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The Bread Carrier

A work made of collage of cut and pasted ivory wove papers with brush, printed, and splattered black ink(s) and touches of gloss medium with traces of organic material adhered to a pieced ivory wove support.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of collage of cut and pasted ivory wove papers with brush, printed, and splattered black ink(s) and touches of gloss medium with traces of organic material adhered to a pieced ivory wove support.

Date:

1955

Artist:

Jean Dubuffet
French, 1901-1985

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Dubuffet

Title

The Bread Carrier

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.

Made 1955

Medium

Collage of cut and pasted ivory wove papers with brush, printed, and splattered black ink(s) and touches of gloss medium with traces of organic material adhered to a pieced ivory wove support

Dimensions

79 × 48.7 cm (31 1/8 × 19 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro

Reference Number

1996.625

Copyright

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

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