ID 846055
Lot 284 | JEAN DUBUFFET (1901-1985)
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
Barbe du Sultan Prudent
signed and dated 'J. Dubuffet 59' (lower right); titled and dated again 'Barbe du sultan prudent Juin 59' (on the reverse)
India ink and paper collage on paper
20 x 13 1/8 in. (50.8 x 33.2 cm.)
Executed in 1959.
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Mrs. Rose Bachmann, New York
Graziano Laurini, Milan
Anon. sale; Sotheby’s London, 1 December 1988, lot 621
Waddington Galleries, London
Private collection, Brussels, acquired from the above, 1992
Waddington Galleries, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2007
Literature
M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet: fascicule XV : as-tu cueilli la fleur de barbe, Paris, 1982, p. 32, no. 35 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Retrospective Dubuffet: 1943-1959, November-December 1959, n. p., no. 66 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Daniel Cordier, As-tu cueilli la fleur de barbe, April-May 1960, n. p., no. 17.
London, Waddington Galleries, Works on Paper, February 1989, p. 49, no. 23 (illustrated).
London, Alex, Reid & Lefevre, Ltd., Important Works on Paper, June-July 1989, pp. 52-53, no. 25 (illustrated).
London, Waddington Galleries, Jean Dubuffet: 1901-1985, April-May 1990, pp. 26-27 and 80, no. 12 (illustrated).
Artist: | Jean Dubuffet (1901 - 1985) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Artist: | Jean Dubuffet (1901 - 1985) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Address of auction |
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