Lot 50
  • 50

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Bel Paese
  • signed and dated 55
  • collage on paper mounted on board
  • 20 3/4 by 25 3/4 in. 52.7 by 65.4 cm.

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings and Assemblages d’Empreintes executed in 1954-1955 by Jean Dubuffet, February - March 1956, cat. no. 9
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Dubuffet: Early Drawings Collages 1943-1959; Miro: Early Drawings, Collages 1919-1949, November - December 1981, cat. no. 28, illustrated
Tubingen, Kunsthalle; Hannover, Kunstmuseum; Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Jean Dubuffet: Zeichnungen 1942-1981, January - July 1983, cat. no. 61
Avignon, Palais des Papes, Dubuffet: “Hauts lieux” paysages 1944-1984, June - October 1994, cat. no. 91, illustrated
Paris, Galerie Karsten Greve, Jean Dubuffet, September - November 2003
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Jean Dubuffet “Anticultural Positions,” April - June 2016, cat. no. 32, p. 150, illustrated in color

Literature

Max Loreau, Ed., Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XI: Charettes, Jardins, Personnages Monolithes, Paris 1969, cat. no. 25, p. 33, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The collage elements are stable and intact though there is some minor lifting to a few of the elements. Upon close inspection, there are a few areas of minor adhesive residue is viewable, due to the artist’s working method. There is minor pale time staining to some of the paper elements, and very minor surface soiling notable upon close inspection. Framed under Plexiglas.
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