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Somber Development (Sombre développement)

Jean Dubuffet French
Printer Jean Dubuffet French
Publisher Jean Dubuffet French

1959

Not on view

Edition without typography printed apart from the edition with typography.
Plate 8 from the set of 10 color lithographs from the portfolio titled "Banalities" ("Banalitiés"), Dubuffet's 6th color portfolio of 9 from the "Phenomena" ("Les Phénomènes") series of 1957-1962.
Printed in April 1959.

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Title: Somber Development (Sombre développement)

Series/Portfolio: Banalities (Banalitiés), color portfolio 6 from the Phenomena (Les Phénomènes) series

Artist: Jean Dubuffet (French, Le Havre 1901–1985 Paris)

Printer: Jean Dubuffet (French, Le Havre 1901–1985 Paris)

Publisher: Jean Dubuffet (French, Le Havre 1901–1985 Paris)

Date: 1959

Medium: Lithograph in three colors

Dimensions: Sheet: 25 in. × 17 7/8 in. (63.5 × 45.4 cm)
Image: 19 15/16 × 15 3/8 in. (50.6 × 39.1 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin, 1971

Accession Number: 1971.637.12

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Chronology

France, 1900 A.D.-present

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