by Anne Doridou-Heim
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985), "Petit paysage avec personnages," 1949, oil on Isorel, signed, dated and dedicated to Slavko Kopac, 50 x 61 cm/19.7 x 24 in. Result: €747,040
This painting, Petit paysage avec personnages (Small Landscape with Figures), sheds an interesting light on the friendship between Jean Dubuffet and Slavko Kopac (1913-1995). While the former's art is well-known and studied, Kopac's is still awaiting rediscovery. This will happen relatively soon, with the upcoming retrospectives in Croatia's capital (2023) and at the Centre Pompidou in Paris (2024) and, this January, the Gallimard publication in France of an in-depth monograph by Fabrice Flahutez, Pauline Goutain and Roberta Trapani, Slavko Kopac, Ombres et matières (Slavko Kopac, Shadows and Materials). Click here to read more.
