Butterfly-Wing Figure
Date
1953
Artist
Jean Dubuffet, French, b. Le Havre, 1901–1985
Exhibition History
CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, Paris. "Jean Dubuffet," 12 September-31 December 2001.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Dubuffet retrospective.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Sculptors and their Drawings," 22 October-7 January 2006, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Over, Under, Next: Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913-Present," 18 April-8 September 2013, no cat.
Published References
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 116, p. 134.
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School
Postwar European
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1991
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
91.49
Type
Collage
Medium
Butterfly wings and opaque watercolor on paperboard
Dimensions
9 7/8 x 7 5/16 in. (25.0 x 18.5 cm)
