Paysage
Print
1944 (printed), 1945 (published)
1944 (printed), 1945 (published)
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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) was one of the most important artists of the 20th century. He demonstrated that people who appeared to be mentally ill, as well as children and 'the common man' (meaning people of average intelligence with no particular training in the arts), could all be very creative, given the right conditions and circumstances. In his own work he often drew on the kind of processes used by such people, for example graffiti, frottage (a process that involves rubbing a design from one surface to another), flattened perspective and obsessively repeated mark-making.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Paysage (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | 'Paysage' [from 'Matiere et Memoire'] by Jean Dubuffet. Lithograph. 1945 |
| Physical description | Lithograph on Auvergne paper of a house between trees, a shepherd with cow or sheep in forground |
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| Style | |
| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 9/10. Plate xvii from the suite of 34 to accompany the text by Francis Pinge, Matière et mémoire ou les lithograhies à l'école |
| Marks and inscriptions | j Dubuffet (1) Signature) |
| Object history | NB. While the term ‘mentally ill’ has been used in this record, it has since fallen from usage and is now considered offensive. The term is repeated in this record in its original historical context. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) was one of the most important artists of the 20th century. He demonstrated that people who appeared to be mentally ill, as well as children and 'the common man' (meaning people of average intelligence with no particular training in the arts), could all be very creative, given the right conditions and circumstances. In his own work he often drew on the kind of processes used by such people, for example graffiti, frottage (a process that involves rubbing a design from one surface to another), flattened perspective and obsessively repeated mark-making. |
| Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1961 |
| Other number | D.16 X - numbered on sheet |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.116-1961 |
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| Record created | November 29, 2002 |
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