Fondation Dubuffet

Jean Dubuffet

Le preneur d'empreintes

Curator: Catherine de Braekeleer, Sophie Webel

An elusive and polemical artist, Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) was a major player on the art scene in the second half of the 20th century. Fascinated by paper, ink and printing, the print is deeply linked to his painted work.The Jean Dubuffet exhibition. Prints offers an exceptional insight into the artist's lithographic experiments.
It unfolds in two stages. The Phenomena series, a veritable atlas of the world's natural phenomena, constitutes the heart of the exhibition. It comprises a total of 324 lithographs produced between 1958 and 1962. Each plate celebrates an aspect of the natural world, reinforced by the poetic titles Dubuffet gave them.
The second section reveals the research that preceded and heralded this unique cycle in the history of 20th-century printmaking. From the series of Murs de 1945 to the Assemblages d'empreintes of 1953-1957, the artist's creative process culminated in the tasty 1962 hat figures from Les Phénomènes. 
300 works (lithographs, paintings, books, assemblages...), all the diversity of Jean Dubuffet's work making invention constantly renewed the pillar of creation and thought.

Dubuffet Foundation

From 8 March 2022 to 13 July 2022
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Artwork(s) loaned
  • Obscur Stage at the Foot of a Wall

    Jean Dubuffet (1901—1985)

    Obscur Stage at the Foot of a Wall 1957
    Imprint assemblage
    Museum of Modern Art MoMA New York  1962 « The Work of Jean Dubuffet »  
  • Scintillement au sol du chemin

    Jean Dubuffet (1901—1985)

    Scintillement au sol du chemin 1957
    Imprint assemblage
    Musée des Arts Décoratifs - Palais du Louvre Paris 1961 « Retrospective Jean Dubuffet »