Familiar Earth (Terre familière)

1958
Not on view
Edition without typography printed apart from the edition with typography.
Plate 9 from the set of 10 color lithographs from the portfolio titled "Spaces and Places" ("Aires et Lieux"), Dubuffet's 1st color portfolio of 9 from the "Phenomena" ("Les Phénomènes") series of 1957-1962.
Printed in September 1958.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Familiar Earth (Terre familière)
  • Series/Portfolio: Spaces and Places (Aires et Lieux), color portfolio 1 from the Phenomena (Les Phénomènes) series


  • Artist: Jean Dubuffet (French, Le Havre 1901–1985 Paris)
  • Printer: Georges Sagourin
  • Printer: Mourlot Fréres
  • Publisher: Jean Dubuffet (French, Le Havre 1901–1985 Paris)
  • Date: 1958
  • Medium: Lithograph in three colors
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 25 1/16 × 17 13/16 in. (63.6 × 45.3 cm)
    Image: 16 15/16 × 13 1/16 in. (43.1 × 33.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Larry Aldrich, 1985
  • Object Number: 1985.1137.209
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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