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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
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signed with the artist's initials and dated 'J.D. 81' (lower right)
acrylic on paper laid down on canvas
19 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. (50.4 x 35.2 cm.)
Painted in 1981.

Provenance

Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1982

Literature

M. Loreau, ed., Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fascicule XXXIV, Paris, 1964, p. 17, no. 28 (illustrated).

Exhibited

New York, Pace Gallery, Jean Dubuffet: Partitions 1980-81, Psycho-sites 1981, December 1982-January 1983.

Lot Essay

"One should not confuse what the eyes perceive with what the spirit produces as a result of the perception... The eyes only see what appears to them in a single moment; they meet on a small visual field. The spirit, however, completes; it remembers all the fields, lets them dance together. It brings them together, exchanges them, everything is in motion" (J. Dubuffet, quoted in A. Husslein-Arco (ed.), Jean Dubuffet: Trace of an Adventure, Munich 2003, p. 26).

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