Modern and Contemporary Art Corps de dame, jardin fleuri (Lady's Body, Flower Garden) 1950 Jean Dubuffet, French, 1901 - 1985 Oil on canvas * Gallery 174, Modern and Contemporary Art, first floor (Tuttleman Gallery) 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."* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
