Jean Dubuffet - Artists - Helly Nahmad Gallery

Jean Dubuffet, L'Accueillant, 1973. The present work was a maquette for a work that was originally part of a monumental group of five characters titled Welcome Parade, destined to populate the entrance of the new wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The building's architect, I.M. Pei, had requested Dubuffet be invited to conceive of and install this artwork, but it was never realized for reasons that are still unclear.

Jean Dubuffet, L'Accueillant, 1973
Epoxy paint on polyurethane
81.3 x 43.2 x 30.5 cm. (32 x 17 in. x 12 in.)
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Jean Dubuffet, Ciseaux I, 1966. A tangled web of red, white, and blue patterns are cut and spliced from multiple aerial perspectives into a single unified construction, revealing a unique vision of a pair of scissors in Jean Dubuffet’s remarkable Ciseaux I. Executed in 1966, it is a highly accomplished large-scale example of the artist’s celebrated Ustensiles Utopiques paintings, in which he applied his signature l’Hourloupe style to a series of ubiquitous, everyday objects.

Jean Dubuffet, Ciseaux I, 1966
Acrylic on canvas
97.2 x 130.2 cm. (38 1/4 x 51 1/4 in.)
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Jean Dubuffet, Le rendez-vous (14 Juillet 1982), 1982
Acrylic and collage on paper mounted on canvas
68 x 100.5 cm. (26 3/4 x 41.5 in.)
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Jean Dubuffet, Site Aléatoire avec 2 Personnages, 1982

Jean Dubuffet, Site Aléatoire avec 2 Personnages (13.6. 1982)
Acrylic on paper laid down on canvas
100 x 67 cm. (39 3/8 x 26 3/8 in.)
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Jean Dubuffet, Groupe de Quatre Arbres (État Définitif), 1970
96 x 100 x 87 cm. (37 7/8 x 39 x 34)
Epoxy paint on polyurethane, in 4 parts
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