Lot 201
  • 201

JEAN FAUTRIER | Tète de jeune fille

Estimate
15,000 - 18,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Fautrier
  • Tète de jeune fille
  • signed and numbered 3/9
  • bronze and marble base
  • 28,5 x 15 x 14 cm ; 11 1/24 x 5 15/16 x 5 1/2 in. (with base)
  • 17 x 14,5 x 16 cm ; 6 11/16 x 5 11/16 x 6 1/4 in. (without base)
  • Executed in 1940, this work is number 3 from an edition of 9.

Provenance

Galerie Michel Couturier, Paris
Sotheby's London, Contemporary Art, 21 October 1999, lot 75
Acquired during the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Palma Bucarelli, Jean Fautrier: Pittura e Materia, Milan, 1960, p. 377, no. 489, illustrated (other exemplaire)

Condition

The work is slightly dusty in the creases. Traces of oxidation are visible in the creases of the sculpture. A chip in the marble base is visible in the upper left corner. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné for Jean Fautrier, currently in preparation by Marie-José Lefort, Geneva.