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