Lot 132
  • 132

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Situation CV
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 79 
  • felt-tip pen and paper collage on paper
  • 13 7/8 by 10 in. 35.2 by 25.4 cm.

Provenance

The Pace Gallery, New York
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Andreas Franzke, Dubuffet, New York 1981, p. 254, illustrated
Max Loreau, Ed., Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXXII: Théâtres de Mémoire, Paris 1982, cat. no. 278, p. 142, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The top and left edges of the sheet are slightly deckled. Under very close inspection, a 1/4-inch partial tear is visible along the right edge, approximately 6 inches from the top, there is a partial and unobtrusive loss to the top layer of paper at the lower right corner and the lower left corner is lightly creased. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat at the top two corners and in the lower right corner. Framed under Plexiglas.
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