The Pace Gallery, New York
Collection Saturno Diotallevi, New York
Vente: Christie's, Londres, Contemporary Art, 18 octobre 1990, lot 435
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Cologne, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Jean Dubuffet: Brefs exercices d'école journalière, mars - avril 1980; catalogue, p. 7, illustré

Max Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XXXII, Théâtres de mémoire, Paris, 1982, no. 312, p. 149, illustré

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is slightly deeper and less contrasted in the original work. There are very minor wears along the edges of the paper. Few small glue marks inherent to the artist's collage technique are visible scattered throughout the surface. This work is in excellent condition.
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Jean Dubuffet dans son atelier, 1971 © Archives Fondation Dubuffet, Paris/ photo Francis Chaverou

Sotheby’s est très honoré d’offrir aux enchères♒ cet ensemble d’oeuvres de Jean Dubuffet provenant d’une prestigieuse collection particulière française. 

 Sélectionnées par un couple de mécènes éclairés, elles retracent le parcours unique d’un artiste hors-norme. Trois de ces oeuvres, issues de la collection même de la fille de l’artiste, sont pour la première fois exposées au public. C'est notamment le cas de Site aux 6 personnages (1981), dont les ♔couleurs psychédéliques et l’espace fractionné renforcent l'idée d'isolement de la figure humaine. L’ꦓart redevient brut. 

Sotheby's is very honoured to auction this group of works by Jean Dubuffet from a prestig﷽ious French private collection.

Selected by a couple of informed patrons, they retrace the unique path of this exceptional artist. Three of these works, from the collection of the artist's own daughter,🐠 are shown to the public for the first time. T🐈his is notably the case of "Site aux 6 personnages" (1981) whose psychedelic colours and fragmented space reinforce the idea of the isolation of the human figure. Art becomes brut.