The Foot of the Wall

Jean Dubuffet French, 1901-1985
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The Foot of the Wall

1955

Jean Dubuffet

1901-1985

French

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Collage, brush and black ink on white wove paper

Sheet: 29 7/8 × 22 1/4 inches (75.9 × 56.5 cm) Framed: 31 1/2 × 41 1/2 × 1 13/16 inches (80 × 105.4 × 4.6 cm)

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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Winston

56.267

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Signed and dated, in brush and black ink, upper left: J. Dubuffet/55 Signed, lower right: Somaini

Inscribed, in pencil, upper left, verso: Vence, juin 55 | Le pied du mur Inscribed, in black ink, upper left, verso: Vendu (?) Winston H. | Photo No. 244

Marks, lower right: 60.32

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Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Winston;
1956-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Cobra and Contasts. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1974, p. 94 (ill.).

DIA Handbook. Detroit, 1971, p. 205.

Futurism: A Modern Focus: The Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection. Exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. New York, 1973, p. 241.

Huyghe, R. Les signes du temps et l'art moderne. Paris, 1985, p. 90 (fig. 134).

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Jean Dubuffet, The Foot of the Wall, 1955, collage, brush and black ink on white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Winston, 56.267.

The Foot of the Wall
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