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Landscape with a Walker Greeting the Public

1949

Jean Dubuffet

(French, 1901–1985)
Culture
France
Medium
oil on burlap
Measurements
88.9 x 116.2 cm (35 x 45 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Partial purchase from the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund and funds from the Estate of Muriel Butkin, and partial donation from Milly and Arne Glimcher in honor of Agnes Gund 2026.9
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
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The artist Jean Dubuffet famously wrote: “Art doesn't go to sleep in the bed made for it. It would sooner run away than say its own name: what it likes is to be incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what its own name is.”

Description

Through his art, Jean Dubuffet challenged the cultural landscape of the mid-1900s, rebelling against prevailing notions of high culture and beauty with his unrefined technique and use of rough surfaces. This painting belongs to a series the artist called Les Paysages grotesques (Grotesque landscapes) in which the artist described the landscape, figures, and objects in a tangled mass of lines and shapes. In the upper right, a smiling figure greets the viewer with a friendly wave.
A horizontally oriented oil painting on burlap depicts a textured landscape in muted pinks, browns, grays, and blues. The surface is densely filled with scratched lines forming circular patterns and gridded shapes. On our left, a pointed structure labeled HOTEL contains a small figure. In the upper right, a large figure with a smiling face waves. Stick-like trees and a textured ground create a crowded, expressive scene.

Landscape with a Walker Greeting the Public

1949

Jean Dubuffet

(French, 1901–1985)
France

See Also

  • Collection
    Modern Euro Painting
  • Department
    Modern European Painting and Sculpture
  • Type of artwork
    Painting
  • Medium
    Oil on linen
  • Credit line
    Partial Purchase From the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund and Funds From the Estate of Muriel Butkin, and Partial Donation From Milly and Arne Glimcher In Honor of Agnes Gund

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