Lot 132
  • 132

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • L'herbe profonde
  • signé et daté; titré et daté au dos
  • huile et éléments botaniques sur carton
  • 49 x 49,2 cm; 19 1/4 x 19 3/8 in.
  • Exécuté en septembre 1959.

Provenance

Galerie Beyeler, Bâle
PaceWildenstein, New York

Exhibited

Bâle, Kunstmuseum , Jean Dubuffet: Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Gouachen, Collagen, 1970, no. 69
Berlin, Akademie der Kunste; Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst; Jahrhundertrs, Schweizergarten, Museum des 20; Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Dubuffet retrospektive, 1980-1981, no. 181, illustré p. 189
New York, PaceWildenstein, Jean Dubuffet: The Radiant Earth, 1996, illustré p. 75.

Literature

Max Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule 17, Materiologies, Lausanne, 1969, no. 23, illustré p. 29

Condition

This work is in good condition. There are a few scattered pinhead sized dots of losses. One is more visible at the centre of the composition (5mm long).
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Catalogue Note

signed and dated; titled and signed on the back; oil and botanical elements laid on card. Executed in September 1959.