Mire G 103 (Kowloon)

Details

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Mire G 103 (Kowloon)
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'J.D. 83' (lower right)
acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
26 7/8 x 39 5/8 in. (68.3 x 100.6 cm.)
Executed in 1983.

Provenance

Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris
Private collection, Geneva
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996

Literature

M. Loreau, Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXXVI: Mires, Lausanne, 1988, p. 46, no. 106 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

"My art does not seek to include festivities as a distraction from everyday life, but to reveal that everyday life is a much more interesting celebration than the pseudo-celebrations created to distract from it." - Jean Dubuffet

Mire G 103 (Kowloon)

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