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Le Pain de la Terre
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JEAN DUBUFFET (1901-1985)
Le Pain de la Terre
signed and dated 'J. Dubuffet 53' (upper right); signed, titled and dated 'Le Pain de la Terre J. Dubuffet avril 53' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28¾ x 36¼ in. (73 x 92.1 cm.)
Painted in 1953
Le Pain de la Terre
signed and dated 'J. Dubuffet 53' (upper right); signed, titled and dated 'Le Pain de la Terre J. Dubuffet avril 53' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28¾ x 36¼ in. (73 x 92.1 cm.)
Painted in 1953
Provenance
Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris.
Galleria Levi, Milan.
Collection D.B.C., Paris.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
Anon. sale; Christies, New York, 13 May 1998, lot 310.
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner.
Galleria Levi, Milan.
Collection D.B.C., Paris.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
Anon. sale; Christies, New York, 13 May 1998, lot 310.
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner.
Literature
F. Choay, "Les découverts d'une rétrospective et la mythologie de la terre dans l'oeuvre de Jean Dubuffet", Art International, vol. V/1, February 1961, p. 31 (illustrated).
M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet-Lieux momentanés, pâtes battues, Lausanne, 1967, fascicule VIII, p. 51, no. 52 (illustrated).
M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet-Lieux momentanés, pâtes battues, Lausanne, 1967, fascicule VIII, p. 51, no. 52 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft and Kunsthaus de Zurich, Jean Dubuffet, October-December 1960, no. 52.
Paris and New York, Gallery Urban, Jean Dubuffet: From the 50s to the 80s, October-December 1990, no. 4 (illustrated).
Paris and New York, Gallery Urban, Jean Dubuffet: From the 50s to the 80s, October-December 1990, no. 4 (illustrated).
Sale room notice
Please note the text for Lot 157, Jean Dubuffet's Le Pain de la Terre, is incorrectly numbered as lot 158 in the catalogue.