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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Lot 635 THE COLLECTION OF JOAN AND PRESTON ROBERT TISCH

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)

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Closed18 May 2018

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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
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signed with the artist's initials and dated 'J.D. 81' (lower right)
acrylic on paper laid down on canvas
19 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. (50.4 x 35.2 cm.)
Painted in 1981.

Pace Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1982

Specialist note

"One should not confuse what the eyes perceive with what the spirit produces as a result of the perception... The eyes only see what appears to them in a single moment; they meet on a small visual field. The spirit, however, completes; it remembers all the fields, lets them dance together. It brings them together, exchanges them, everything is in motion" (J. Dubuffet, quoted in A. Husslein-Arco (ed.), Jean Dubuffet: Trace of an Adventure, Munich 2003, p. 26).