ID 839000
Lot 140 | JEAN DUBUFFET (1901-1985)
Estimate value
$ 2 500 000 – 3 500 000
L'homme au papillon
signed and dated 'J. Dubuffet 54' (lower left); signed again, titled and dated again 'L'homme au papillon J. Dubuffet octobre 54' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
51 x 38 1/8 in. (129.5 x 97 cm.)
Painted in 1954
Provenance
Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris.
Kootz Gallery, New York.
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.
E. J. Power, London (acquired from the above, January 1958).
Private collection (by descent from the above).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2017.
Literature
M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet: Fascicule X: Vaches-Petites statues de la vie précaire, Paris, 1969, p. 133 (illustrated, p. 67, no. 87).
Exhibited
New York, Kootz Gallery, Incantations, February-March 1957.
London, Tate Gallery, Jean Dubuffet: Paintings, April-May 1966, no. 60 (illustrated. p. 39).
Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Alberto Giacometti: A Line Through Time, April-August 2016, no. 3.10 (illustrated in color, p. 41).
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Artist: | Jean Dubuffet (1901 - 1985) |
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Artist: | Jean Dubuffet (1901 - 1985) |
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