In Métromanie, Dubuffet returned to the street life of Paris as a subject. Unlike Matière et Mémoire, however, the mass of people, rather than an individual, has become the subject. Anonymous figures move through their journeys on the Metro.
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Jean Paulhan, La Métromanie, ou les dessous de la capitale, Paris, Jean Dubuffet and Jean Paulhan, 1950 (W. 175-264)
the set of 90 lithographs in- and hors-texte, including facsimile text, on blue-green wove paper, copy 102 of 125 (1-10 on yellow chiffon à la main signed by the artist and author; 11-125 as here; there were also 15 hors-commerce on brown paper), the full sheets, bound as issued, pale time staining, the justification page partially disbound, original brown linen-covered boards, with gilt-stamped title (scuffed). 205 x 210mm.
Jean Paulhan, La Métromanie, ou les dessous de la capitale, Paris, Jean Dubuffet and Jean Paulhan, 1950 (W. 175-264)
the set of 90 lithographs in- and hors-texte, including facsimile text, on blue-green wove paper, copy 102 of 125 (1-10 on yellow chiffon à la main signed by the artist and author; 11-125 as here; there were also 15 hors-commerce on brown paper), the full sheets, bound as issued, pale time staining, the justification page partially disbound, original brown linen-covered boards, with gilt-stamped title (scuffed). 205 x 210mm.