Jean Dubuffet

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Mrs. James L. McLane, Los Angeles
Christie's, New York, November 13, 1984, Lot 152
Acquired by the present owner from the above

New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Work of Jean Dubuffet, February – August 1962, cat. no. 41

Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fascicule III: Plus Beaux qu'ils croient (Portraits), Lausanne, 1966, cat. no. 120, p. 85, illustrated

This painting is in very good condition. There are pinholes in the corners from time of execution. The figure's outline and facial features are drawn into the pigment by the artist and there are scattered minutes paint losses, primarily in the clothing outline, that are associated with the artist's technique. A few minute losses in the figure's right arm and in the waist may be independent of this process. Under ultraviolet light, there are two spots (approximately ¼ to ½ in.) that may be restorations, located in the bottom right of the skirt. The painting is framed in a gilt wood strip frame.
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