Jean Fautrier
Tête d’otage N. 15 |《人質的頭顱，第15號》 , 1944 (Executed)
Lot #111 |
2021-03-25 |
Sotheby's, London
Modern Renaissance: A Cross-Category Sale
Category:
Mixed Media
Estimate:
GBP 350,000 - 450,000 (currency of sale)
USD 481,600 - 619,200 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L21235
Auction name: Modern Renaissance: A Cross-Category Sale
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2021-03-25
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Modern Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 35 by 27 cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
35
Width In Centimeters:
27
Height In Inches:
13.875
Width In Inches:
10.5
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Edition: 8
Edition notes: Edition 7/8.
Year notes: Executed in 1944.
Provenance
Michel Tapié, Paris Private Collection, Belgium (acquired directly from the above circa 1954) Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Otages, peintures de Jean Fautrier , November 1945, n.p., no. 15 (text) Paris, Musée d’art modern de la Ville de Paris, Jean Fautrier , April – May 1964 Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais , Jean Paulhan a Travers ses Peintres , February – April 1974, n.p., no. 584 (text) Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris-Paris: Crèations en France, 1937-1957, May – November 1981, p. 122, no. 241 (text) Paris, Musée d’art modern de la Ville de Paris, Fautrier 1898- 1964 , May – November 1989, p. 118, no. 104, illustrated in colour
Literature
Anon., 'Échec à la forme', Quadrum , No. 02, November 1956, p. 8, illustrated P. Bucarelli, Jean Fautrier, Pittura e Materia , Milan 1960, p. 319, no. 167, illustrated P. Dethurens, La peinture de Diderot à Guignard. Ponge. Fautrier. Les Otages, Paris 2015, pp. 366-67, illustrated in colour
Catalog summary
Post-War Paris - Dubuffet, Wols et Fautrier: Property from a Distinguished European Collection 歐洲知名收藏 Jean Fautrier 讓・福特利耶 1898 - 1964 Tête d’otage N. 15 《人質的頭顱，第15號》 signed with the artist’s initial and dated 45 款識：藝術家簽姓名縮寫並紀年45 mixed media on paper mounted on panel 油彩畫板 35 by 27 cm. 13 ⅞ by 10 ½ in. 35 x 27 公分；13 7/8 x 10 1/2 英寸 Executed in 1944-45. 1944年作 Provenance Michel Tapié, Paris Private Collection, Belgium (acquired directly from the above circa 1954) Thence by descent to the present owner Exhibited Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Otages, peintures de Jean Fautrier , November 1945, n.p., no. 15 (text) Paris, Musée d’art modern de la Ville de Paris, Jean Fautrier , April – May 1964 Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais , Jean Paulhan a Travers ses Peintres , February – April 1974, n.p., no. 584 (text) Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris-Paris: Crèations en France, 1937-1957, May – November 1981, p. 122, no. 241 (text) Paris, Musée d’art modern de la Ville de Paris, Fautrier 1898- 1964 , May – November 1989, p. 118, no. 104, illustrated in colour Literature Anon., 'Échec à la forme', Quadrum , No. 02, November 1956, p. 8, illustrated P. Bucarelli, Jean Fautrier, Pittura e Materia , Milan 1960, p. 319, no. 167, illustrated P. Dethurens, La peinture de Diderot à Guignard. Ponge. Fautrier. Les Otages, Paris 2015, pp. 366-67, illustrated in colour