Art Moderne et Contemporain Day Auction

Jean Dubuffet

Mire G 78 (Kowloon)

Artist's Resale RightReduced VAT applies to hammer price and buyer's premium

Auction Closed

April 17, 04:25 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

Jean Dubuffet

1901 - 1985

Mire G 78 (Kowloon)

signed with the artist's initials and dated 83 (lower right)

acrylic on cardboard mounted on cardboard mounted on canvas

67.5 x 99.5 cm; 26 ⅝ x 39 ⅛ in.

Executed in 1983.

Estate of the artist

Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above in 1987)

Christie's, London, 22 June 2011, lot 339

Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's, London, 22 October 2020, lot 235

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Jean Dubuffet, October 2009 - January 2010

Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXXVI: Mires, Paris 1988, no. 82, p. 38, illustrated

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