Artworks · Jean Dubuffet

Dangerous Life (La Vie dangereuse)

1953 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 8 1/4 x 5 7/8" (20.9 x 14.9 cm); sheet: 13 x 9 15/16" (33 x 25.2 cm)

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Branches with Birds (Feuillages à l'oiseau)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 18 7/8 x 19 5/16" (47.9 x 49.1 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 x 22 3/16" (75 x 56.3 cm)

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Landscape with Bulldog (Paysage au bouledogue)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 21 7/8 x 19 5/8" (55.5 x 49.8 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 21 15/16" (76 x 55.8 cm)

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Celestial Chariots and Horses (Chars et chevaux célestes)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 12 11/16 x 19 1/8" (32.2 x 48.6cm); sheet: 15 1/16 x 22 5/16" (38.3 x 56.7cm)

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The Golden Moor (La lande dorée)

1953 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 8 1/8 x 9 5/16" (20.7 x 23.6 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 1/16" (28.5 x 38.3 cm)

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The Herbalists (Les Herboristes)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 11 x 19 3/4" (27.9 x 50.1cm); sheet: 15 x 22 3/8" (38.1 x 56.8cm)

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Vegetation (Végétation)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 13 3/4 x 20 9/16" (35 x 52.2 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 x 25 3/4" (50.3 x 65.4 cm)

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The Tillers (Les Défricheurs) state I

1953 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 25 1/4 x 19 9/16" (64.1 x 49.7 cm); sheet: 25 13/16 x 19 13/16" (65.5 x 50.3 cm)

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Foreigner (L'Etranger)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 6 13/16 x 5 1/2" (17.3 x 14 cm); sheet: 12 15/16 x 9 7/8" (32.9 x 25.1 cm)

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The Tillers (Les Défricheurs), state II

1953 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 25 1/4 x 19 5/8" (64.2 x 49.8 cm); sheet: 25 11/16 x 19 3/4" (65.3 x 50.2 cm)

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Peopling the Land (Peuplement des terres)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 25 7/8 x 19 7/8" (65.7 x 50.5 cm); sheet: 30 3/16 x 22" (76.6 x 55.9 cm)

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Landscape with Madwoman (Paysage à la folle)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 19 5/8 x 26 1/8" (49.8 x 66.3 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 x 29 15/16" (55.6 x 76 cm)

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Landscape with Ghosts (Paysage aux fantasmes)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 18 1/8 x 21 5/8" (46 x 55 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 x 25 7/8" (50.3 x 65.8 cm)

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Solitude (Solitudes)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 15 1/2 x 19 1/4" (39.4 x 48.9cm); sheet: 19 13/16 x 25 13/16" (50.3 x 65.5cm)

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Landscape with Foliage (Paysage aux frondaisons)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 20 1/16 x 15 9/16" (51 x 39.5 cm); sheet: 25 3/4 x 19 11/16" (65.4 x 50 cm)

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The Poacher (Le Braconnier)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 19 15/16 x 25 3/4" (50.7 x 65.4 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 x 29 7/8" (56.5 x 75.9 cm)

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The Man in a Cap (L'Homme à la casquette)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 20 1/16 x 6 1/16" (50.9 x 15.4 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 x 12 13/16" (65 x 32.6 cm)

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Work and Play (Jeux et travaux)

1953 · Lithograph

composition: 25 3/4 x 19 13/16" (65.4 x 50.3cm); sheet: 26 x 19 13/16" (66 x 50.3cm)

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Garden

1952 · Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

47.6 × 60.6 cm (18 3/4 × 23 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with Cat

1952 · Brush and pen and black inks, and gouache on cream wove paper

49.9 × 65.2 cm (19 11/16 × 25 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tumultuous Landscape (Paysage agité)

1952 · Ink on paper

18 3/4 x 23 7/8" (47.5 x 60.5 cm)

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Ties and Whys: Landscape with Figures (Liaisons et raisons: paysage avec personnages)

1952 · Ink on paper

19 3/4 x 25 3/4" (50.0 x 65.2 cm)

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Landscape (Paysage)

1952 · Ink on board

17 7/8 x 23 3/4" (45.3 x 60.2 cm)

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Evolving Portrait (Portrait aux développements)

1952 · Ink on paper

18 3/4 x 13 3/4" (47.5 x 34.9 cm)

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Profile, Head of a Man

1951 · Brush and black ink on ivory wove paper

39.2 × 28.4 cm (15 7/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Letter to Hernandez

1951 · Typed letter

10 1/2 × 8 1/4" (26.7 × 21 cm)

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Landscape (Paysage)

1951 · Ink on paper

10 3/4 × 12" (27.3 × 30.5 cm)

