Lot 120
  • 120

Jean Dubuffet

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Récit IX
  • signed and inscribed
  • felt tip pen on paper cutouts, on cardboard
  • 32 x 42 cm; 12 9/16 x 16 9/16 in.
  • Executed on 22 October 1974.

Provenance

Private Collection, Paris (acquired directly from the artist in 1974)

Literature

Max Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXIX: Crayonnages, récits, conjectures, Paris, 1979, p. 71, no. 157, illustrated in colour
Andreas Franzke, Dubuffet, New York, 1981, p. 232, illustrated

Condition

The overall tonality is lighter in the original work than in the catalogue illustration. The sheet has less magenta undertones. The work was inspected framed and is in very good condition.
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