24 - Jean-Joseph Sanfourche (French, 1929–2010)

Jean-Joseph Sanfourche (French, 1929–2010) Figure Polychrome bone. Signed. H 37, W 8, D 7 cm. Provenance: collection of Laurent Danchin (1946–2017), writer, essayist, and art critic, passed down through the family. A self-taught woodcarver and draftsman trained in Limoges, Sanfourche maintained a long-standing friendship with Jean Dubuffet—with whom he corresponded for nearly eighteen years—and with Gaston Chaissac. His works are included in the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne and at the Fabuloserie. Laurent Danchin wrote the preface and annotations for *Dear Mr. Dubuffet: 50 Letters from Jean-Joseph Sanfourche to Jean Dubuffet, 1971–1985* (Thuillier éditeur, Coulounieix-Chamiers, 2009), and co-edited, with Alain Pauzié, Pierre Souchaud, and Gérard Sendrey, *Le cas Sanfourche* (Bègles, 1994).