on the reverse
  • India ink and wash on paper
  • 43 x 33,5 cm; 16 15/16 x 13 3/16 in.
  • Executed August 26th 1961.

Provenance

Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris
Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Collection, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Exhibited

London, Robert Fraser Gallery, Dubuffet: Recent Gouaches, 10 April - 12 May 1962; catalogue, n.p., no. 40, illustrated 
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions in Modern Drawings, 5 June - 9 September 1997
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Jean Dubuffet, 30 June - 26 August 2001

Literature

Arts Review, G.M. Butcher, Dubuffet, London, 1962, n.p., illustrated
Max Loreau, Catalogues des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XIX, Paris Circus, Paris, 1965, p. 69, no. 111, illustrated
Andreas Franzke, Dubuffet Zeichnungen, Munich, 1980, p. 243, illustrated

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the figure tends more to a silver-grey in the original work. Moreover, the image does not accurately convey the scratching technique used by the artist. The sheet is hinged to the mount. The right edge is uneven, visible in the catalogue illustration and inherent to the work. Each of the four corners presents pinholes, visible under close inspection. There are very few scattered spots of foxing located on the figure. This work is in very good condition.
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