Jean Dubuffet

French | 1901 - 1985

Jean Dubuffet was a French Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1901. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Pace New York (540 West 25th Street). Numerous key galleries and museums such as Sotheby's Paris have featured Jean Dubuffet's work in the past.Jean Dubuffet's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 7 USD to 24,805,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 24,805,000 USD for Paris Polka, sold at Christie's New York in 2015. In the past 12 months, his sculptures have averaged 947,726 USD, while his paintings have sold for an average of 615,855 USD.Jean Dubuffet has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for VernissageTV in March 2025. The artist died in 1985.

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Arborescenses I ,1972

By Jean Dubuffet

Gallery Art

Innervation ,1959

By Jean Dubuffet

L'Après-midi chômé ,78

By Jean Dubuffet

Sotheby's New York

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Notable Lots

Cérémonie (Ceremony)

By Jean Dubuffet

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Le gai savoir ,1963

By Jean Dubuffet

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Francis Ponge Jubilation - Jean Dubuffet

Francis Ponge Jubilation ,1947

By Jean Dubuffet

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Mur aux Souvenirs ,1958

By Jean Dubuffet

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Innervation ,1959

By Jean Dubuffet

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Tour

By Jean Dubuffet

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Orreflammes

By Jean Dubuffet

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TERRITOIRE ET PAYSAN, 1975 - Jean Dubuffet

TERRITOIRE ET PAYSAN, 1975 ,1975

By Jean Dubuffet

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Dubuffet - Grand Palais

By Jean Dubuffet

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Current Exhibitions

Jean Dubuffet: Editions

Pace Prints

Chelsea | New York | USA

Apr 03,2025 - May 10,2025

Waiting Room

Galerie Derouillon (Étienne Marcel)

2e | Paris | France

Apr 17,2025 - May 17,2025

Reverse Alchemy: Dubuffet, Basquiat, Nava

Pace Berlin

Berlin | Germany

May 02,2025 - Jun 14,2025

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Articles

Observer 14/04/2025

A landmark auction in Paris celebrated Brazil鈥檚 modern art champion and fearless voice for cultural freedom.

ARTnews 07/04/2025

Last month, New York played host to not one but two major print fairs, underscoring the growing demand for prints and multiples in a market that has otherwise cooled.

VernissageTV 31/03/2025

Medardo Rosso (1858鈥�1928), an Italian-French sculptor and photographer, influenced art around 1900. His work impacted sculpture history, though he remains less recognized today.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Known for his raw, powerful style and lively humour, Dubuffet was an artist who worked in a broad range of media... 鈥�
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Henie Onstad Art Center

鈥� ..Influenced in part by Hans Prinzhorn鈥檚 book, Artistry of the Mentally Ill, Dubuffet is best known for his invention of the term art brut to characterize work by untrained artists including psychiatric... 鈥�
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Van de Weghe Fine Art

鈥� ..A talented artist in several disciplines, Dubuffet wanted to rekindle spontaneity and immediacy in art, so that it would again relate directly to real life and unsparingly reflect the true feelings of... 鈥�
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Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

鈥� ..Dubuffet entitled his final series Non-Lieux , a legal term meaning neither guilty nor innocent鈥攊n effect, 鈥渘o verdict.鈥� ... 鈥�
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Pace New York (534 West 25th Street)

鈥� ..Throughout his life Dubuffet sought out non-professional or self-taught artists that he perceived to be 鈥榰nscathed by artistic culture鈥�... 鈥�
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Pallant House Gallery