Lot 136
  • 136

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Personnage dans un paysage (A 43)
  • signed with initials and dated juillet 60
  • India ink on paper
  • 23,5 x 31 cm; 9 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.
  • Executed in July 1960.

Provenance

Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris 
Cordier & Ekstrom Inc., New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (acquired from the above in 1967)

Literature

Max Loreau, Catalogues des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XVIII, Dessins 1960, Paris, 1969, p. 81, no. 138, illustrated

Condition

The overall tonality has less yellow undertones and tends more towards a light cream in the original work. The sheet is hinged to the mount by the four corners. Very close inspection reveals a pinhole in each corner. The edges of the sheet are slightly worn. This work is in very good condition.
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