LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

64.84 in. (164.70 cm.) (height) by 86.61 in. (220.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'J. Dubuffet 61' (lower right); titled and dated again 'Cérémoníe J. Dubuffet nov. 1961' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Daniel Cordier, Dubuffet, Paris Circus, 1962, no. 35. Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Centro Internazionale delle Arti e del Costume, Visione colore, mostra internazionale d'arte contemporanea, 1963. Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts Montreal, The Common Man Works by Jean Dubuffet, 1969-1970, no. 51 (illustrated, p. 48).

Literature:

H. Damisch, "Paris-Circus", in XX° Siècle, no. 20, Winter 1962 (illustrated, unpaged). M. Loreau, Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XIX, Paris Circus, Paris 1965, p. 226, no. 222 (illustrated, p. 115). A. Franzke, Dubuffet, New York 1981, pp. 148 & 151 (illustrated in colour, p. 149).

Provenance:

Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris. Collection of P. Marinotti, Milan. Acquavella Galleries, New York. Private Collection, Paris. Galerie Francoise Tournie, Paris. Raymond Vuilliez, Lyon. Ruth and Jack Wexler (acquired from the above in 1986) and thence by descent. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012.