Live Auction 15969Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Lot 719 Property from a Distinguished New York Collector

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)

Jouhandeau Bouc Mouflon

Closed18 May 2018

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USD 250,000

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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Jouhandeau Bouc Mouflon
signed and dated 'J. Dubuffet 46' (lower right); titled 'Marcel Jouhandeau' (center right)
charcoal on paper
18 ¾ x 12 ¼ in. (47.6 x 31.1 cm.)
Executed in 1946.

Florence J. Gould, Juan-les-Pins
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988

Specialist note

"I want portraits in which description makes use of the same mechanisms as those used in a landscape; here wrinkles, there ravines or paths; here a nose, there a tree; here a mouth, there a house" J. Dubuffet quoted by F. Beyler, {Jean Dubuffet: Metamorphoses of Landscape}, exh. cat. 2016).