Imbrication
Plate 7 from the set of 18 black-and-white lithographs from the portfolio titled "Sites and Paths" ("Sites et Chaussées"), Dubuffet's 12th portfolio of 13 from the "Phenomena" ("Les Phénomènes") series of 1957-1962.
Printed in March 1959.
Artwork Details
- Title: Imbrication
- Series/Portfolio: Sites and Paths (Sites et Chaussées), portfolio 12 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
- Dimensions: Sheet: 25 1/16 × 17 7/8 in. (63.7 × 45.4 cm)
Image: 18 in. × 14 3/8 in. (45.7 × 36.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Larry Aldrich, 1985
- Object Number: 1985.1137.135
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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