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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Jean Dubuffet vintage poster “10 ans d’art vivant 55 – 65”
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Original Jean Dubuffet Poster “10 ans d’art vivant 55 – 65” 1967 Published by Fondation Maeght – Saint-Paul Alpes Maritime Printed by Arte, Paris Jean...
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Jean Dubuffet, 'Festival D’automne a Paris' Original Vintage Exhibition Poster
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Jean Dubuffet was one of the most famous European artists of the postwar era, “I have a great interest in madness, and I am convinced art has much to do with madness,” Dubuffet said ...
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Jean Dubuffet , Cerceaux ‘Sorcellent Limited Edition, 1st 1967
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in CA, CA
Jean Dubuffet. Cerceaux ‘Sorcellent by Max Loreau. Edition Jeanne Bucher, Editions Beyeler, Paris, 1967. Limited edition of 800 of which this is no. 496. Contains 20 original colo...
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$300
H 13.5 in W 20 in D 0.07 in
Picasso Inspired Original Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster by Antoni Clave
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Miami, FL
Picasso Inspired Original Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster by Antoni Clave Original art exhibition poster by listed Spanish artist Antoni Clave from his Ginza Japan show. This int...
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H 25.5 in W 18 in D 0.07 in
Original Midcentury Abstract Art Exhibition Poster, Signed Rosso Dated 1975
Located in Miami, FL
Original midcentury abstract art exhibition poster with wonderful vivid colors of blue, red, green, beige, etc... Very decorative, signed by t...
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Magritte by Jacques Meuris 1988 1st Edition Hardcover Art Book
By René Magritte
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Magritte by Jacques Meuris 1988 1st Edition. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 233pp 393 illustrations. Blue boards in dust jacket. Translat...
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Antique Map of St. Louis and Chicago
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'The City of St. Louis Missouri - The City of Chicago Illinois'. Dual map on single page showing St. Louis and Chicago. Finely produ...
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$94 / item
H 14.97 in W 20.48 in D 0.04 in
Alpine Ski Photograph, 'St. Moritz' Taken from Original 1930s Photograph
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Alpine Ski photograph. 'St. MORITZ', a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s skiing photograph. Prior to being a recreational activity skiing was purely a means of travelling from A to B through the snow, it only started to become the sport it is today in the mid-1800s. St. Moritz is a luxury alpine resort town in Switzerland's Engadin valley. It has hosted the Winter Olympics twice, has the Cresta Run...
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$125
H 13.25 in W 10 in D 1.13 in
Shuhga Images of Spring Essay on Erotic Elements in Japanese Art, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Shuhga: Images of spring: Essay on Erotic Elements in Japanese Art By Charles Grosbois. Nagel, Geneva; Paris; Hamburg, 1964. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A fascinating work cl...
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$79 / item
H 11 in W 8.5 in D 0.75 in
Graphic Revolution American Prints 1960 to Now by Elizabeth Wyckoff, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Graphic Revolution: American Prints 1960 to Now by Elizabeth Wyckoff. Saint Louis Art Museum, 2018. First Edition bi-folded softcover. When artists began making prints in bright colors and previously unimaginable formats and sizes in the 1960s, they launched an explosion of printed images in the United States. A new generation of artists was already incorporating printmaking techniques into their paintings, and this, in combination with ordinary, everyday subject matter, led art...
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Bruce Weber by Bruce Weber, 1st Limited Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Bruce Weber by Bruce Weber. Published by Twelvetrees Press, Los Angeles, 1983. Stated 1st Limited Edition (1/5000) hardcover with dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated with over 50 full-page photogravure plates of male models and actors, a few tinted with halftone colors. Contains subjects: Brothers, Matt...
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$7,515
H 22.05 in W 14.97 in
Original Vintage French Theatre Poster Pepa Bonafe Jean Carlu Art Deco Abstract
By Jean Carlu
Located in London, GB
Original vintage French theatre poster featuring a stunning avant-garde Art Deco design by the poster artist Jean Carlu (1900-1997) for the stage and silent screen actress Pepa Bonaf...
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Paul Poiret's Two Editions de Luxe
By Paul Poiret
Located in New York, NY
Paul Poiret's career began in the Belle Epoque, when fashion was defined by imprisoning corsets, restrictive tailoring, and ethereal colors. Opening his own fashion house in 1904, he...
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Wonders of the Stereoscope, by John Jones, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Wonders of the Stereoscope, by John Jones. Afred A. Knopf, New York, 1976. 1st Edition hardcover with original slip-case containing two Volumes with Stereoscopic Viewer...
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Lewis Carroll Observed Hardcover Book, 1st Edition, Folk Art, 1976
By Lewis Carroll
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Lewis Carroll Observed A Collection of Unpublished Photographs, Drawings, Poetry and New Essays. GUILIANO, Edward edited by Published by Clarkson N. Potter, New York, 1976 An anth...
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H 29.53 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
Jean Dubuffet Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Original Vintage Poster, 1964
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Jean Dubuffet was one of the most famous European artists of the postwar era, “I have a great interest in madness, and I am convinced art has much to do with madness,” Dubuffet said ...
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Jean Dubuffet Silkscreen Serigraph Abstract Exhibition Poster
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Skokie, IL
Jean Dubuffet Silkscreen Serigraph Abstract Exhibition Poster This original vintage poster is a rare piece. It was created for an exhibiti...
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Jean Dubuffet Petit Personnage Signed Ink Drawing on Paper Art Brut Framed, 1960
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A rare delightful and expressive ink drawing on paper titled Petit Personnage (Little Characters) by French artist Jean Dubuffet. Signed on the bottom right with a May ’60 date. On t...
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H 16.5 in W 14 in D 1 in
Jean Dubuffet Tete I Signed Felt Pen Drawing on Paper Art Brut Framed 1966
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A rare graphic and expressive felt pen drawing on paper titled Tete I (Head I) by French artist Jean Dubuffet. Signed on the bottom right with a ‘66 date. On the verso is the origina...
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1976 Jean Dubuffet Screenprint
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Masse aux Pedales" – A signed, dated, numbered, 1976 screenprint in colors on Arches paper by important French artist, Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985). The first of numerous museum exhibi...
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Jean Dubuffet Lithograph
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jean Dubuffet Lithograph, circa 1970s. It has been framed in a clean lined black lacquered wooden gallery frame under UV resistant glass.
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Drawings of Jean Dubuffet 1st Edition, 1960
By Daniel Cordier, Jean Dubuffet
Located in CA, CA
First edition, published by George Braziller, New York, 1960 Perhaps best known for founding the ‘Art Brut’ movement, Dubuffet prolifically produce...