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Dubuffet drawings, 1935-1962

2016
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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) achieved international recognition in the late 1940s for his paintings inspired by children's drawings, the art of psychiatric patients, and graffiti. Drawing played a major role in the development of his art as he explored on paper new subjects and techniques, experimenting with nontraditional tools and modes of application. Despite his essential role in the postwar avant-garde and his continuous influence on the art of the following decades, Dubuffet has received less attention than other artists of his generation, such as Jackson Pollock or Willem de Kooning. This will be the first major museum exhibition devoted to works on paper by one of the most important French artists of the 20th century. Featuring more than one hundred drawings representing Dubuffet's development during his most innovative decades the exhibition will include rarely seen works and major loans from public and private collections in the United States and France. Exhibition: Morgan Library & Museum, New York, USA (30.09.2016-02.01.2017) / Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA (29.01.-30.04.2017).
Main title:
Dubuffet drawings, 1935-1962 / Isabelle Dervaux ; with contributions by Cornelia H. Butler, Margaret Holben Ellis and Lindsey Tyne, Alex Potts ; and texts by Jean Dubuffet.
Author:
Dervaux, Isabelle, authorDubuffet, Jean, 1901-1985Butler, Cornelia H., contributorEllis, Margaret Holben, contributorTyne, Lindsey, contributorPotts, Alex, contributorPierpont Morgan Library, host institutionHammer Museum, host institution
Imprint:
New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, in association with the Morgan Library & Museum, [2016]©2016
Collation:
215 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm
Notes:
Published on the occasion of exhibition held at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, September 30, 2016 - January 2, 2017, and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, January 29 - April 30, 2017.Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212).In English, with a selection of texts by Dubuffet in French and their English translation by Richard Howard on facing pages.
ISBN:
9780500519011 (hardback)0500519013 (hardback)
Dewey class:
741.944
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
436449
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
City Library-Art and CultureARTS 741.944 DUBUFolioAvailable
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