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many different pictures of people on a white surface
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136 - A portfolio of drawings featuring around 30 works to discove…
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Estimate €300 - €500
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A portfolio of drawings featuring around 30 works to discover, including - Brian Dowdall (American, 1948–2018) - Alain Lacoste (French, 1935–2022) - Jean-Luc Giraud (French, 1945–2026) - Jaber Al Mahjoub (Tunisian, 1938–2021) Various techniques. Various formats. Provenance: the collection of Laurent Danchin (1946–2017), writer, essayist and art critic, passed down through the family. A visionary artist based in Baltimore, Dowdall is associated with the American Visionary Art Museum. Born in Laval, he was set on a career in teaching before a stay in a psychiatric hospital upended his path; his encounter with Robert Tatin proved decisive. Alain Lacoste transforms salvaged wood and stone into bas-reliefs populated by intertwined figures and animals, combining graphic design, colour and wordplay. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of French singular art. Orphaned at a very young age, he worked as a shepherd, then a baker and a boxer before devoting himself to painting; Jaber was spotted by Jean Dubuffet. His highly colourful gouaches and acrylics, featuring figures outlined in black, address social and political themes; nicknamed ‘the King of Beaubourg’, his work is represented at the LaM in Villeneuve-d’Ascq. Laurent Danchin wrote the catalogue essay ‘Jaber, les oiseaux d’Art Brut’ (exhibition at La Gaude, 16–25 September 1991, organised by Valérie Jeaume and Pierre Farro), devoted a chapter to him in *Aux frontières de l’art brut* (Lelivredart, Paris, 2013, pp. 95–104), and co-directed the documentary *Jaber* (1998) with Alan Govenar.
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About the sale LAURENT DANCHIN COLLECTION: ART BRUT AND OUTSIDER ART
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Auction time 11/07/2026 at 2:00 PM
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