La ronde des images

1977

Jean Dubuffet

Associated Names
Jean Dubuffet

Painter, French, 1901 - 1985

This painting depicts a collage of abstract shapes and lines forming various patterns and figures. There are many overlapping sections, each containing a blend of swirls and geometric shapes, with many containing forms resembling abstract human faces. Some of the faces look at us, while others look off to the sides. Other segments contain abstract shapes or scribbled lines. Each segment contains distinct colors and styles, from bold contrasting blocks of bright color to more subdued earth tones and monochromatic sketches. The colors that dominate the painting are brown, white, pink, red, yellow, and light blue, with small areas of green and dark blue.
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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery E403

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    acrylic on paper on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 248.9 x 360.7 cm (98 x 142 in.)
    framed: 251.46 × 363.86 × 6.99 cm (99 × 143 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.81.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne); sold 1977 to Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, Phoenix, Maryland;[1] gift 1996 to NGA.
[1] Provenance from The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995, Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996: 239.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Jean Dubuffet: Théâtres de Mémoires, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, 1977.

1978

  • Selections from the Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1978.

1996

  • The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996, no. 25, color repro.

2009

  • The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2009-2010, pl. 24.

2014

  • Modernism from the National Gallery of Art: The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, 2014, pl. 22.

2018

  • Jean Dubuffet: Théâtres de mémoire, Pace Gallery, New York, 2018, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1996

  • The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: 1945 to 1995. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996: no. 25.

Inscriptions

lower left: J.D. 77

Wikidata ID

Q20197737

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