Jean Dubuffet - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris
    Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York
    Donald Morris Gallery, Detroit
    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Sanfield, Farmington Hills
    B.C. Holland, Inc., Chicago
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    London, Robert Fraser Gallery, Dubuffet: recent gouaches and drawings, April 10 - December 5, 1962, no. 14
    New York, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, Dubuffet: Paris Circus, November 20 - December 19, 1962, no. 5, n.p. (illustrated)
    Detroit, Donald Morris Gallery, Jean Dubuffet: Exhibition of oils, gouaches, drawings, January 19 - February 9, 1964, no. 25
    Detroit, Donald Morris Gallery, dubuffet paintings drawings gouaches 1946 – 1966, March 1974, no. 22, n.p. (illustrated)

  • Literature

    Max Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fascicule XIX: Paris Circus, Paris, 1989, no. 80, p. 224 (illustrated, p. 51)

Property from the Private Collection of William Harris Smith, Chicago

112

Deux Automobiles (Peugeot, Fiat)

signed with the artist's initials and dated "J.D. 21/6/61" lower right; further inscribed and dated "D-18 21 juin 61" on the reverse
ink on paper
15 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (39.5 x 32.7 cm.)
Executed on June 21, 1961.

Estimate
$30,000 - 50,000 

Sold for $81,250

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 May | On View at 432 and 450 Park Avenue