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The Geri Brawerman Collection: A Tribute to Los Angeles and A Legacy of Giving

Jean Dubuffet

Passe l’heure

Auction Closed

November 19, 11:58 PM GMT

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Geri Brawerman Collection: A Tribute to Los Angeles and A Legacy of Giving

Jean Dubuffet

1901 - 1985


Passe l’heure

signed with the artist’s initials and dated 80 (lower right); titled and dated Déc. 80 (on the reverse)

acrylic on canvas

39 ¼ by 32 in.

100 by 81.2 cm.

Executed in 1980.

Waddington Galleries, London

The Pace Gallery, New York (acquired by 1987)

Jennifer Pinto Benzaquen, New York (acquired from the above circa 1987)

Private Collection

Sotheby’s London, 1 December 1988, lot 687 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection (acquired from the above)

Urban Gallery, Paris (acquired from the above in 1989)

Christie’s New York, 19 November 1992, lot 362

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

London, Waddington Galleries, Jean Dubuffet, September - October 1981, illustrated in color (on the cover)

New York, The Pace Gallery, Jean Dubuffet - Towards an Alternative Reality, April - June 1987, p. 279, illustrated in color

Paris, Urban Gallery, Jean Dubuffet : des années 50 aux années 80, October 1990, no. 17, illustrated in color

Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXXIII: Sites aux Figurines, Partitions, Lausanne 1982, no. 239, p. 99, illustrated

Mildred Glimcher, Jean Dubuffet : towards an alternative reality, New York 1987, p. 279, illustrated in color