Jean Dubuffet * Lot n° 212

(Le Havre 1901–1985 Paris) Buisson au papillon (Assemblage), 1959, signed and dated 59; signed and dated on the reverse, botanical elements, collage (mountain sage, wild convolvulus, fig tree, plane tree), 31 x 34 cm, framed We are grateful to Fondation Dubuffet, Paris for the assistance with cataloguing this work Provenance: Collection Jean Planque, Paris Galerie Bourdon, Paris Collection Suzanne Cizey, Paris Paride Accetti Collection, Milan (label on the reverse) Galleria Blu, Milan (label on the reverse) European Private Collection (from the late 1980s) Exhibited: London, Éléments botaniques, Arthur Tooth & Sons Gallery, August-December 1959, exh. cat. no. 32 with ill. Milan, Jarry e la patafisica: arte, letteratura, spettacolo, Palazzo Reale, 1983, exh. cat. p. 83 with ill. Venice, Arte e Scienza, XLII Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d’Arte di Venezia, 1986, exh. cat. p.129 Milan, Jean Dubuffet: opere 1948–1981, Galleria Blu, 17 December 1993–19 March 1994, exh. cat, with ill. Literature: M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XVII: Materialogies, Weber Editeur, Switzerland 1969, no. 36 with ill. no. 34