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Portrait of Jean Paulhan

A work made of brush and black ink, gray and yellow wash with scratching on white paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of brush and black ink, gray and yellow wash with scratching on white paper.

Date:

1945

Artist:

Jean Dubuffet
French, 1901-1985

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 397

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Dubuffet

Title

Portrait of Jean Paulhan

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1945

Medium

Brush and black ink, gray and yellow wash with scratching on white paper

Inscriptions

Signed and inscribed, upper left: "à Alex Vialette / J. Dubuffet"; inscribed and dated, center right: "Jean / Paulhan / 1945"; inscribed, lower right: "la victime / émue / JP"

Dimensions

37.5 × 32.1 cm (14 13/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Lindy and Edwin Bergman Collection

Reference Number

2018.312

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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