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Everything One Wants to Be

A work made of brush, pen, and splattered black inks with collage of cut ivory and cream slightly textured wove papers adhered to pale pink, moderately textured wove (arches) paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of brush, pen, and splattered black inks with collage of cut ivory and cream slightly textured wove papers adhered to pale pink, moderately textured wove (arches) paper.

Date:

1953

Artist:

Jean Dubuffet
French, 1901-1985

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Dubuffet

Title

Everything One Wants to Be

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1953

Medium

Brush, pen, and splattered black inks with collage of cut ivory and cream slightly textured wove papers adhered to pale pink, moderately textured wove (Arches) paper

Dimensions

104.4 × 74 cm (41 1/8 × 29 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the artist in honor of Maurice E. Culberg

Reference Number

1954.264

Copyright

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

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