49. 49AR JEAN FAUTRIER (1898-1964) Mr Tarabusté 1945-1948 signed and dated 48 oil and mixed technique on paper mounted on canvas signed and dated 48 oil and mixed media on paper laid on canvas 27 x 21.9 cm. 10 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. Provenance Galerie Tarica, Paris Gunther Sachs Collection, Germany (acquired from Gunther Sachs) Sale at Sotheby's, London, The Gunther Sachs Collection, 23 May 2012, lot 174 Private collection, Europe (acquired at this sale) Acquired from this collection by the current owner Exhibitions Venice, XXX Esposizione internationale d'Arte - La Biennale di Venezia, Guest of honour Jean Fautrier, grand prix international, 18 June - 16 October 1960, n°52 Munich, Villa Stuck, Sammlung Gunter Sachs, 8 September - 20 October 1967 Paris, Galerie Michel Couturier & Cie, Fautrier: Otages 1942-45, 26 April - 31 May 1968 Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Jean Fautrier, 17 December 2004 - 13 March 2005, p. 119, no. 59, illustrated in colour Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, L'Envolée Lyrique, Paris: 1945-1956, 26 April - 6 August 2006, p. 39, illustrated in colour Bibliography Marie-José Lefort, Fautrier. Catalogue Raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris 2023, p. 351, no. 615, illustrated in colour.