JEAN DUBUFFET (1901-1985)

Nez carotte (Webel 808)

Details

JEAN DUBUFFET (1901-1985)
Nez carotte (Webel 808)
lithograph in colors, 1962, on BFK Rives, signed and dated 'mai 1962' in pencil, dedicated 'pour André Pieyre de Mandiargues', and annotated 'épreuve d'artiste' (the edition was 50), with full margins, traces of minor surface soiling, otherwise in good condition, framed
L. 23¾ x 14 15/16 in. (604 x 380 mm.)
S. 25 13/16 x 19 13/16 in. (656 x 504 mm.)

Provenance

James Goodman Gallery, Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2000.

Exhibited

The Art Institute of Chicago, Graphic Modernism, Selections from the Francey and Dr. Martin L. Gecht Collection, November 2003-January 2004, p. 57, no. 48 (illustrated in color, p. 58).

Lot Essay

In 1961, Jean Dubuffet began his series of lithographic Assemblages which were formed by cutting up plates from the earlier Phenomènes series. The most recognizable of Dubuffet's prints, they present a comment on the human condition.

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