Dubuffet
Americannoun
noun
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The showcase featured more than 15 works unveiled for the first time, including a sculpture by Jean Dubuffet - marking its first-ever appearance in an Iranian exhibition.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025
With sunglasses perched on his forehead, a gold chain around his neck and purple sneakers on his feet, Taylor makes references to Rashid Johnson and Rodin; Dubuffet and Diebenkorn.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Here the outliers are children, esteemed by Jean Dubuffet and other Modern artists as a font of primal creativity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2018
The Picasso was the highlight of a themed sale called “Looking Forward to the Past,” which combined pieces by contemporary artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and John Currin with works by Picasso, Dubuffet, and Monet.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 27, 2016
Today, Mort Janklow has an office high above Park Avenue filled with gorgeous works of modern art—a Dubuffet, an Anselm Kiefer.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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