Vache la belle allègre (The Beautiful and Sprightly Cow)
1954
Painter, French, 1901 - 1985
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 116 x 89 cm (45 11/16 x 35 1/16 in.)
framed: 141 x 114 x 5.1 cm (55 1/2 x 44 7/8 x 2 in.) -
Accession
1995.29.11
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Stephen Hahn, Santa Barbara, California; gift (partial and promised) 1995 to NGA; gift completed 2012.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1958
Jean Dubuffet: Paintings 1943-1957, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London, 1958, no. 16, repro.
1966
Jean Dubuffet: Paintings, Tate Gallery, London, 1966, no. 66, repro. (organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain).
1973
Jean Dubuffet: A Retrospective, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Galeries nationales de grand palais, Paris, 1973, no. 74, repro.
Inscriptions
upper left reverse: Vache / La Belle Allègre / J. Dubuffet / décembre 54
Wikidata ID
Q20194750