The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Bustle

1964

Jean Dubuffet

(French, 1901–1985)
France, 20th century
color lithograph
Sheet: 66 x 51 cm (26 x 20 1/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin, New York, through ROGOCO Foundation 1970.283
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Catalogue raisonné: Webel 992
Location: Not on view

Description

In 1962 Dubuffet invented a fantastical pictorial world he named Hourloupe, which is exemplified by Bustle. Constructed like a jigsaw puzzle, the heavily outlined shapes are filled with textures from The Phenomena series or parallel lines of shading. Printed in primary colors, camouflaged figures must be found, just like in a children's puzzle in which objects are hidden in a busy scene.
  • Glaubinger, Jane, "Nature Intrudes", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 40 no. 01, January 2000 Mentioned & reproduced: p.8-9 archive.org
  • The Lithographs of Jean Dubuffet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 19, 1999 - February 27, 2000. "The Lithographs of Jean Dubuffet".
    Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).
  • {{cite web|title=Bustle|url=false|author=Jean Dubuffet|year=1964|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1970.283