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Jean Dubuffet — Site avec 6 personnages (E 163)
Jean Dubuffet

Site avec 6 personnages (E 163)

1981

A dynamic composition characteristic of Dubuffet's Art Brut vision, this acrylic work presents six figures embedded within a densely patterned landscape of interlocking lines and fragmented forms. The site and its inhabitants merge into a unified, labyrinthine surface where boundaries between figure and ground dissolve into Dubuffet's signature visual language of raw, energetic mark-making. Bold black contours carve through the composition, creating a vibrating, puzzle-like terrain that reflects the artist's lifelong challenge to conventional notions of beauty and artistic refinement.

Medium
acrylic on paper laid down on canvas

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 17, 2017

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Jean Dubuffet, Site avec 6 personnages (E 163), 1981

A dynamic composition characteristic of Dubuffet's Art Brut vision, this acrylic work presents six figures embedded within a densely patterned landscape of interlocking lines and fragmented forms. The site and its inhabitants merge into a unified, labyrinthine surface where boundaries between figure and ground dissolve into Dubuffet's signature visual language of raw, energetic mark-making. Bold black contours carve through the composition, creating a vibrating, puzzle-like terrain that reflects the artist's lifelong challenge to conventional notions of beauty and artistic refinement.

Medium
acrylic on paper laid down on canvas
Year
1981
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Playful And Chaotic Mood, Raw Expressionism, Acrylic On Paper, Mid-Twentieth Century, Outsider Art Influence, Mid Century Modern, Figurative Abstraction, Male Artist, French Artist, Earthy Tones, Figurative Art, Gestural Style, Gestural Line Work, Modern Master, Whimsical Mood, Multi-Figure Composition, Art Brut, Urban Scene

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