l'Heureux de peu (Happy with Little)

1957

Jean Dubuffet

Artist, French, 1901 - 1985

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil and collage elements on wove paper mounted to canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Stephen Hahn Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 61.2 x 66.9 cm (24 1/8 x 26 5/16 in.)
    support: 62 x 68.3 x 2.4 cm (24 7/16 x 26 7/8 x 15/16 in.)
    framed: 83.2 x 89.5 x 5.1 cm (32 3/4 x 35 1/4 x 2 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.29.22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd., London); purchased by Stephen Hahn, Santa Barbara, California; gift (partial and promised) 1995 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 94, as L'Heureux de peu (Happy with Little).

Bibliography

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 94.

Inscriptions

upper left in white gouache: J. Dubuffet / 57; on canvas mount, center left verso in black marker: L'heureux de / peu / J. Dubuffet / décembre 57

Wikidata ID

Q64581004

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