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Series Title: Transfer of Assemblages

Smile

1962

Jean Dubuffet

(French, 1901–1985)
Culture
France, 20th century
Medium
color lithograph
Support
Arches paper
Measurements
Sheet: 64 x 45 cm (25 3/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin, New York, through ROGOCO Foundation 1970.273
Catalogue raisonné
Webel 812
State
1 of 2 artist's proofs
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Reports d'Assemblages (Transfer of Assemblages) Dubuffet not only worked directly on zinc lithographic plates, but also utilized lithographic transfer paper, a specially coated paper from which a design drawn with greasy lithographic crayon or ink can be transferred onto a lithographic plate. In 1961-62 Dubuffet printed some of The Phenomena plates onto transfer paper that he had cut into different shapes. The pieces were arranged to form images of distorted, yet whimsical, faces and figures. The design of each assemblage was then transferred onto a lithographic plate so that multiple impressions could be printed.

Smile

1962

Jean Dubuffet

(French, 1901–1985)
France, 20th century

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