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Lot 427
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Maquette for Personnage au chapeau
Closed14 May 2015
Price Realised
USD 269,000
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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Maquette for Personnage au chapeau
dated '23/4/61' (lower right) and extensively inscribed with artist's notations (lower margin)
printed paper collage and ink on acetate mounted on paper
25 x 13 3/4 in. (63.5 x 34.9 cm.)
Executed in 1961.
Maquette for Personnage au chapeau
dated '23/4/61' (lower right) and extensively inscribed with artist's notations (lower margin)
printed paper collage and ink on acetate mounted on paper
25 x 13 3/4 in. (63.5 x 34.9 cm.)
Executed in 1961.
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Maquette for Personnage au chapeau
dated '23/4/61' (lower right) and extensively inscribed with artist's notations (lower margin)
printed paper collage and ink on acetate mounted on paper
25 x 13 3/4 in. (63.5 x 34.9 cm.)
Executed in 1961.
Maquette for Personnage au chapeau
dated '23/4/61' (lower right) and extensively inscribed with artist's notations (lower margin)
printed paper collage and ink on acetate mounted on paper
25 x 13 3/4 in. (63.5 x 34.9 cm.)
Executed in 1961.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin, New York, acquired from the artist
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 9 May 1995, lot 397
Private collection, Florida
Private collection, New York
Donald Morris Gallery, New York
O’Hara Gallery, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York 9 November 2005, lot 343
Private collection, New York
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 9 May 1995, lot 397
Private collection, Florida
Private collection, New York
Donald Morris Gallery, New York
O’Hara Gallery, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York 9 November 2005, lot 343
Private collection, New York
M. Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet: Les Phenomenes, Lausanne, 1989, fascicule XVI, p. 221 (illustrated).
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Jean Dubuffet Retrospective, April-July 1973, p. 219, no. 213 (illustrated).
New York, Pace Gallery, Three Decades of Printmaking, October-November 1980.
New York, Pace Gallery, Three Decades of Printmaking, October-November 1980.
'For most western people, there are objects that are beautiful and others that are ugly; there are beautiful people and ugly people, beautiful places and ugly ones. 'But not for me. Beauty does not enter into the picture for me. I consider the western notion of beauty completely erroneous. I absolutely refuse to accept the idea that there are ugly people and ugly objects. Such an idea strikes me as stifling and revolting...
'The so-called savages do not believe in this at all. They do not comprehend what you mean by beauty. This is precisely the reason why we call them savages. A name reserved for anyone who fails to understand that there are beautiful things and ugly things and doesn't really worry about it either' (Dubuffet, Anticultural Positions, 1951, quoted in Jean Dubuffet: Towards an Alternative Reality, ed. M. Glimcher, New York, 1987, p. 129).
'The so-called savages do not believe in this at all. They do not comprehend what you mean by beauty. This is precisely the reason why we call them savages. A name reserved for anyone who fails to understand that there are beautiful things and ugly things and doesn't really worry about it either' (Dubuffet, Anticultural Positions, 1951, quoted in Jean Dubuffet: Towards an Alternative Reality, ed. M. Glimcher, New York, 1987, p. 129).