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Blue Short Circuit

1951 · Oil on canvas

46 1/8 x 35 1/4" (117 x 89.4 cm)

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Facade

1951 · Watercolor on gesso on paper on board

9 7/8 x 13" (25.0 x 32.9 cm)

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Personnage (Femme nue)

1951 · Ink on paper

12 3/8 x 9 3/8" (31.3 x 23.7 cm)

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Woman Ironing a Shirt, I

1951 · Ink and pencil on paper

11 3/4 x 9" (29.7 x 22.6 cm)

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Bowery Bum

1951 · Ink on paper

12 x 9" (30.4 x 22.7 cm)

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Table Laden with Objects (Table chargée d'objets)

1951 · Ink on paper

12 3/4 x 10 1/4" (32.4 x 26.0 cm)

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The Tree of Fluids

1950 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1161 x 890 mm frame: 1190 x 918 x 51 mm

Tate

Secret, from Les Phénomènes

1950 · Color lithograph on paper

Image: 43.9 × 35.7 cm (17 5/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 63.2 × 45.3 cm (24 15/16 × 17 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Anvouaiaje par in ninbesil avec de zimaje [En voyage par un imbécile avec des images] (On a Journey by an Imbecile with Pictures)

1950 · Book with nine lithographed illustrations; lithographed text reproducing the artist’s handwriting; publisher’s original paper cover with lithographed title bound in. Bespoke binding, chemise, and slipcase by Leroux. Binding: full-goat-leather-over-board covers, goat-leather inlays and onlays, blind blocking, and paint; calf-leather-and-suede doublures and endleaves. Slipcase and chemise: board with decorated paper, goat leather, colored paper, blind blocking, paint, and suede.

Book (closed): 10 5/8 × 9 1/2 × 5/8 in. (27 × 24.1 × 1.6 cm);

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Labonfam abeber par inbo nom [La bonne femme TK TK TK par un bon homme] (The Good Woman TK TK TK by a Good Man)

1950 · Book with six lithographed illustrations; lithographed text reproducing the artist’s handwriting; publisher’s original paper cover with lithographed manuscript title bound in. Bespoke binding, slipcase, and chemise by Leroux. Binding: full-calf-leather-over-board covers with gelatin-silver-print inlays and calf-leather inlays; suede doublures and endleaves. Slipcase and chemise: calf leather, cloth, and suede over board with foil blocking and yapp

Book (closed): 11 5/16 × 9 1/4 × 5/16 in. (28.8 × 23.5 × 0.8 cm);

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La métromanie ou les dessous de la capitale (Metromania or the Underside of the Capital)

1950 · Book with fifteen lithographed illustrations; lithographed text reproducing the artist’s handwriting. Publisher’s original cloth-over-board covers with foil blocking.

Book (closed): 8 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 1/2 in. (21 × 21 × 1.3 cm);

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Bodies of Women (Corps de dames)

1950 · One from a portfolio of sixteen photolithographs

composition: 10 11/16 x 8 1/4" (27.1 x 21 cm); sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 1/4" (27.1 x 21 cm)

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Bodies of Women (Corps de dames)

1950 · One from a portfolio of sixteen photolithographs

composition: 10 1/2 x 8 3/16" (26.7 x 20.8 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 3/16" (26.7 x 20.8 cm)

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Bodies of Women (Corps de dames)

1950 · One from a portfolio of sixteen photolithographs

composition: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 21 cm); sheet: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 21 cm)

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Bodies of Women (Corps de dames)

1950 · One from a portfolio of sixteen photolithographs

composition: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 20.9 cm); sheet: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 20.9 cm)

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Bodies of Women (Corps de dames)

1950 · One from a portfolio of sixteen photolithographs

composition: 10 11/16 x 8 1/4" (27.1 x 21 cm); sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 1/4" (27.1 x 21 cm)

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Bodies of Women (Corps de dames)

1950 · One from a portfolio of sixteen photolithographs

composition: 10 11/16 x 8 1/4" (27.1 x 21 cm); sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 1/4" (27.1 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bodies of Women (Corps de dames)

1950 · One from a portfolio of sixteen photolithographs

composition: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 21 cm); sheet: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bodies of Women (Corps de dames)

1950 · One from a portfolio of sixteen photolithographs

composition: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 20.9 cm); sheet: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 20.9 cm)

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Bodies of Women (Corps de dames)

1950 · One from a portfolio of sixteen photolithographs

composition: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 20.9 cm); sheet: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bodies of Women (Corps de dames)

1950 · One from a portfolio of sixteen photolithographs

composition: 10 9/16 x 8 3/16" (26.9 x 20.8 cm); sheet: 10 9/16 x 8 3/16" (26.9 x 20.8 cm)

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