(Le Havre, 1901 - Paris, 1985)
Figuration XVI, 1974
Black felt pen on yellow paper
with elements cut out and glued onto white paper
Signed with initials and dated in pencil at the bottom right J. D. 74
Dimensions: 32 x 21 cm
Executed in November 1, 1974
Provenance :
- Jacques Dauchez, Paris
- Private collection, Paris
Literature :
- Jean Dubuffet (introduction), Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet, fascicule XXIX, Crayonnages, Récits, Conjonctures, Les Éditions de Minuit, Paris, 1979, described and reproduced in color on p. 80, no. 185
- Sophie Webel, Jean Dubuffet. Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre gravé et des livres illustrés, preface by Daniel Abadie, Éditions Baudoin Lebon, Paris, 1991, described and reproduced: drawing X, Figuration XVI, p. 145
A bibliophile and collector, Jacques Dauchez (1932-2012) was the notary for Jean Dubuffet, Henri Matisse, and Louis-Ferdinand Céline.
Jacques Dauchez was President of the Dubuffet Foundation from 1985 to 2000.
The drawing Figuration XVI is accompanied by the original edition of the following work, from the library of Jacques Dauchez:
Jacques Berne, …le flux même…, with 26 illustrations by Jean Dubuffet, Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés editions, 1976.
Folio (322 x 245 mm).
Loose-leaf, printed cover, publisher's cloth slipcase.
Sixteen calligraphic poems illustrated with twenty-six drawings by Jean Dubuffet, one of which adorns the cover, created between October and November 1974 and reproduced in silkscreen.
Limited edition of 70 copies.
One of 20 deluxe copies on Arches vellum, numbered II/XX and signed in pencil by Jean Dubuffet and the poet Jacques Berne (1924-2007).