Jean DubuffetFrench, 1901–1985Table Laden with Objects (Table chargée d'objets)
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The Museum of Modern Art
New York, United States
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- Accession number
- 57.1978
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Meanwhile, in the life of Jean Dubuffet
The whole life1947–1949
Three trips to Algeria
Between 1947 and 1949 Dubuffet made three trips to Algeria, then a French colony, in search of further artistic inspiration. He was fascinated by the nomadic tribes and the ephemeral quality of their existence, which became a facet of art brut.
1949–1950
Americans in Paris: Ossorio and Glasco
At the end of 1949, while Pierre Matisse was preparing Dubuffet's January 1950 show, Alfonso Ossorio travelled to Paris to meet him and buy some of his paintings. In 1950, at Ossorio's urging, his young friend Joseph Glasco left New York for Paris to meet Dubuffet, and credited the encounter as an influence on his own art.
1950
Creates the series “Women's Bodies”
In 1950 Dubuffet created the series “Women's Bodies”. Over his lifetime he made about 10,000 works, which most often form series.
1953
Creates “Small Pictures from Butterfly Wings”
In 1953 Dubuffet created the series “Small Pictures from Butterfly Wings”.
