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Artist
Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901–1985)French, 1901–1985
CultureFrench
Titles
- Banc-Salon (Bench-Salon)
Date1968–1970 / 2024
MediumPolyurethane paint on epoxy, edition 1/6
Dimensions.A-.D, Bench (Assembled): 26 1/2 × 216 × 160 in. (67.3 × 548.6 × 406.4 cm)
.E, Kite (Cloud): 15 1/2 × 65 × 48 in. (39.4 × 165.1 × 121.9 cm)
.F, Kite (Frog): 18 × 92 1/2 × 81 1/4 in. (45.7 × 235 × 206.4 cm)
.E, Kite (Cloud): 15 1/2 × 65 × 48 in. (39.4 × 165.1 × 121.9 cm)
.F, Kite (Frog): 18 × 92 1/2 × 81 1/4 in. (45.7 × 235 × 206.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2024.993.A-.F
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Atrium Floor 1
Exposé
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryThe original Banc Salon has been exhibited at the following venues:
Jean Dubuffet: Le Cabinet Logologique, Paris: Centre National d’Art Contemporain, 1970
Jean Dubuffet: Metamorphoses of Landscape, Basel: Fondation Beyeler, January 31–May 8, 2016
Jean Dubuffet, Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, July 1–October 1, 2017
Jean Dubuffet, un barbare en Europe, Marseille: Musée des civilizations Europe, April 23–September 7, 2019; Valencia: l’IVAM, Instituto de arte moderno, October 8 2019 – February 16, 2020; Geneva: Musée d’ethnographie de Genève, September 8, 2020 – February 21, 2021.
Pace Gallery debuted the current example at Art Basel, Switzerland, June 11–16, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.C, Bench section 3/4: Stamped on the bottom edge: Banc-salon · 1970–2024 · 1/6 [print] J.D. [black-filled cursive]
.E, Cloud Kite: Stamped at top edge: Le Nébuleux · 1968/70–2024 · 1/6 [print] J.D. [black-filled cursive]
.F, Frog Kite: Stamped at top edge: Le Tétrapode · 1968/69–2024 · 1/6 [print] J.D. [black-filled cursive]
.E, Cloud Kite: Stamped at top edge: Le Nébuleux · 1968/70–2024 · 1/6 [print] J.D. [black-filled cursive]
.F, Frog Kite: Stamped at top edge: Le Tétrapode · 1968/69–2024 · 1/6 [print] J.D. [black-filled cursive]
.C, Bench section 3/4: Stamped on the bottom edge: J.D. [black-filled cursive]
.E, Cloud Kite: Stamped at top edge: J.D. [black-filled cursive]
.F, Frog Kite: Stamped at top edge: J.D. [black-filled cursive]
.E, Cloud Kite: Stamped at top edge: J.D. [black-filled cursive]
.F, Frog Kite: Stamped at top edge: J.D. [black-filled cursive]
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Catalogue raisonnéLoreau XXIV: 127, no. 188 (illustrated) and Loreau XXV: 93, no. 91 (illustrated).
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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Collotype reproduction after ink and collage drawing, edition 477/500
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Collotype reproduction after ink and collage drawing, edition 477/500
76.184.1