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Man in a Red Suit (first five colors)


Personnage au costume rouge (les cinq premières couleurs )
Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901–1985)
1961

Medium/Technique Lithograph (progressive proof)
Dimensions Image: 52.1 x 38.1 cm (20 1/2 x 15 in.)
Sheet: 63.2 x 45.1 cm (24 7/8 x 17 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Lee M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number2009.5023.9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Webel 806
DescriptionNinth progressive proof--combination of first five colors (yellow background, blue background, red background, red figure, and black background)--of fourteen progressive color proofs printed on Arches paper, made in the printmaking studio of Serge Lozingot, Paris, in April 1961.
ProvenanceThe artist, Paris; by 1966, to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin Collection, New York; by 1995, to Christie's, New York, May 9, Sale 8160, lot 391 (bought in); Private Collection on consignment to Pace Prints, New York; sold to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: December 16, 2009)
Copyright© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.