Jean Paulhan
1945
Artist, French, 1901 - 1985

Artwork overview
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Medium
gouache with brush and black ink on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 38.4 x 32 cm (15 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
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Accession
1995.29.17
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Catalogue Raisonné
Loreau, Vol. II, no. 22
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Enid and Joe Bissett, gift from the artist, 1950; (Daniel Varenne Galerie, Geneva); Milton D. Ratner, Chicago; (B.C. Holland Inc., Chicago); (The Pace Gallery, New York); (Robert Elkon Gallery, New York); (Vivian Horan Fine Art, New York); purchased by Stephen Hahn, Santa Barbara, California; gift (partial and promised) to NGA, 1995.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1991
L'Ecriture Griffée. Musée d'Art Moderne, Saint Etienne, 1990-1991.
2001
Jean Dubuffet, Museé national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2001, repro. p. 99.
"Jean Dubuffet", Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2001.
2016
Dubuffet Drawings, 1935–1962, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, 2016.
Bibliography
1964
Loreau, Max. Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet. 33 vols. Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1964-1982.
Inscriptions
vertical along right side in white goauche: Souvenir / de / St Moritz. / Juillet 45 / J. Dubuffet; center left in white gouache: Jean Paulhan; on back of frame in Dubuffet's hand (see object folder): Portrait de Jean Paulhan / à Enid et Joe Bissett / avec les plus amicause souvenirs de / Jean Dubuffet / 5 juin 50
Wikidata ID
Q64581001