Lot 108
  • 108

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Pierre Brise-logique
  • signed and dated 52; signed, titled, dated mai 52 and inscribed pour exercices philosophiques on the reverse
  • oil on panel
  • 35 by 45 1/2 in. 88.9 by 115.6 cm.
  • Executed in April - May 1952.

Provenance

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Galerie Daniel Varenne, Paris
Acquired by the present owner from the above in November 1977

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Jean Dubuffet 1943 – 1963: Paintings, Sculptures, Assemblages, June – September 1993, cat. no. 38, p. 82, illustrated

Literature

Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule VII: Tables, paysagées, paysages du mental, pierres philosophiques, Paris, 1967, cat. no. 205, p. 132, illustrated

Condition

This work appears in good condition overall. There is fine but stable craquelure scattered throughout. There is evidence of inpainting along the extreme edges which fluoresce under ultraviolet light inspection. There are spot areas of inpainting located in the central composition which additionally fluoresce most notably located 6 ½ inches from the bottom and 15 ½ inches from the right edge; and 6 inches from the top and 11 ½ in. from the right edge. Framed.
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