Contemporary Art Evening Auction

Contemporary Art Evening Auction

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Property from the Brooklyn Museum, Sold to Support Museum Collections

JEAN DUBUFFET | RUE TOURNIQUE BOURLIQUE

Auction Closed

October 29, 12:08 AM GMT

Estimate

2,500,000 - 3,500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Brooklyn Museum, Sold to Support Museum Collections

JEAN DUBUFFET

1901 - 1985

RUE TOURNIQUE BOURLIQUE


signed and dated 63; signed, titled and dated Février 63 on the reverse

oil on canvas

28 ⅞ by 36 ⅛ in. 73.3 by 91.8 cm.

Please note this lot is subject to an irrevocable bid.

Galerie Beyeler, Basel

Stephen Hahn Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1964)

William K. Jacobs, Jr. (acquired from the above in 1966, by exchange)

Gifted to the present owner by the above in 1992

Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XX: L’Hourloupe I, Paris 1966, pp. 64-65, no. 126, illustrated

Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Centro Internazionale delle Arti e del Costume, L'Hourloupe di Jean Dubuffet, June - October 1964, n.p., no. 5 (text)

Zürich, Hauser & Wirth, Jean Dubuffet and the City, June - September 2018, p. 193, no. 111, illustrated in color