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Jean Dubuffet — Chameau Entravé Au Désert [camel Tied Up In The Desert]
Jean Dubuffet

Chameau Entravé Au Désert [camel Tied Up In The Desert]

A vibrant and frenetic composition rendered in pastel and crayon, this work captures a camel restrained in a desert landscape through Dubuffet's signature raw, untamed mark-making. Bold, energetic lines and rough textures evoke the spirit of Art Brut, stripping the subject down to its most primal, almost childlike essence. The work reflects Dubuffet's deep fascination with North African imagery, rejecting refined artistic convention in favor of instinctive, visceral expression.

Medium
pastel and crayon on paper

🔨 Auction Lot

Contemporary Art Online | New York

July 10, 2019

Estimate: $12,000$18,000

Lot 145

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Jean Dubuffet, Chameau Entravé Au Désert [camel Tied Up In The Desert]

A vibrant and frenetic composition rendered in pastel and crayon, this work captures a camel restrained in a desert landscape through Dubuffet's signature raw, untamed mark-making. Bold, energetic lines and rough textures evoke the spirit of Art Brut, stripping the subject down to its most primal, almost childlike essence. The work reflects Dubuffet's deep fascination with North African imagery, rejecting refined artistic convention in favor of instinctive, visceral expression.

Medium
pastel and crayon on paper
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

French, Pastel And Crayon, Expressive, Camel, Paper, Earth Tones, Mid-Century, Figurative, Desert Landscape, Art Brut

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