Jouhandeau Bouc Mouflon

Details

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Jouhandeau Bouc Mouflon
signed and dated 'J. Dubuffet 46' (lower right); titled 'Marcel Jouhandeau' (center right)
charcoal on paper
18 ¾ x 12 ¼ in. (47.6 x 31.1 cm.)
Executed in 1946.

Provenance

Florence J. Gould, Juan-les-Pins
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988

Literature

D. Cordier, The Drawings of Jean Dubuffet, New York, 1960, no. 31 (illustrated).
M. Loreau, ed., Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule III, Plus beaux qu'ils croient Portraits, Paris, 1966, pp. 45 and 119, no. 56 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Portraits à ressemblance extraite, à ressemblance cuite et confite dans la mémoire, à ressemblance éclatée dans la mémoire de M. Jean Dubuffet, peintre, October 1947, no. 50.
Paris, Musée des arts décoratifs, Jean Dubuffet 1942-1960, December 1960-February 1961, pp. 242 and 354, pl. 114 (illustrated).
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Jean Paulhan à travers ses peintres, February-April 1974, no. 527.

Lot Essay

"I want portraits in which description makes use of the same mechanisms as those used in a landscape; here wrinkles, there ravines or paths; here a nose, there a tree; here a mouth, there a house" J. Dubuffet quoted by F. Beyler, {Jean Dubuffet: Metamorphoses of Landscape}, exh. cat. 2016).

Jouhandeau Bouc Mouflon

Lot Essay

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