Monumental Jean Dubuffet Work to Make Auction Debut at Phillips in London

A large-scale collaged canvas by Jean Dubuffet from 1976 will be offered at Phillips in a contemporary art auction in London next month. Titled La féconde journée (1976), which features a blue-and-red palette merging figures with abstraction, the work comes from a private New York collection, where it has been held for over a decade. It is expected to fetch £2 million–£3 million ($2.8 million–$4.2 million).
The work, which is almost a perfect square and meas