Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985), Tétonette

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Tétonette
sponge and stone
26 1/4 x 11 x 8 3/4 in. (66.6 x 27.9 x 22.2 cm.)
Executed in 1954.

Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Michel Lequesne, Paris
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1983

Pre-Lot Text
Property from an Important Private American Collection

Literature
L. Trucchi, Jean Dubuffet, Rome, 1965, p. 178, no. 146 (illustrated).
M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fascicule X: Vaches-Petites statues de la vie précaire, Lausanne, 1969, p. 20, no. 15 (illustrated).
Jean Dubuffet, exh. cat., Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 1973, n.p., no. 76 (illustrated).
A. von Franzke, Jean Dubuffet: Petit statues de la vie pre´caire, Berlin, 1988, p. 151, no. 13 (illustrated).
A. von Franzke, Dubuffet, Cologne, 1990, p. 122, no. 40 (illustrated).

Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Rive Gauche, Petites statues de la vie précaire de Jean Dubuffet, October-November 1954, n.p., no. 15.
New York, PaceWildenstein, Jean Dubuffet: The Radiant Earth, February-March 1996, pp. 49 and 82 (illustrated in color).