Lot 139 
Raumbeispiel
139
Jean Fautrier
Tranches d' oranges, 1944.
Oil, pigment and Mixed media on paper, laid on ...
Estimate:
€ 50,000 / $ 58,000 Sold:
€ 129,000 / $ 149,640 (incl. surcharge)
Jean Fautrier
1898 - 1964
Tranches d' oranges. 1944.
Oil, pigment and Mixed media on paper, laid on canvas.
Signed in the lower right. 27 x 35 cm (10.6 x 13.7 in).
[MH].
• Fautrier's art transcends the boundaries between painting and relief.
• Characteristic of his unmistakable impasto surface treatment.
• Wonderful interplay of light, color, and matter.
• Formerly part of the collection of Swiss poet and journalist Édith Boissonnas, who was friends with Jean Dubuffet.
PROVENANCE: Édith Boissonnas Collection (1904–1989), Paris (until 1990).
Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel.
Art dealership Wolfgang Werner, Bremen/Berlin.
Private collection, Bavaria (since 1994, Christie's, London).
EXHIBITION: Jean Fautrier. Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen, October 30–December 19, 1992; Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Berlin, January 15–March 6, 1993, cat. no. 8 (with ill.).
Quelque chose de très mystérieux. Intuitions esthétiques de Michel Tapié, Galerie Artcurial, Paris, March 24–May 12, 1994.
Les Figures de la liberté, 1945, Musée Rath, Geneva, October 27, 1995–January 7, 1996, cat. no. 36 (with illu. on p. 85).
LITERATURE: Marie-José Lefort, Fautrier. Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, Paris 2023, CR no. 606 (with illu.).
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Palma Bucarelli, Jean Fautrier pittura e materia, Milan 1960, cat. no. 182 (with illu. on p. 321).
Christie's, London, 4429th auction, December 6, 1990, lot 500 (with illustration, proceeds for the benefit of the Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel).
Klaus Hammer, Gewandelt ins Unwandelbare. Werke des frühen Informellen Jean Fautrier werden erstmals in Berlin ausgestellt, in: Neue Zeit, Berlin, January 15, 1993.
Christie's, London, 5307th auction, December 1, 1994, lot 7 (with illustration).
1898 - 1964
Tranches d' oranges. 1944.
Oil, pigment and Mixed media on paper, laid on canvas.
Signed in the lower right. 27 x 35 cm (10.6 x 13.7 in).
[MH].
• Fautrier's art transcends the boundaries between painting and relief.
• Characteristic of his unmistakable impasto surface treatment.
• Wonderful interplay of light, color, and matter.
• Formerly part of the collection of Swiss poet and journalist Édith Boissonnas, who was friends with Jean Dubuffet.
PROVENANCE: Édith Boissonnas Collection (1904–1989), Paris (until 1990).
Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel.
Art dealership Wolfgang Werner, Bremen/Berlin.
Private collection, Bavaria (since 1994, Christie's, London).
EXHIBITION: Jean Fautrier. Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen, October 30–December 19, 1992; Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Berlin, January 15–March 6, 1993, cat. no. 8 (with ill.).
Quelque chose de très mystérieux. Intuitions esthétiques de Michel Tapié, Galerie Artcurial, Paris, March 24–May 12, 1994.
Les Figures de la liberté, 1945, Musée Rath, Geneva, October 27, 1995–January 7, 1996, cat. no. 36 (with illu. on p. 85).
LITERATURE: Marie-José Lefort, Fautrier. Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, Paris 2023, CR no. 606 (with illu.).
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Palma Bucarelli, Jean Fautrier pittura e materia, Milan 1960, cat. no. 182 (with illu. on p. 321).
Christie's, London, 4429th auction, December 6, 1990, lot 500 (with illustration, proceeds for the benefit of the Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel).
Klaus Hammer, Gewandelt ins Unwandelbare. Werke des frühen Informellen Jean Fautrier werden erstmals in Berlin ausgestellt, in: Neue Zeit, Berlin, January 15, 1993.
Christie's, London, 5307th auction, December 1, 1994, lot 7 (with illustration).
139
Jean Fautrier
Tranches d' oranges, 1944.
Oil, pigment and Mixed media on paper, laid on ...
Estimate:
€ 50,000 / $ 58,000 Sold:
€ 129,000 / $ 149,640 (incl. surcharge)
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