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Amplitude (Ampleur)

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 6 from the set of 10 color lithographs from the portfolio titled "The Land Surveyor" ("L'Arpenteur"), Dubuffet's 3rd color portfolio of 9 from the "Phenomena" ("Les Phénomènes") series of 1957-1962.
Printed in August 1959.

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Title: Amplitude (Ampleur)

Series/Portfolio: The Land Surveyor (L'Arpenteur), color portfolio 3 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 two colors

Dimensions: Sheet: 25 3/16 × 17 13/16 in. (64 × 45.2 cm)
Image: 21 1/8 × 15 5/16 in. (53.6 × 38.9 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Gift of Larry Aldrich, 1985

Object Number: 1985.1137.168

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France, 1900 A.D.-present

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