Lot Essay
“I believe the function of art is to represent things not as we see them but as we think of them.”
-Jean Dubuffet
-Jean Dubuffet
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Site avec 5 personnages
Details
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Site avec 5 personnages
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'J.D. 81' (lower left)
acrylic on paper laid down on canvas
19 ¾ x 26 5/8 in. (50.2 x 67.6 cm.)
Executed in 1981.
Site avec 5 personnages
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'J.D. 81' (lower left)
acrylic on paper laid down on canvas
19 ¾ x 26 5/8 in. (50.2 x 67.6 cm.)
Executed in 1981.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 July 2008, lot 169
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 July 2008, lot 169
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
M. Loreau, Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXXIV: Psycho-Sites, Paris, 1984, p. 71, no. 256 (illustrated).
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