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Jean Dubuffet

Jean Dubuffet

1901–1985

WA-00005594

Le Havre, France

ImpressionismPost-ImpressionismSurrealism

Representation

None documented

77

Institutional Exhibitions

1653

Works in Collection

3193

Assets Indexed

14

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ170076

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum

2026

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Prints: Proofs and Variants

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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Painters for the Theater

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Drawing since 1940

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Dubuffet: Works on Paper

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986–1987

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Naked/Nude

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Sculptors' Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

Field Verification (7 fields)

3 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
BiographyAi Generated + Gallery Pace+2· 82%
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (7)

Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
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Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/jean-dubuffet
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Phillips-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/jean-dubuffet
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Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/jean-dubuffet
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White-Cubehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/jean-dubuffet
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/jean-dubuffet
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1633
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Jean Dubuffet yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Impressionism

Medium

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate New Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (1653)

Banner (XIII) (Oriflamme (XIII)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/16" (20.9 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (XIV) (Oriflamme (XIV)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/16" (20.9 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (XV) (Oriflamme (XV)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/16" (20.9 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (IX) (Oriflamme (IX)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/16" (20.9 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (XII) (Oriflamme (XII)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/16" (20.9 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (II) (Oriflamme (II)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/16" (20.9 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (III) (Oriflamme (III)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/16" (20.9 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (IV) (Oriflamme (IV)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/16" (20.9 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (V) (Oriflamme (V)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/16" (20.9 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (VI) (Oriflamme (VI)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/16" (20.9 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (VIII) (Oriflamme (VIII)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/16" (20.9 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (X) (Oriflamme (X)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/16" (20.9 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (XI) (Oriflamme (XI)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 19 13/16" (20.9 x 50.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/4" (21 x 15.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (VII) (Oriflamme (VII)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 3/16 x 6 1/16" (20.8 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banner (I) (Oriflamme (I)) from Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Screenprint from an illustrated book of sixteen screenprints

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/16" (20.9 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Banners (Oriflammes)

1984 · Illustrated book with sixteen screenprints (including cover)

sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/4" (21 x 15.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Virtual Place

1983 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 67 × 100 cm (26 7/16 × 39 3/8 in.); Sheet: 80 × 110 cm (31 1/2 × 43 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Passers-by (Passants)

1983 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 26 3/8 x 39 3/8" (67 x 100cm); sheet: 31 1/2 x 45 5/8" (80 x 115.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Random Site with 5 Personages from the Sites Aléatoires series

Random Site with 5 Personages from the Sites Aléatoires series

1982 · Synthetic polymer paint and cut-and-pasted paper mounted on canvas

26 1/2 x 39 1/4" (67.4 x 99.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jardin aux oiseaux (Situation CIII)

Jardin aux oiseaux (Situation CIII)

1979 · Collage of black felt-tip pen on white wove paper

34.9 × 25.4 cm (13 3/4 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1979 · Illustrated book with 15 screenprints (including wrapper front and solander box front) and dedication by the artist

Museum of Modern Art

Treasure Hunt

1978 · Acrylic and oil on canvas

140 × 102.2 cm (55 1/8 × 40 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Annale XXI

1978 · Collage composed of cut and pasted papers with black fiber tip pen on white wove paper

51.1 × 35 cm (20 1/8 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

458 published of 1000 catalogued · 551 with image

MoMA
440 publishedof 982 catalogued534 img
Tate
14 published14 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
The Met
1 published

Record

Images

16 assets

Artsy artwork: Jean Dubuffet: Écrits et Lithographies (Poster) (1968)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: SIGNED 1960s Jean DUBUFFET exhibition poster (1966)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Jean Dubuffet Painted Sculptures exhibition poster 1968 (Jean Dubuffet at Pace gallery) (1968)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Les Assemblages de Jean Dubuffet (1958)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Jean Dubuffet Musical Experiences (Jean Dubuffet record art) (1973)

Artsy

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Le Bel costumé

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Tombe de Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985) 4

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

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Relationships

72

Peers & Context56

Salvador Dalíco-exhibited Alison Knowlesco-exhibited Jordan Wolfsonco-exhibited Varvara Stepanovaco-exhibited André Bretonco-exhibitedHeinrich Hoerleco-exhibited

Movements3

Impressionism Post-Impressionism Surrealism

Collections13

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art New Museum Christie's Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

New Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

New Museum

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Heritage Auctions

Freeman's|Hindman

Background

Education

Académie Julian

Visual Arts

École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen

Visual Arts

Network

Related Artists

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

Varvara Stepanova

co exhibited with

co exhibited with