Jean Dubuffet French, 1901-1985
Barbu a Lunettes (Webel 11), 1944
Lithograph on Rives paper
15 3/8 x 11 in.
39.1 x 27.9 cm.
39.1 x 27.9 cm.
Edition of 3 [B/C]
Signed in pencil and inscribed "J. Dubuffet" lower left; numbered in pencil
"B/C" lower left; inscribed with the printer's name "Mourlot Imp." lower left
"B/C" lower left; inscribed with the printer's name "Mourlot Imp." lower left
Vendu
Provenance
Swann Galleries, New YorkCatalogues
Webel & Couette, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet (Jean Dubuffet Catalogue Raisonné) (la Fondation Dubuffet: 1960s), catalogue no. 11
A remarkably rare and exceptional early work by Dubuffet. One of only three; the first in the edition (A) is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The third...
A remarkably rare and exceptional early work by Dubuffet. One of only three; the first in the edition (A) is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The third (C) belongs to the museum of the Commune of Rueil-Malmaison, France. This image was used on the posters for an exhibition of Dubuffet's work at Galerie André, Paris, 1945 and at the Musée Du Touquet-Paris-Plage, 1995.
