Jean Dubuffet
Sourire (Tête hilare II) (Smile (Hilarious Face II))
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The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden
Jean Dubuffet
1901 - 1985
Sourire (Tête hilare II) (Smile (Hilarious Face II))
signed and dated '48
oil on canvas
92 by 73 cm. 36¼ by 28¾ in.
Executed in 1948.
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珍洛婷與哈羅德・奧爾登伉儷收藏
尚・杜布菲
1901 - 1985年
《微笑（滑稽臉 II）》
款識：藝術家簽名並紀年'48
油彩畫布
92 x 73 公分；36 ¼ x 28 ¾ 英寸
1948年作
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Galerie Geert van Bruaene, Brussels
Galerie Stadler, Paris
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
E.J. Power, London
Marlborough Gallery, London (acquired directly from the above in 1961)
Private Collection, Turin (acquired directly from the above in 1963)
Galerie Daniel Varenne, Geneva
Christie’s London, 3 December 1974, lot 98
Stephen Hahn, New York
The Elkon Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 1986
Max Loreau, Ed., Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet: Fascicule IV, Rose d’Allah, Clowns de Désert, Lausanne, 1967, p. 124, no. 167, illustrated
Brussels, Galerie Geert van Bruaene, Dessins et peintures de Jean Dubuffet, December 1949, no. 3 (text)
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Jean Dubuffet Paintings 1943-1957, April – May 1958, p. 21, no. 6, illustrated
Rome, Marlborough Galleria D'Arte, Dubuffet, March - April 1963, n.p., no. 2, illustrated
New York, The Elkon Gallery, Two Decades, September – November 1981, p. 19, illustrated in colour
New York, The Elkon Gallery, Robert Elkon Memorial Exhibition, October – November 1983
New York, Cohen Gallery, Jean Dubuffet: Figurative Works, April – June 1994, illustrated in colour on the cover