JEAN DUBUFFET (1901-1985)
Les Phénomènes: five prints
five lithographs in colors, on Arches paper, 1959, signed, titled and dated in pencil, each variously numbered, published by the artist, Paris, each with full margins, in generally good condition
Largest Image: 18³⁄₄ x 14⁷⁄₈ in. (476 x 378 mm.)
Largest Sheet: 26 x 19³⁄₄ in. (660 x 502 mm.)

each with the Metropolitan Museum of Art deaccession stamp on the reverse (Lugt 1943)

Webel 661, 663, 664, 719, 720

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In addition to the catalogue description, each with full margins

Esprit de Terre, plate VII from L'Arpenteur from Les Phénomènes (Webel 661): annotated 'epreuve d'essai' (a trial proof, aside from the edition of 23 with twenty in Roman numerals and three lettered A-C and 30 in Arabic numerals), stray printing ink in places in the margins, pinholes in the center upper and lower margins
Image: 19¹⁄₈ x 15¹⁄₈ in. (485 x 384 mm.)
Sheet: 25¹⁄₄ x 17⁷⁄₈ in. (641 x 454 mm.)

Champs de Pensee, plate IX from L'Arpenteur from Les Phénomènes (Webel 663): annotated 'epreuve d'essai' (a trial proof, aside from the edition of 23 with twenty in Roman numerals and three lettered A-C and 30 in Arabic numerals), a minor scratch in the upper right image , a ballpoint pen mark in the lower margin, pinholes in the center upper and lower margins
Image: 18⁷⁄₈ x 14¹⁄₂ in. (479 x 368 mm.)
Sheet: 25¹⁄₈ x 18 in. (638 x 457 mm.)

Impatience, plate X from L'Arpenteur from Les Phénomènes (Webel 664): numbered 14/30, stray printing ink in places in the right and lower margins, otherwise in good condition
Image: 18³⁄₄ x 14⁷⁄₈ in. (476 x 378 mm.)
Sheet: 26 x 19³⁄₄ in. (660 x 502 mm.)

Précarité, plate V from L'Anarchitecte from Les Phénomènes (Webel 719): annotated 'épreuve d'artiste' (an artist's proof, aside from the edition of 23 with twenty in Roman numerals and three lettered A-C and 30 in Arabic numerals), stray printing ink in places in the margins, soft handling creases in the lower margin, otherwise in good condition
Image: 17⁵⁄₈ x 14³⁄₈ in. (448 x 365 mm.)
Sheet: 25¹⁄₈ x 17³⁄₄ in. (638 x 451 mm.)

Fantasmes, plate VI from L'Anarchitecte from Les Phénomènes (Webel 720): annotated 'épreuve d'artiste' (an artist's proof, aside from the edition of 23 with twenty in Roman numerals and three lettered A-C and 30 in Arabic numerals), the sheet unevenly toned in the upper left and lower right sheet corners, otherwise in good condition
Image: 11⁷⁄₈ x 15³⁄₈ in. (302 x 391 mm.)
Sheet: 25 x 17³⁄₄ in. (635 x 451 mm.)

Please note this lot consists of five unframed prints.

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