Lot 106
  • 106

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Petit sol aux menues pierres
  • signé et daté; signé, daté et titré au dos
  • huile sur toile
  • 65 x 81 cm; 25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in.
  • Exécuté le 19 octobre 1957.

Provenance

Galerie Paul Facchetti, Paris
Galleria Toninelli, Milan
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel en 1971.

Exhibited

Milan, Galleria Arte 92, Segno gesto materia : protagonisti dell'Informale europeo, 1990, p.33, catalogue, illustré en couleurs

Literature

Renato Barilli, Dubuffet matériologique, Bologne, 1963, p.50, illustré
Max Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XIII, Célébration du sol I, lieux cursifs, texturologies, topographies, Lausanne, 1970, p.71, no.94, illustré
Max Loreau, Jean Dubuffet, Délits, Déportements, Lieux de Haut jeu, Paris, 1971, p.251, illustré

Condition

This work is in very good condition. On its original canvas. The surface is intact. Under UV light, there is no evidence of any retouching. The colours in the catalogue's illustration are fairly accurate although they are not as contrasted and saturated in the original.
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Catalogue Note

signed and dated; signed, dated and titled on the back; oil on canvas. Executed on the 19th of October 1957.