Olla Art’s latest acquisition is a lithograph by Jean Dubuffet from the suite ‘Les Murs’ (1945), one of Dubuffet’s first lithographic projects.
The lithograph shows a man with moustache and a dog against the background of a wall.
Les Murs
‘Les Murs’ is a portfolio with fifteen intriguing lithographs by Dubuffet, on poems by the French poet Guillevic (in full: Eugène Guillevic, 1907-1997).
The individual lithographs are signed and dated in the print. They are part of a limited edition of 192 copies, printed on Montval.
The publication was delivered by the well-known printer-publisher Mourlot Frères in Paris. The offered lithograph is the sixth plate within the suite. It comes from a close collaborator of Jean Dubuffet.
The suite and the specific lithograph are described and depicted in Sophie Webel’s standard work on the graphic art of Jean Dubuffet.
Jean Dubuffet, Mur au moustachu, 1945
Lithograph, 38 x 28.5 cm
More information
For a biography and another lithograph by Dubuffet, see elsewhere on this website. See also our recent newsletter about Dubuffet’s work. A subscription to the newsletter is free, and can easily be taken out by filling in the form at the bottom of the contact page, or by sending an email to info@olla-art.com.
Note
Sophie Webel (1991). L’Oeuvre Gravé et les Livres Illustrés par Jean Dubuffet. Catalogue Raisonné. Paris: Baudoin Lebon, vol. I, p. 37, no. 60.