Lot Essay
This work is part of a series that is associated with the poem L'Oeillet by Francis Ponge.
Details
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Homme Léchant l'Oeillet
signed and dated '45; signed, titled, dated 1945 and inscribed Collection personelle de Lili Dubuffet on the reverse
gouache on paper
10 1/2 x 8 3/4in. (27 x 22cm.)
Homme Léchant l'Oeillet
signed and dated '45; signed, titled, dated 1945 and inscribed Collection personelle de Lili Dubuffet on the reverse
gouache on paper
10 1/2 x 8 3/4in. (27 x 22cm.)
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Literature
Catalogue Intégral des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fasc. II: Mirobolus, Macadam et Cie, Lausanne 1972, p. 46, no. 52 (illustrated)
Andreas Franzke, Dubuffet - Zeichnungen, 1980, p. 37 (illustrated in colour)
Andreas Franzke, Dubuffet - Zeichnungen, 1980, p. 37 (illustrated in colour)
Exhibited
Zagreb, Galerije Grada Zagreba, Jean Dubuffet, July 1964, no. 7
London, ICA, 25 March-30 April 1966; Edinburgh, Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, 14 May-4 June; Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, 11 June-2 July; Leeds, City Art Gallery, 9 July-30 July; Dubuffet Drawings, no. 7
Basel, Kunstmuseum, Jean Dubuffet: Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Gouachen, Collagen, June-August 1970, no. 11 (illustrated in the catalogue)
London, Waddington Galleries, Dubuffet, 7 June-8 July 1972, no. 2
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Paris, Grand Palais, Jean Dubuffet: A Retrospective, April-December 1973, no. 151 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 183)
London, ICA, 25 March-30 April 1966; Edinburgh, Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, 14 May-4 June; Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, 11 June-2 July; Leeds, City Art Gallery, 9 July-30 July; Dubuffet Drawings, no. 7
Basel, Kunstmuseum, Jean Dubuffet: Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Gouachen, Collagen, June-August 1970, no. 11 (illustrated in the catalogue)
London, Waddington Galleries, Dubuffet, 7 June-8 July 1972, no. 2
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Paris, Grand Palais, Jean Dubuffet: A Retrospective, April-December 1973, no. 151 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 183)