Jean Paulhan

1945

Jean Dubuffet

Associated Names
Jean Dubuffet

Artist, French, 1901 - 1985

The image is a portrait showing the upper body of a person. The subject faces the viewer and has stylized facial features, dark hair with visible brushstroke texture, and is dressed in a suit jacket, shirt, and tie. The background is dark with expressive brushstrokes, and there are inscriptions to the right of the figure reading "Souvenir de St. Moritz" and "Juillet 45," along with a signature "J. Dubuffet." The name "Jean Paulhan" is written on the left side of the portrait.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache with brush and black ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Stephen Hahn Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 38.4 x 32 cm (15 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.29.17

  • 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

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