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Jean Dubuffet
Figure1960

Not on view
Ink drawing on tan paper, a head-and-shoulders portrait built from dense, looping black lines with a handwritten signature and date at lower right

Jean Dubuffet, Figure, 1960, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Herbert R. Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jean Dubuffet
Title
Figure
Place Made
France
Date Made
1960
Medium
Chinese ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 3/8 in. (25.08 × 16.19 cm) Image: 9 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (24.13 × 13.34 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.460
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Loreau, Max. Catalogue des Travaux de Jean Dubuffet. Fasc. 18, Dessins (1960). Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 1969.
Copyright
© Jean Dubuffet / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / ADAGP, Paris

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