Robert COMBAS (born 1957) The little punk, a sort of grandson of Dubuffet. His nickname is "medicine cabinet", 1982 Acrylic on cardboard. Signed and dated lower right. 106 x 74 cm Exhibition : Robert Combas : Rétrospective, Musée d'Abbaye de Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d'Olonne, February - May 1985, Gemeenle Museum, Helmond, Netherlands, October 12 - December 15 1985, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Saint-Étienne, January 10 - February 28 1986, catalog, reproduced. Bibliography : Monographie Combas, text by Bernard Marcadé, Paris, Éditions de la Différence, 1991, reproduced p. 236. This work is registered in the archives of the Robert Combas studio.

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