Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Property from a Private New York Estate
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)

Arbre à Coiffe Expansive

Details
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Arbre à Coiffe Expansive
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'J.D. 69' (lower edge)
epoxy paint on polyurethane
28 ¾ x 26 ¾ x 22 ¾ in. (73 x 67.9 x 57.8 cm.)
Executed in 1969.
Provenance
Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1969
Literature
M. Loreau, catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fascicule XXV: Arbres, murs, architectures, Lausanne, 1974, p. 12, no. 1 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Pace Gallery, Jean Dubuffet : SIMULACRES, July-August 1969, pp. 29 and 45, no. 8 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

"...various ideas eventually came to seem somewhat heavy and awkward, and finally I settled upon the name...of "Simulacres," which hints, not too explicitly, at their phantasmic and illusory quality. For the dictionary meaning of "simulacre" is "unreal semblance" or "mock appearance," terms which are also applied to ghosts." -- Jean Dubuffet

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