Works of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Günther Förg Collection -
Auction ends: December 15, 2025 from 3:00 pm
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Jean Fautrier
Paysage de Port-Cros, 1928
Oil on canvas
Starting bid:
€ 27,000 Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000End: 12-15-25 15:12:00 Berlin
12-15-25 09:12:00 New York
12-15-25 06:12:00 Los Angeles (23 days, 21h:14m)
12-15-25 09:12:00 New York
12-15-25 06:12:00 Los Angeles (23 days, 21h:14m)
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Lot description
Jean Fautrier
1898 - 1964
Paysage de Port-Cros. 1928.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower left. 27 x 35 cm (10.6 x 13.7 in). [KA].
• Jean Fautrier powerfully expresses the raw beauty of nature in the wild waves of Port-Cros.
• Together with Jean Dubuffet, Jean Fautrier is one of the founders of Informalism.
• Comprehensive retrospectives take place in 2014 at the National Museum of Art, Osaka, in 2017 at the Kunstmuseum Winterthur, in 2018 at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and in 2024/25 at the Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Tarica, Paris (label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.
Castor Seibel Collection (label on the reverse of the frame).
Günther Förg Private Collection.
EXHIBITION: FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris, October 19–28, 1979 (Jean Fautrier exhibited by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva).
Jean Fautrier.1925–1935, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, January 11–March 2, 1986; Kunsthaus Zurich, March 15–May 4, 1986, cat. no. 51 (no ill.) (verso on the frame with the label, Stedelijk, incorrectly dated).
LITERATURE: Marie-José Lefort, Fautrier. Catalogue raisonné of painted works, Paris 2023, CR no. 408 (with color illustration).
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Marcel-André Stalter, Recherches sur la vie et l'oeuvre de Jean Fautrier (1898-1964) de leurs commencements à 1940 (Doctoral thesis, Sorbonne, Paris), Paris 1982, cat. No. 453.
Pierre Cabanne, Jean Fautrier, Paris 1988, no. (with color plate on p. 85).
Yves Peyré, Fautrier ou les outrages de l'impossible, Paris 1990, no. (with color ill. p. 105).
Yves Peyré, L'enfer de Fautrier, Tesserete 2011, no. (with color ill. p. 100).
In good condition. Slight craquelure in places and tiny to small areas of paint loss, some of which have been retouched, but hardly noticeable in the overall picture. Under UV light, further small retouching and overpainting is visible, mainly in the edge areas. The condition report was prepared in daylight and with the aid of a UV light source to the best of our knowledge and belief.
1898 - 1964
Paysage de Port-Cros. 1928.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower left. 27 x 35 cm (10.6 x 13.7 in). [KA].
• Jean Fautrier powerfully expresses the raw beauty of nature in the wild waves of Port-Cros.
• Together with Jean Dubuffet, Jean Fautrier is one of the founders of Informalism.
• Comprehensive retrospectives take place in 2014 at the National Museum of Art, Osaka, in 2017 at the Kunstmuseum Winterthur, in 2018 at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and in 2024/25 at the Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Tarica, Paris (label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.
Castor Seibel Collection (label on the reverse of the frame).
Günther Förg Private Collection.
EXHIBITION: FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris, October 19–28, 1979 (Jean Fautrier exhibited by Galerie Bonnier, Geneva).
Jean Fautrier.1925–1935, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, January 11–March 2, 1986; Kunsthaus Zurich, March 15–May 4, 1986, cat. no. 51 (no ill.) (verso on the frame with the label, Stedelijk, incorrectly dated).
LITERATURE: Marie-José Lefort, Fautrier. Catalogue raisonné of painted works, Paris 2023, CR no. 408 (with color illustration).
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Marcel-André Stalter, Recherches sur la vie et l'oeuvre de Jean Fautrier (1898-1964) de leurs commencements à 1940 (Doctoral thesis, Sorbonne, Paris), Paris 1982, cat. No. 453.
Pierre Cabanne, Jean Fautrier, Paris 1988, no. (with color plate on p. 85).
Yves Peyré, Fautrier ou les outrages de l'impossible, Paris 1990, no. (with color ill. p. 105).
Yves Peyré, L'enfer de Fautrier, Tesserete 2011, no. (with color ill. p. 100).
In good condition. Slight craquelure in places and tiny to small areas of paint loss, some of which have been retouched, but hardly noticeable in the overall picture. Under UV light, further small retouching and overpainting is visible, mainly in the edge areas. The condition report was prepared in daylight and with the aid of a UV light source to the best of our knowledge and belief.
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Jean Fautrier
Paysage de Port-Cros, 1928
Oil on canvas
Starting bid:
€ 27,000 Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000End: 12-15-25 15:12:00 Berlin
12-15-25 09:12:00 New York
12-15-25 06:12:00 Los Angeles (23 days, 21h:14m)
12-15-25 09:12:00 New York
12-15-25 06:12:00 Los Angeles (23 days, 21h:14m)
After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.