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Jean Dubuffet
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description
- Jean Dubuffet
- Site avec 8 Personnages
- signed with the artist's initials and dated 81
- acrylic on paper mounted to canvas
- 20 by 13 3/4 in. 50.8 by 34.9 cm.
Provenance
The Pace Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Houston
Christie's, New York, 8 May 1990, Lot 347
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Private Collection, Houston
Christie's, New York, 8 May 1990, Lot 347
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Jean Dubuffet: Sites aux Figurines et Psycho-Sites, September - November 1981, p. 45, illustrated
New York, The Pace Gallery, Jean Dubuffet: Partitions 1980-81, Psycho-Sites 1981, December 1982 - January 1983, illustrated
New York, The Pace Gallery, Jean Dubuffet: Partitions 1980-81, Psycho-Sites 1981, December 1982 - January 1983, illustrated
Literature
Max Loreau, Ed., Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXXIV: Psycho-sites, Paris 1984, cat. no. 19, p. 14, illustrated
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. There are artist’s pinholes in each corner. There is light wear and handling along the edges including some minor pinpoint losses. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there are some scattered spots that fluoresce brightly but do not appear to be the result of restoration. Framed.
Please note the auction begins at 9:30 am on November 17th.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"My desire is to make the site evoked by the picture something phantasmagoric; and that can be achieved only by jumbling together more or less veristic elements with interventions of arbitrary character aiming at unreality. I want my street to be crazy, my broad avenues, shops and buildings to join in a crazy dance, and that is why I deform and denature their contours and colors."
Jean Dubuffet