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Bain d'ombre

1959

Jean Dubuffet

Associated Names

Jean Dubuffet

Artist, French, 1901 - 1985

The image depicts a surface filled with granular textures and speckled patterns in dark tones, forming a unified rectangular shape. The dense distribution of dots and speckles creates an abstract composition.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph
Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. N. Richard Miller
Accession Number

1971.84.22
Catalogue Raisonné

Loreau, Vol. vol.16, no. 325

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1964

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

Wikidata ID

Q65571969

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