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Jean Dubuffet More Art

French, 1901-1985

Jean Dubuffet was a seminal French artist known for his prints as well as his primal figures and sculptures of vernacular subjects. 

Dubuffet’s adoption of the term Art Brut or raw art, referred to the art of children, prisoners, and the mentally ill, was a reaction to what he called “art culturel” or refined art. It was his desire to break from tradition by implementing rudimentary mark-making and emulsions made from sand, tar, and trash, as seen in his work Grand Maitre of the Outsider (1946). 

“A work of art is only of interest, in my opinion, when it is an immediate and direct projection of what is happening in the depth of a person's being,” the artist said. “It is my belief that only in this Art Brut can we find the natural and normal processes of artistic creation in their pure and elementary state.” 

Born on July 31, 1901, in Le Havre, France, Dubuffet went on to study at the Académie Julian in Paris. While at school his peers included Raoul Dufy, Suzanne Valadon, and Fernand Léger. In 1918, after attending classes for only six months Dubuffet dropped out. Taking over his father’s wine business in 1924, he didn’t return to making art until the early 1940s. The artist would go on to form the Compagnie de l’Art Brut with André Breton and Slavko Kopač. 

Dubuffet died on May 12, 1985, in Paris, France, at the age of 83. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

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Artist: Jean Dubuffet
Le Mirivis des Naturgies.
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in New York, NY
DUBUFFET, Jean. Le Mirivis des Naturgies. By André Martel and Jean Dubuffet. 48 pp. Illustrated with 16 original lithographs by Dubuffet, of which 14 are loose, one is on the wra...
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1960s Jean Dubuffet More Art

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Exposition de Peintures, Dessins et Divers Travaux Exécutés de 1942 à 1954
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Roma, IT
Important and rare Catalogue of the Exhibition held in Circle Volley from March 17th to April 17th, 1954. Printed by Mourlot, the Catalogue's cover is a photolithograph d'après a work by Dubuffet. It includes 193 descriptions of Dubuffet's artworks and 4 reproductions on photolithograph. Includes the invitation to the exhibition, which is a lithograph not signed d'après the work "Personnage" by Dubuffet. Ref. Cat. Bordas 25 and 25b / Weber 388 and 289. Near perfect conditions. Catalogue aussi rare qu'important de l'exposition qui s'est tenue au Circle Volley du 17 Mars au 17 Avril 1954. Imprimé par Mourlot, la couverture du catalogue est une photolithographie d'après une œuvre de Dubuffet. Il comprend 193 descriptions des œuvres de Dubuffet ainsi que 4 reproductions de type photolithographie. L'exemplaire comprend une invitation à l'exposition. Il s'agit d'une lithographie non signée d'après l'œuvre "Personnage" de Dubuffet. Ref. Cat. Bordas 25 et 25b / Weber 388 et 289. Dans des conditions presque parfaites. Edition: Paris, Cercle Volant René Drouin...
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1950s Abstract Jean Dubuffet More Art

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Autograph Letter by Jean Dubuffet - 1957
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Roma, IT
This is a Autograph Letter Signed by Jean Dubuffet and addressed to Nesto Jacometti. Vence, November 28th, 1957. One page, single-sided. On watermarked paper. In French. excellent c...
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1930s Jean Dubuffet More Art

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Jean Dubuffet's Autograph Letters - 1950s
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Roma, IT
Dubuffet's Autographs are a beautiful lot of correspondence between Jean Dubuffet and Nesto Jacometti, written in 1955. Two autographs lettes signed and dated by the founder of Art ...
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1950s Jean Dubuffet More Art

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Collection of 4 Letters by Jean Dubuffet - 1955
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Roma, IT
Interesting collection of 4 letters by Jean Dubuffet (2 hand written and 2 typescript) addressed to the swiss editor Nesto Jacometti. All of them are dated 1955. Very good conditions...
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