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JEAN DUBUFFET (1901-1985)
Tête au nez lilas
signed and dated bottom right 'J. Dubuffet 51'--signed and dated again and titled on the reverse 'J. Dubuffet avril 51 Tête au nez lilas'--oil on masonite
32 x 25 5/8 in. (81 x 65 cm.)
Painted in April, 1951
Tête au nez lilas
signed and dated bottom right 'J. Dubuffet 51'--signed and dated again and titled on the reverse 'J. Dubuffet avril 51 Tête au nez lilas'--oil on masonite
32 x 25 5/8 in. (81 x 65 cm.)
Painted in April, 1951
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin on Feb. 13, 1952
Acquired from the above by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin on Feb. 13, 1952
Literature
"Landscapes of the Mind", Time, March 3, 1952 (illustrated, p. 60)
"The Year's Best: 1952", Art News, Jan., 1953, p. 43 (illustrated) J.A. Thwaites, "Jean Dubuffet", Arts Yearbook 3, 1959, p. 133 (illustrated)
ed. M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule VII: Tables paysagées, paysages du mental, pierres philosophiques, Lausanne, 1967, no. 46 (illustrated)
"The Year's Best: 1952", Art News, Jan., 1953, p. 43 (illustrated) J.A. Thwaites, "Jean Dubuffet", Arts Yearbook 3, 1959, p. 133 (illustrated)
ed. M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule VII: Tables paysagées, paysages du mental, pierres philosophiques, Lausanne, 1967, no. 46 (illustrated)
Exhibited
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Landscaped Tables, Landscapes of the Mind, Stones of Philosophy, Exhibition of Paintings executed in 1950 and 1951 by Jean Dubuffet, Feb.-March, 1952, no. 5
Jacksonville, MacMurray College, The Embellished Surface, Oct.-Nov., 1953. The exhibition traveled to Manchester, Currier Gallery of Art, Jan., 1954; Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Museum of Art, Feb.-March, 1954; Exeter, Lamont Gallery, April-May, 1954; South Hadley, Mt. Holyoke College, Oct., 1954; New Orleans, Tulane University, Jan., 1955; East Lansing, Michigan State College, Feb.-March, 1955 and Storrs, University of Connecticut, April-May, 1955.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., The Colin Collection, April-May, 1960, no. 96 (illustrated)
Jacksonville, MacMurray College, The Embellished Surface, Oct.-Nov., 1953. The exhibition traveled to Manchester, Currier Gallery of Art, Jan., 1954; Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Museum of Art, Feb.-March, 1954; Exeter, Lamont Gallery, April-May, 1954; South Hadley, Mt. Holyoke College, Oct., 1954; New Orleans, Tulane University, Jan., 1955; East Lansing, Michigan State College, Feb.-March, 1955 and Storrs, University of Connecticut, April-May, 1955.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., The Colin Collection, April-May, 1960, no. 96 (illustrated)