Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)

Chapeau de Philosophe

Details

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Chapeau de Philosophe
signed with initials, numbered and dated 'J.D. 72 2b' (inner edge)
acrylic on sheet metal
20½ x 33 x 23 in. (52 x 83.8 x 58.4 cm.)
Executed in 1972. This work is unique.

Provenance

The Pace Gallery, New York
Private collection
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 4 May 1995, lot 159
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Coucou Bazar, fascicule XXVII, Paris, 1976, p. 155, no. 271 (illustrated).

Exhibited

New York, The Pace Gallery, Dubuffet: Studies for a Spectacle, May-June 1973, back cover (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

"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 as quoted in M. Glimcher, Jean Dubuffet: Towards an Alternative Reality, New York, 1987, p. 127)

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