Jean Dubuffet

Cherche-Aubaine

Auction Closed

May 17, 10:38 PM GMT

Estimate

350,000 - 550,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collector

Jean Dubuffet

1901 - 1985

Cherche-Aubaine

signed with the initials J.D. and dated 73 (lower left)

polyurethane paint on epoxy

34¾ by 18⅞ by 9⅛ in.

88.2 by 47.9 by 23.1 cm.

Executed in 1973.

Please refer to sothebys.com for updated provenance on this lot.

Galerie Beyeler, Basel

The Brett Mitchell Collection, Cleveland

Private Collection, Cleveland

Christie's, New York, 7 May 1997, lot 15 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection

Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., Inc., New York

Russeck Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet - Roman burlesque, Sites tricolores, Fascicule XXVIII, Paris 1979, no. 8, p. 21, illustrated
Exh. Cat., New York, PaceWildenstein, Jean Dubuffet: Monumental Sculpture from the Hourloupe Cycle, 2008, pp. 6 and 9, illustrated in color

Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Jean Dubuffet, February - March 1976, no. 77, p. 63, illustrated