Jean Dubuffet - Artists - Helly Nahmad Gallery

this is a photo of Jean Dubuffet's acrylic and paper collage titled "Lieu Fréquenté", produced in 1982. It shows five characters depicted very simply over an abstract background painted in red blue and black tones.

Jean Dubuffet, Lieu Fréquenté (10.8.1982), 1982
Acrylic and paper collage on paper laid down on canvas
67 x 100 cm. (26 1/2 x 39 1/2 in.)

Jean Dubuffet, Site Aléatoire avec 2 Personnages, 1982. This painting is part of the site aleatoire series, it depict two characters each framed by a thick red line who both occupy almost all the space of the canvas. The characters body shape is extremely simplified. They only have a head a torso and two legs. The style of painting is childish, Jean Dubuffet is the pioneer of raw art inspired by art from children. While the contour of the two figures are depicted in a thick and rich blue navy line, the background is composed of thick red lines and blue lines.

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 ©Helly Nahmad Gallery NY. The present work, Group of four trees from 1970 belongs to Dubuffet's acclaimed Hourloupe cycle series from 1962 to 1974. The works created during this period resemble familiar objects and forms and yet these works recall a fantastical parallel universe where the line between the real and the imaginary is blurred. The figures and objects of the Hourloupe cycle all emulate an existing reality or an everyday object. Dubuffet referred to them as a reflection of the tangible as it appears in the mind. It is in this context that one should experience Group of four trees.

Jean Dubuffet, Groupe de Quatre Arbres (État Définitif), (group of four trees)1970
96 x 100 x 87 cm. (37 7/8 x 39 x 34)
Epoxy paint on polyurethane, in 4 parts
©Helly Nahmad Gallery NY