Modern and Contemporary Art Corps de dame, jardin fleuri (Lady's Body, Flower Garden) 1950 Jean Dubuffet, French, 1901 - 1985 Oil on canvas Currently not on view 2008-13-1 Gift of the Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Foundation, 2008 |
LabelBetween April 1950 and February 1951, Dubuffet created over thirty-five paintings on the subject of Corps de dames, or "Ladies' Bodies." After a select group of these works were exhibited at the Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, in January 1951, a critic described the crude, primitive, graffiti-like representations of the female form as having been "flattened out by a steam roller and allowed to dry in the sun for quite some time."Social Tags [?]abstract expressionist [x] childlike [x] female body [x] figurative [x] flat [x] french [x] matisse [x] primitive [x] simplified [x] [Add Your Own Tags] |
