Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Lot 12 Property from a Private New York Estate

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)

Arbre à Coiffe Expansive

Closed1 March 2018

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USD 432,500

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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Arbre à Coiffe Expansive
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'J.D. 69' (lower edge)
epoxy paint on polyurethane
28 ¾ x 26 ¾ x 22 ¾ in. (73 x 67.9 x 57.8 cm.)
Executed in 1969.

Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1969

Specialist note

"...various ideas eventually came to seem somewhat heavy and awkward, and finally I settled upon the name...of "Simulacres," which hints, not too explicitly, at their phantasmic and illusory quality. For the dictionary meaning of "simulacre" is "unreal semblance" or "mock appearance," terms which are also applied to ghosts." -- Jean Dubuffet