Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Table Logologique I
signed with the artist's initials and dated with earlier date 'J.D. 68' (lower side edge)
epoxy paint on polyurethane
28 x 45 ¾ x 27 3/8 in. (71.1 x 116.2 x 69.5 cm.)
Executed in 1968-1969.
Provenance
Pace Gallery, New York Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa late 1980s
Literature
M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, FasciculeXXV: Arbres, murs, architectures, Lausanne, 1974, p. 37, no. 32 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Pace Gallery, Dubuffet: Simulacres, November 1969-January 1970, pp. 26-27, no. 4 (illustrated). Detroit, The J.L. Hudson Gallery, Dubuffet, November 1970. Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Jean Dubuffet: Monuments, Simulacres, Praticables, February-March 1973, no. 13 (illustrated). New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Jean Dubuffet: A Retrospective, April-July 1973, p. 277, no. 283 (illustrated). Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary of Art, Improbable Furniture, March-April 1977.
"I aim at an art that is directly plugged in to our current life, an art that starts out from this current life, that immediately emanates from our real life and real moods" — Jean Dubuffet
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