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1990 · Watercolor and colored inks over traces of graphite on paper
21 in. × 27 9/16 in. (53.4 × 70 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Jean-Michel Folon
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WA-00027115
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12
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19
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Posters in the Penthouse
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1974–1975
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Why this artist matters now
Jean-Michel Folon was a Belgian painter, illustrator, and sculptor whose delicate line drawings and watercolors depicted solitary figures navigating urban and natural landscapes. His economical draftsmanship and restrained palette across print, painting, and sculpture articulated a distinctly post-war European sensibility, addressing isolation, migration, and human vulnerability within modernizing societies. The formal simplicity of his work, sparse linework against muted washes, intensified the psychological weight of his solitary subjects.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago
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12 published of 17 catalogued · 8 with image
- The Met7 published
- MoMA5 publishedof 10 catalogued8 img
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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