Jean Dubuffet
Le Lion héraldique (Heraldic Lion)

Le Lion héraldique (Heraldic Lion)
Le Lion héraldique (Heraldic Lion)
Le Lion héraldique (Heraldic Lion)
ArtistFrench, 1901–1985
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Le Lion héraldique (Heraldic Lion)
  • from the series Fables
Date1976
MediumScreenprint in colors on wove paper, edition 47/50
DimensionsImage (irregular): 23 1/8 × 29 1/2 in. (58.7 × 74.9 cm)
Sheet: 27 1/2 × 34 3/4 in. (69.9 × 88.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the El Paso Corporation
Object number2005.1188
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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Jean Dubuffet: Experimentation in Print," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2014—January 18, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed, dated and inscribed in graphite, below image, lower right: 47/50 J.D. 76
Recto: Signed, dated and inscribed in graphite, below image, lower right: 47/50 J.D. 76
Watermark, right edge: Arches paper
Catalogue raisonnéWebel 1179

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