250 - ART BASEL Auction, 26 October 26
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Estimate €8,000 - €10,000

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ART BASEL Auction, 26 October 26 PREVIOUS ESTIMATE Estimated at 10,000–12,000 with a reserve of €10,000 Unsold New estimate: €8,000/12,000 with a reserve of €7,500 Jean DUBUFFET (1901–1985) Les phénomènes, 1958–1959 Lithographs 15 artist’s proofs, titled, signed and dated 63 x 45 cm (a few stains) - Terre Familière, 1958 - Tumulte, 1958 - Relevé topographique, 1959 - La paille hachée, 1958 - Courants d’air, 1958 - The Wall, 1958 - Floor Element VI, 1958 - Violated Space, 1958 - Grotesque Lines, 1958 - A Taste for Emptiness, 1959 - Bath of Cotton Wool, 1958 - Stone with a Mark, 1958 - Seabed, 1958 - Celestial Ground, 1958 - Floor Element I, 1958 Provenance: - Berggruen & Jean Planque, 1959. Note: - ‘Les Phénomènes’ is a series of fifteen lithographic prints produced by Jean Dubuffet between 1958 and 1959. In this work, the artist explores textures and materials drawn from the natural world, such as sand, stone and bark, transposing them into abstract prints. Rejecting any form of narrative or traditional figuration, Dubuffet seeks here to capture the richness of reality in its rawest, most elemental forms, drawing on an aesthetic of the imperceptible. This series is fully in keeping with his quest for a radical art, free from academic conventions. Please request condition reports prior to the sale: these are not included in the lot descriptions. Please contact the auction house for condition reports.

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About the sale Selected works from the 20th century

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Auction time 10/26/2026 at 2:00 PM

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250 - ART BASEL Auction, 26 October 26 See original version (French)

250 - ART BASEL Auction, 26 October 26
See original version (French)