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JEAN FAUTRIER (1898-1964)

Lot 142
27.06.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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£ 18 000
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ID 1250613
Lot 142 | JEAN FAUTRIER (1898-1964)
Estimate value
£ 18 000 – 25 000
JEAN FAUTRIER (1898-1964)
Jeune fille étonnée (Young Surprised Girl)
signed and numbered 'FAUTRIER 6/9' (on the reverse)
bronze with brown patina
7 ¼ x 6 ¼ x 7 ¼in. (18.4 × 15.9 × 18.4cm.)
Conceived in 1940, this work is number six from an edition of nine.




Provenance

Galerie Michel Couturier, Paris.
Private Collection, Paris.
Fondation Beyeler, Basel (gifted from the above in 2012).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.



Literature

P. Bucarelli, Jean Fautrier pittura e materia, Milan 1960, p. 376, no. 490 (another example illustrated, p. 377; titled 'Tête').
E. Engelberts, Jean Fautrier - Œuvre gravé, œuvre sculpté, Geneva 1969, no. 16 (another example illustrated, unpaged).
A. Hindry, Renault et l'art, Une épopée moderne, Paris 1999 (another example illustrated in colour, p. 196; titled 'Tête').
Jean Fautrier, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny 2005, no. III. 6 (illustrated in colour, p. 30).
A. Hindry and M. Renard, Renault, La collection d'art, De Doisneau à Dubuffet, une aventure pionnière, Paris 2009 (another example illustrated in colour, p. 96; titled 'Tête').



Exhibited

Hamburg, Kunstverein, Jean Fautrier, 1973, p. 118, no. 115 (another example exhibited, illustrated, p. 119).
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Fautrier 1898-1964, 1989, no. 175 (another example exhibited, illustrated, p. 161).
Berlin, Galerie Michael Haas, Jean Fautrier: Das Frühwerk, 1998, no. 24 (another example exhibited, illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Collection Renard, 2013, no. 4 (illustrated in colour, p. 300).
Tokyo, Tokyo Station Gallery, Jean Fautrier, 2014, p. 225, no. 53 (another example exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 79). This exhibition later travelled to Toyota, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art and Osaka, The National Museum of Art.
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, Jean Fautrier, 2017, p. 228, no. 96 (illustrated in colour, p. 178).
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Jean Fautrier. Matière et Lumière, 2018, p. 257, no. 121 (illustrated in colour, p. 204).
New York, LGDR, Head On, 2022.



Further details

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Jean Fautrier.
Artist:Jean Fautrier (1898 - 1964)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Post War Art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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