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.
Publisher:
Thames & Hudsonin association with the Morgan Library & Museum,
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).
Contents:
A frenzy of drawing / Isabelle Dervaux -- Delineation and proliferation in Dubuffet's drawing / Alex Potts -- On drawing : selections from letters and other writings; translated by Richard Howard / Jean Dubuffet -- Myth and manipulation : deconstructing and reconstructing Dubuffet's imprints and their assemblages / Margaret Holben Ellis and Lindsey Tyne -- Plastic man : Dubuffet and the contemporary / Cornelia H. Butler -- 1935-45 : early drawings -- 1945-47 : portraits -- 1947-48 : Sahara -- 1949-52 : from corps de dames to radiant lands -- 1953-57 : butterfly collages and assemblages of imprints -- 1958-60 : textures and beards -- 1961-62 : Paris circus.
Summary:
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).
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