Jean Dubuffet

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 EUR

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Description

Jean Dubuffet
Bouteille III
signé et daté; titré au dos
vinyl paint on paper laid down on canvas
103 x 59,5 cm; 40 1/2 x 23 7/16 in.
Exécuté le 22 décembre 1965.

Provenance

Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Acquis auprès de celle-ci en 1967

Exhibited

New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Jean Dubuffet, 1962-66, 1966-1967; catalogue, no.78, illustré
Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, Dix ans d'art vivant - 1955-1965, 1967 ; catalogue, no.78, illustré en couleurs
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, Jean Dubuffet - L'exposition du centenaire, 2001 ; catalogue, p.257, illustré en couleurs

Literature

André Pieyre de Mandiargues, L'Oeil no.136, Les "ustensiles utopiques" de Jean Dubuffet, April 1966, p.25, no.12, illustré en couleurs
Horizon, Jean Dubuffet, the contemporary French master, New York, Summer 1967, p.61, illustré
Max Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet - Fascicule XXI: L'Hourloupe II, Lausanne, 1968, p.119, no.201, illustré
Renato Barilli, Dubuffet - Le cycle de l'Hourloupe, Paris, 1976, pp.44-45, no.52, illustré
Renato Barilli, Dubuffet : oggetto e progetto, il ciclo dell'Hourloupe, Milan, 1976, pp.44-45, no.52, illustré
Lorenza Trucchi, Dubuffet - Art Dossier, Florence, 2001, p.29, illustré en couleurs

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is a small stain at the bottom of the bottle wich could be a studio mark. Under UV light there is no evidence of any retouching. The colours in the catalogue's illustration are fairly accurate although the blue is slightly lighter and brighter in the original.
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Catalogue Note

signed and dated; titled on the back; vinyl paint on paper laid down on canvas. Executed on the 22nd of December 1965.