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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Lot 26 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. BENJAMIN AND DR. GLORIA ENGEL

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)

Mire G 103 (Kowloon)

Closed3 March 2017

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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Mire G 103 (Kowloon)
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'J.D. 83' (lower right)
acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
26 7/8 x 39 5/8 in. (68.3 x 100.6 cm.)
Executed in 1983.

Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris
Private collection, Geneva
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996

Specialist note

"My art does not seek to include festivities as a distraction from everyday life, but to reveal that everyday life is a much more interesting celebration than the pseudo-celebrations created to distract from it." - Jean Dubuffet