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JEAN DUBUFFET, PARIS POLKA
On May 11, Christie's dedicated Evening Auction Looking Forward to the Past will present a major painting by Jean Dubuffet from the celebrated Paris Circus series. Executed in 1961 at the height of his creative development, this major work can be seen in both its scale and ambition as its epitome of his signature style from the 1960s. This highly chromatic and vibrant work has been featured prominently in every major museum exhibitions devoted to the artist. Estimated in the region of $25 million, Paris Polka is the ultimate masterpiece still in private hand to be offered at auction and will likely break the previous auction record of $7.4 million which was achieved last November in New York. Paris Polka is undoubtedly the best work by Dubuffet and amongst the four largest in scale from the series, the other ones are in museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Detroit Art institute.
Sotheby's 2015
Jean Dubuffet
LOT SOLD. 640,000 USD Sotheby's 2014
CITÉ FANTOCHE
LOT SOLD. 7,445,000 US
Jean Dubuffet
LOT SOLD. 81,250 USDChristie's
Le gai savoir
PRICE REALIZED
£4,002,500
Bédouin sur l’âne (Bedouin on a donkey)
PRICE REALIZED
£2,658,500
L'heure de la hâte (The Hour of Anticipation)
PRICE REALIZED
£2,434,500
Vue de Paris, quartiers résidentiels (Vue de Paris: les boutiques)
PRICE REALIZED
$3,666,500
Contrepoint aux outils
PRICE REALIZED
£1,189,250
La Chaise
PRICE REALIZED
$1,762,500
La Congratule
PRICE REALIZED
$1,684,100
Liqueurs, musique, chemiserie (avec sept voitures)
PRICE REALIZED
€1,185,000
Casino la colle
PRICE REALIZED
£946,675
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Dubuffet, Jean (painter)
- , French, 1901 - 1985
- Grande traite solitaire (The Large Solitary Milking)
- 1943
- oil on canvas
- overall: 124 x 100 cm (48 13/16 x 39 3/8 in.)
- framed: 148.3 x 124.1 x 6.4 cm (58 3/8 x 48 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Gift of the Stephen Hahn Family Collection
- 1995.29.16
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- Dubuffet, Jean (painter)
- , French, 1901 - 1985
- Façades d'immeubles (Building Façades)
- 1946
- oil on canvas
- overall: 151 x 202 cm (59 7/16 x 79 1/2 in.)
- framed: 151.8 x 201.9 x 3.2 cm (59 3/4 x 79 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
- Gift of the Stephen Hahn Family Collection
- 1995.30.3
- Dubuffet, Jean (painter)
- , French, 1901 - 1985
- Confiture matière - lumière (Texturologie LIII) [Preserves of Matter and Light (Texturology LIII)]
- 1958
- oil on canvas
- overall: 97 x 130 cm (38 3/16 x 51 3/16 in.)
- framed: 99.1 x 132.4 x 3.5 cm (39 x 52 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
- Gift of the Stephen Hahn Family Collection
- 1995.29.9
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- Dubuffet, Jean (painter)
- , French, 1901 - 1985
- Barbe des combats (Combat Beard)
- 1959
- oil on canvas
- overall: 81 x 100 cm (31 7/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
- framed: 108 x 126.4 x 4.4 cm (42 1/2 x 49 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
- Gift of the Stephen Hahn Family Collection
- 1995.95.2
- Dubuffet, Jean (painter)
- , French, 1901 - 1985
- La Fiat aux pare-chocs (The Fiat with Bumpers)
- 1961
- oil on canvas
- overall: 116 x 89 cm (45 11/16 x 35 1/16 in.)
- framed: 136.5 x 109.5 x 6.4 cm (53 3/4 x 43 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Gift of the Stephen Hahn Family Collection
- 1995.29.13
The Museum of Modern Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Building Facades
Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901–1985)
- Date: July 1946
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 51 3/4 x 63 7/8" (130.5 x 162.3 cm)
- Credit Line: Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Apartment Houses, Paris
Artist: Jean Dubuffet (French, Le Havre 1901–1985 Paris)
Date: 1946
Medium: Oil with sand and charcoal on canvas
Dimensions: 45 × 57 5/8 in. (114.3 × 146.4 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Bequest of Florene M. Schoenborn, 1995
Accession Number: 1996.403.15
Rights and Reproduction:© 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York