Table avec montre et flacon d'encre
Artist/Maker
Jean Dubuffet
(French, 1901–1985)
Date1951
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 27 9/16 × 35 15/16 in. (70 × 91.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joseph and Enid Bissett
Object number1963.32
Status
Not on viewJean Dubuffet was a significant force in postwar art, and perhaps one of the most “anti-artistic” in his disregard for conventional media and imagery, especially the human form. Crucial to his creative output was the separation of man and nature, and an opposition to classic, humanist culture, with many of his reference points overlapping with the goals of Abstract Expressionist painters. One of those was Jackson Pollock, who he met the year this work was made, on his first visit to the United States. The title of this painting translates as “Table with Watch and Ink Bottle.”
Exhibition History
Landscaped Tables, Landscapes of the Mind, Stones of Philosophy
- Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (February 12, 1952 - March 1, 1952 )
Jean Dubuffet, 1943-1959: Retrospective Exhibition
- Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (November 10, 1959 - December 12, 1959 )
Jean Dubuffet: The Bissett Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 27, 1988 - September 18, 1988 )
Focus on Permanent Collection: Abstract Expressionism
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 21, 1993 - November 21, 1993 )
Modern and Contemporary Realisms
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 6, 2013 - June 22, 2014 )
Maidenform to Modernism: The Bissett Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 15, 2017 - May 27, 2018 )
Collections
- Modern & Contemporary
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1845
first half 19th century