Lot 157
  • 157

JEAN DUBUFFET | Elément de sol

Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Elément de sol 
  • signed, dated 58 and inscribed épreuve d'artiste 
  • lithograph on Arches paper
  • 30 x 40 cm ; 11 13/16 x 15 3/4 in. (image)
  • Executed in august 1958, this work is the artist proof from an edition of 13.

Provenance

Daniel Cordier, Paris
Acquired from the above and thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Max Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fasicule XVI: Les phénomènes, Paris, 1965, p. 168, no. 277, illustrated (other example)
Sophie Webel, Catalogue raisonné de l'Oeuvre gravé et des livres illustrés de Jean Dubuffet, Volume 1, Paris 1991, p.179, no. 639, illustrated in colour (other example)

Condition

This work was inspected framed. The paper has very slightly yellowed. Under close inspection, small foxing marks are visible at the bottom. A small abrasion is visible under the title under further close inspection. This work is in good condition.
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