Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)

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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)

Grande Traite Solitaire

signed and dedicated à Charles Ratton VI.44
oil on canvas
48 7/8 x 39 3/8in. (124 x 100cm.)

Painted in October 1943
Provenance
Charles Ratton, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Literature
Georges Limbour, L'Art Brut de Jean Dubuffet - Tableau Bon Levain à Vous de Cuire la Pâte, Paris/New York 1953, p.98
Catalogue Intégral des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fasc. I: Marionnettes de la Ville et de la Campagne, Lausanne 1966, p.108, no. 198 (illustrated) and Paris 1993, p.136, no. 198 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Dubuffet, October-November 1944, no.15
Paris, Cercle Volney, Jean Dubuffet: Rétrospective, 1954,
no. 7
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Jean Dubuffet, 1960-1961,
no. 6 (illustrated in the catalogue pl. 1)
London, The Tate Gallery, Jean Dubuffet - Paintings, 1966, p.19, no. 4 (illustrated)
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Jean Dubuffet - Rétrospective, 1966, no. 2 (illustrated)
Montréal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, L'Homme du Commun: Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, 1969-1970, no. 1
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Jean Dubuffet - Une Rétrospective, 1973, no. 7 (illustrated in the catalogue p.47)
Paris, Grand Palais, Jean Dubuffet, 1973, no. 6
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Dubuffet, March-June 1993, no. 4 (illustrated in colour in the catalogue p.28)

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