Le Ciel Etranger - Dubuffet's Autographs

Le Ciel Etranger - Dubuffet's Autograph is the name of a beautiful lot composed by the  correspondenc e between  Jean Dubuffet and  Nesto Jacometti , written in 1957 .

In 8°. In French.  Nearly perfect conditions, with the ring binder holes on the left margin.

In detail, the lot is made up:

-  L.A.S. (Autograph Letter Signed) by Jean Dubuffet to Nesto Jacometti. Vence, 12 November 1957. One page, single-sided.  In excellent conditions, on " Vidalon France" watermarked paper.

- L.T.S. (Typewritten Letter Signed)   by Jean Dubuffet to Nesto Jacometti. Paris, 30 March 1957.  One page, single-sided. 

The autographs letter is an apology letter by the founder of  Art Brut   Jean Dubuffet  (Le Havre, 1901 - Paris, 1985) to his graphic art publisher  Nesto Jacometti  (Locarno, 1898 - 1973).: " Ma correspondence est mon perpétuel tracas". With some amazing gossip about the exposition in Leverkusen and his art director, this letter cointains all the detail of the new Dubuffet's projects and artworks. 

In this way this autograph letter permits us to go into the everyday life of the artist: the practical issues, the sold of his artworks, the trips, new projects and the exhibitions and the engraving tools: we could understand what an artist needs. 

The typewritten letter concerns the project of the exhibition in Ljubljana in Yugoslavia and the choice to expose  the lithograph " Le Ciel Etranger"   (realized in 1953), with all the technical features linked. 

Read and Buy these two letters to discover more about Jean Dubuffet, the founder of the Art Brut!