Jean Dubuffet Lot n° 34

DUBUFFET, JEAN 1901 Le Havre - 1985 Paris Title: "La vie en ville". Date: 1962. Technique: Gouache, collaged on card. Mounting: Mounted on canvas. Measurement: 133 x 91cm. Notation: Signed and dated lower centre: J.D. 62. Once more signed, dated as well as inscribed and titled verso: EG 14 La vie en ville (gouache) J. Dubuffet aôut 62. Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame. We thank the Foundation Jean Dubuffet, Paris, for its kind, scientific support. Provenance: - Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris - Robert Elkon Gallery, New York - Galerie Di Meo, Paris - Private collection Germany Exhibitions: - Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris 1964/65 Literature: - Loreau, Max: Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fascicule XX: L'Hourloupe I, Paris 1966, cat. rais. no. 45, ill. - Loreau, Max: Dubuffet et le voyage au centre de la perception, Paris 1966, ill. - Loreau, Max: Dubuffet: Délits, déportements, lieux de haut jeu, Geneva 1971, p. 422, ill. - One of the most important French post-war artists who coined the term "Art Brut" - Our work marks the beginning of the "Hourloupe" series, his most important phase of work with the typical puzzle-like figures - From the late 1960s onwards, the "Hourloupe" phase produced sculptures that made the artist world famous - Highly elaborate collage work from the artist's most sought-after creative period - Absolute museum quality. Explanations to the Catalogue Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.