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Lot Essay
Fig. 1 Figure Wapo Creek, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Friede Collection, New York
Details
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
L'Auditeur
signed with initials and dated 'J.D. 67' (on the right edge)
epoxy paint on polyurethane
Height: 65¾ in. (167 cm.)
Width: 33 in. (84 cm.)
Depth: 18 1/8 in. (46.3 cm.)
Executed in 1967
L'Auditeur
signed with initials and dated 'J.D. 67' (on the right edge)
epoxy paint on polyurethane
Height: 65¾ in. (167 cm.)
Width: 33 in. (84 cm.)
Depth: 18 1/8 in. (46.3 cm.)
Executed in 1967
Provenance
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Avanti Galleries Inc., New York.
Avanti Galleries Inc., New York.
Literature
M. Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet--Sculptures Peintes, Lausanne, 1972, fascicule XXIII, p. 91, no. 71 (transfer on polyester version illustrated).
A. Franzke, Jean Dubuffet, Figuren und Köpfe, Ostfildern-Ruit, 1999, pl. 59 (transfer on polyester version illustrated).
A. Franzke, Jean Dubuffet, Figuren und Köpfe, Ostfildern-Ruit, 1999, pl. 59 (transfer on polyester version illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Jeanne Bucher Gallery, Jean Dubuffet: Peintures monumentées, December 1968-January 1969.
Paris and New York, Gallery Urban, Jean Dubuffet, October-November 1990.
Paris and New York, Gallery Urban, Jean Dubuffet, October-November 1990.
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