Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Acquired by the previous owner from the above

New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Jean Dubuffet: The Early Years 1943-1959, an Exhibition of Paintings by Jean Dubuffet, May - June 1978, cat. no. 10
Tübingen, Kunsthalle; Hanover, Kunstmuseum, Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Jean Dubuffet: Zeichnungen 1942-1981, January - July 1983, cat. no. 21
New York, Acquavella Galleries, XIX and XX Century Master Drawings and Watercolors, April - May 1984, cat. no. 30

Max Loreau, ed., Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule IV: Roses d'Allah, clowns du désert, Paris, 1967, no. 42, p. 37, illustrated

This work is in good condition overall. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist's working method, and the bottom and right edges are deckled. There are artist pinholes at the 4 corners of the sheet and intermittently along the edges, and 1 pinhole has created a small tear on the left edge, 5 inches from the top left corner. There are two repaired tears, one is located 6 1/4 inches from the upper right corner the other is 11 1/2 inches from the upper right corner. There is a small 3 inch portion of the bottom edge of the sheet that is slightly folded. The sheet is unhinged and framed under glass.
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