Grande traite solitaire (The Large Solitary Milking)

1943

Jean Dubuffet

Associated Names
Jean Dubuffet

Painter, French, 1901 - 1985

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Stephen Hahn Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 124 x 100 cm (48 13/16 x 39 3/8 in.)
    framed: 148.3 x 124.1 x 6.4 cm (58 3/8 x 48 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.29.16

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Stephen Hahn, Santa Barbara, California; gift (partial and promised) 1995 to NGA; gift completed 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Jean Dubuffet: Paintings, Tate Gallery, London, 1966, no. 4, repro. (organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain).

1969

  • The Common Man: Works by Jean Dubuffet, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1969-1970, no. 1, repro.

1973

  • Jean Dubuffet: A Retrospective, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Galeries nationales de grand palais, Paris, 1973, no. 7, repro.

Inscriptions

top center: à Charles Ratton / VI 44

Wikidata ID

Q20193444

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