Lot 15
  • 15

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Barbe des sages de l'Asie
  • signed and dated 59; titled, dated Juin 59 and inscribed Matisse on the reverse
  • India ink and paper collage on paper
  • 20 1/8 by 13 1/4 in. 51.1 by 33.7 cm.

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Mrs. Bertram Smith, New York
Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York
Acquired by the present owner prior to 1990

Exhibited

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Jean Dubuffet at The Museum of Modern Art, October 1968
Frankfurt am Main, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Jean Dubuffet: 1901-1985, December 1990 - March 1991, p. 134, no. 152, illustrated in color

Literature

Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XV: as-tu cueilli la fleur de barbe, Paris, 1964, p. 35, no. 41, illustrated
Marianne Jakobi, Jean Dubuffet et la fabrique du titre, Paris, 2006, p. 156 (text)