Dubuffet

Contemporary Art 

The art department directed by Julie Ralli registered a 120% growth in 2006 compared to 2005. TAJAN performed, with 8.1 million euros on May 17th, 2006, the biggest income ever realised in a contemporary art sale.

These brilliant results follow from the quality of the pieces offered at the sale, their international origin and our numerous foreign buyers :

Our best sales since 2006:

 

Jean-Paul RIOPELLE (1923-2002)
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the right corner below
Dated:1968
Dimensions: 129 x 97 cm
Estimate: 120 000-180 000 �

Sold: 143 547 �
on April 29th, 2008

 

Antonio SAURA (1930-1998)
Portrait N� 2/90. Oil on canvas
Dated:1990
Dimensions: 73 x 60 cm
Estimate: 50 000-60 000 �

Sold: 86 744 � (ca. 133 820 $)
on April 29th, 2008

 

CHRISTO (n� en 1935)
Wrapped Trees (Project for 300 trees at avenue des Champs-Elys�es in Paris)
Coal, pencil, pastel, watercolour, polyethylene and fibre on paper.
Signed and dated.
Dated: 1969
Dimensions: 56 x 71 cm
Estimate: 65 000-80 000 �

Sold: 101 614 � (ca. 157 160 $)
on April 29th, 2008

 

JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE
Sans titre, 1954
Huile sur toile
Sign�e en bas � droite
96 x 124 cm

Vendu 580 198 euros
le 27 novembre 2007

 

WANG KEPING (born in 1949)
THE CRY, 1988

Western red cedar wood, fire-blackened patina
Signed in Chinese and with a « K » monogram on the lower back
153 X 56 X 50 CM

Est. 40 000/ 50 000 euros
Sold 65 360 euros

On May 24th, 2007

 

WANG GUANGYI (born in 1957)
CARTIER, 2005

Acrylic on canvas
Dated and signed in pinyin and mandarin on the back
120 X 150 cm

Est.  70 000/80 000 euros
Sold  116 900 euros

On May 24th, 2007

 

JEAN DUBUFFET (1901-1985)
LIEU DE PROMENADE XI, 28 AOÛT 1975

Acrylic on sized paper on canvas
Signed with the monograms and dated 75 on the upper left side
101,5 X 67 cm

Est.  80 000 / 100 000 euros
Sold 123 322 euros

On May 24th, 2007

 

JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Man and Woman , 1972

Bronze edition in brown patina
Seal of the founder Cl�menti
Numbered 1 on a two-model edition
Signed
58 X 75 X 19 cm

Est.  150 000/ 200 000 euros
Sold 155 880 euros

On May 24th, 2007

 

JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE (1923-2002)
ESCARPE, 1954

Oil on canvas
Signed on the lower right side
73 X 101 CM

Est.  200 000/ 300 000 euros
Sold  243 222 euros

On May 24th, 2007

 

JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE (1923-2002)
UNTITLED, 1967-1970

Oil on canvas
Signed on the lower right side
130 X 162 CM

Est.  120 000 / 180 000 euros
Sold  212 989 euros

On May 24th, 2007

 

JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE (1923-2002)
AU CABANON, 1962

Oil on canvas
Signed on the lower right side
194,5 X 130 cm

Est.  120 000 / 180 000 euros
Sold  235 250 euros

On May 24th, 2007

 

FRANÇOIS ROUAN (born in 1943)
RED HEAD (TOPOMIRO SERIES), 1998-1999

Wax painting on woven canvas
Titled, located Laversine, dated and signed on the back
179 X 136 cm

Est.  50 000 / 70 000 euros
Sold  61 661 euros

On May 24th, 2007

 

JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
MAN WITH A MOUSTACHE AND SCULPTURE, CIRCA 1965

Gouache, watercolour, ink and photograph collage on paper
Signed on the lower right side
35,5 X 50 cm

Est 120 000 / 150 000 euros
Sold 149 385 euros

On May 24th, 2007

 

JEAN DUBUFFET (1901-1985)
PIGNONS SUR RUE, AUGUST 9th-12th 1962

Gouache and collage on sized paper on canvas
Signed with the monograms and dated 62 on the lower right side
Numbered EG 12, titled, dated and signed on the back
100 X 107 cm

Est.  300 000/ 400 000 euros
Sold  348 000 euros

On May 24th, 2007

 

SEAN SCULLY (born in 1945)
BERG, 1995

Oil on board
Titled, signed and dated on the back
30,5 X 30 cm

Est.  70 000 / 90 000 euros
Sold  149 385 euros

On May 24th, 2007

 

JILALI GHARBAOUI (1930-1971)
COMPOSITION, 1968

Oil on canvas
Signed and dated on the upper left side
63,5 X 98 cm

Est.  15 000 / 20 000 euros
Sold  73 993 euros

On May 24th, 2007

 

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT 1960-1988 ET ANDY WARHOL 1928-1987
Eiffel Tower, 1985

Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas
203 x 275 cm

Est. 800 000/1 200 000 euros
Sold 2 027 250 euros euros

On May 17th, 2006

 

ZAO WOU-KI 1921
Blue composition, 1967

Oil on canvas
signed on the lower right side, countersigned and dated on the back
65 x 54 cm

Est. 90 000/120 000 euros
Sold 179 250 euros

On May 17th, 2006

 

JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE (1923-2002)
Sans titre, 1954

Oil on canvas
Signed on the lower right side
95,5 x 124,5 cm

Est. 250 000/350 000 euros
Sold 414 450 euros

On November 11th, 2006

 

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988)
Bayou, 1984

Oil, acrylic, collage and wax on canvas, signed, titled and dated on the back
218 x 249 cm

Est. 1 800 000/2 200 000 euros
Sold 2 027 250 euros

On November 23rd, 2006

 

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988)
Marmaduke, 1985

Acrylic and Xerox, colors on canvas, signed, dated and titled on the back
203 x 259 cm

Est. 900 000/1 200 000 euros
Sold 1 101 825 euros

On May 17th, 2006

 

For any further information, please contact:

Julie Ralli ([email protected])
+33 (0)1 53 30 30 55

Paul-Arnaud Parsy ([email protected])
+33 (0)1 53 30 30 32