
Jean Dubuffet
Memoration XXIII (D148)
1979
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Jean Dubuffet
March 31, 1969
Logogriph of Blades is part of Jean Dubuffet’s series entitled L’Hourloupe, begun in 1962 and inspired by a doodle he drew while on the telephone. Dubuffet said: “I associate [Hourloupe], by assonance, to ‘hurler’ [to roar], to ‘hululer’ [to hoot], to ‘loup’ [wolf], to Riquet à la Houppe and the title of Maupassant’s book Le Horla inspired by mental instability.” As in a word puzzle (logogriph), the "blades" in this sculpture are scrambled, resembling ever-proliferating cellular entities. Rather than depicting reality, Dubuffet sought to evoke the way things appeared in one’s mind.
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Artist | Jean Dubuffet |
Original Title | Logogriphe aux pales |
Date | March 31, 1969 |
Medium | Epoxy paint with polyurethene on cast polyester resin |
Dimensions | 55.2 x 57.8 x 38.1 cm |
Credit line | Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection, bequest of Hannelore B. Schulhof, 2012 |
Accession | 2012.53 |
Collection | Schulhof Collection |
Type | Sculpture |
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Jean Dubuffet
1979
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1966
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1967
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1951
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