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Impatience

1959

Jean Dubuffet

Associated Names

Jean Dubuffet

Artist, French, 1901 - 1985

The image shows an array of circular shapes and patterns densely packed across the canvas, creating a uniform texture. The abstract pattern resembles a close-up view of bubbles or the surface of a liquid in motion. Various circles overlap and vary in size, similar to foam or a celestial body filled with craters. The circular forms are distributed unevenly, adding to the dynamic nature of the composition.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph
Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin
Accession Number

1971.81.11
Catalogue Raisonné

Loreau, Vol. vol.16, no. 302

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1964

Loreau, Max. Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet. 33 vols. Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1964-1982.

Wikidata ID

Q65571855

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