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PaintingsFrench20th century

Landscape with Figures

1946

Artists

Jean DubuffetArtist

Description

The painting depicts figures inscribed in a gridded landscape of trees, houses, an automobile, and various ambiguous features as well. The facture consists of a layering of black and green and white paint on a red ground with vigorous scratchings and more subtle additions of paint.

Classification
Paintings
Medium
Oil on canvas
Culture
French
Century
20th century
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Department
Department of Modern & Contemporary Art

Dimensions

97 x 130 cm (38 3/16 x 51 3/16 in.) framed: 104.2 x 137.5 x 3.9 cm (41 x 54 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Mrs. Frances Leventritt, New York, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003. NOTE: Painting was on loan to the Art Museums from April 2002 to the time of the gift.

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