Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
L'Accueillant
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'J.D. 73' (lower side edge)
epoxy paint on polyurethane
32 x 17 x 12 in. (81.3 x 43.2 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
Provenance
Galerie Beyeler, Basel Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco 7-Eleven, Inc., Dallas Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 May 2001, lot 217 Acquired at the above sale by the present owners
Literature
M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXVIII: Roman burlesque, Sites tricolores, Paris, 1979, p. 22, no. 9 (illustrated).