Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)

Mire G 156

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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Mire G 156
signed with the artist’s initials and dated ‘J.D. 83’ (lower right)
acrylic on paper mounted on paper laid down on canvas
39 ½ x 26 ½ in. (100.3 x 67.3 cm.)
Painted in 1983.

Provenance

Waddington Galleries, London
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Peter Sahlman Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

M. Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXXVI: Mires, Paris, 1984, pp. 76 and 114, no. 159 (illustrated).

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"You will no longer find any object or figure in these paintings – nothing can be named. However, they are not 'non-figurative.' Their aim is to represent (or should we rather say 'to evoke') in an abridged and synoptic way, the world that surrounds us of which we are a part."
-Jean Dubuffet

Mire G 156

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