Le pain de la terre (The Bread of the Earth)
Details
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Le pain de la terre (The Bread of the Earth)
signed and dated 'J. Dubuffet 53' (upper right)--signed again, titled and dated again 'Le Pain de la Terre J. Dubuffet avril 53' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28 x 36.3/8 in. (73 x 92.3 cm.)
Painted in April 1953
Le pain de la terre (The Bread of the Earth)
signed and dated 'J. Dubuffet 53' (upper right)--signed again, titled and dated again 'Le Pain de la Terre J. Dubuffet avril 53' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28 x 36.3/8 in. (73 x 92.3 cm.)
Painted in April 1953
Provenance
Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris
Galleria Levi, Milan
Collection D.B.C., Paris
Galleria Levi, Milan
Collection D.B.C., Paris
Literature
F. Choay, "Les dcouverts d'une rtrospective et la mythologie de la terre dans l'oeuvre de Jean Dubuffet", Art International, vol. V/1, February, 1961, p. 31 (illustrated).
ed. M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet--Lieux Momentans, ptes battues, fascicule VIII, Paris, 1967, p. 51, no. 52 (illustrated).
ed. M. Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet--Lieux Momentans, ptes battues, fascicule VIII, Paris, 1967, p. 51, no. 52 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellshaft, and Kusthaus de Zurich, Jean Dubuffet, October-December 1960, no. 52.
Paris, Gallery Urban, and New York, Gallery Urban, Jean Dubuffet, From the 50s to the 80s, October-December 1990, no. 4 (illustrated).
Paris, Gallery Urban, and New York, Gallery Urban, Jean Dubuffet, From the 50s to the 80s, October-December 1990, no. 4 (illustrated).