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Exhibition History"Jean Dubuffet 1943-1963: Paintings, Sculptures, Assemblages" Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden June 16 - September 17, 1993 Cat #66
"Jean Dubuffet: A Retrospective", The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (April 26 - July 29, 1973); Grand Palais (September 27 - December, 2o, 1973) Cat #84
"Pierre Matisse Gallery Corp." New York, NY , "Peintures d'Assemblages, Craffiti, Solo, Texturologie and other recent works"
This oil and collage on canvas is typical of Dubuffet's work. The painting's surface is rough and intensely worked over, combining collage elements with layers of paint.
Source: News, April May June 2007
Exhibition History"Jean Dubuffet 1943-1963: Paintings, Sculptures, Assemblages" Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden June 16 - September 17, 1993 Cat #66
"Jean Dubuffet: A Retrospective", The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (April 26 - July 29, 1973); Grand Palais (September 27 - December, 2o, 1973) Cat #84
"Pierre Matisse Gallery Corp." New York, NY , "Peintures d'Assemblages, Craffiti, Solo, Texturologie and other recent works"
DimensionsOverall: 49 1/4 × 39 in. (125.1 × 99.1 cm)
Accession Number 2006.24
Classificationspainting
CopyrightARS
SignedJ. Dubuffet '56 (u, r)
J. Dubuffet (u,l on verso in black)
InscriptionsLes jardins de la chaussée
janvier 56
(assemblage) (u,l verso in black)
ProvenanceArtist; Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York [acquired from the previous, 1956]; Jacqueline and Myron Blank, Des Moines [purchased from the previous, 1978]; Des Moines Art Center [bequest of the previous, 2006]
