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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)

L'africain

Price realised EUR 740,000
Estimate
EUR 600,000 – EUR 800,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)

L'africain

Price realised EUR 740,000
Closed: 30 Jun 2021
Price realised EUR 740,000
Closed: 30 Jun 2021
Details
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
L'africain
signé et daté ‘J. Dubuffet 56’ (en haut à gauche); signé, titré et daté ‘"L’africain" J. Dubuffet août 56’ (au dos)
huile sur toiles assemblées
62 x 35 cm.
Réalisé en 1956.

signed and dated 'J. Dubuffet 56' (upper left); signed, titled and dated ‘"L’africain" J. Dubuffet août 56’ (on the reverse)
oil on assembled canvases
24 3/8 x 13 ¾ in.
Executed in 1956.
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York.
Collection William Inge, Los Angeles.
Vente anonyme, Sotheby's, New York, 12 novembre 1988, lot 421.
Galerie Le Clos de Sierne, Genève.
Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris.
Acquis auprès de celle-ci.
Literature
M. Loreau, Jean Dubuffet, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fascicule XII, Tableaux d'assemblages, Lausanne, 1969, no. 63 (illustré, p. 61).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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