Jean Dubuffet

French | 1901 - 1985

Jean Dubuffet was a French Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1901. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum in Braunschweig. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Sotheby's Paris have featured Jean Dubuffet's work in the past.Jean Dubuffet's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 7 USD to 24,805,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 24,805,000 USD for Paris Polka, sold at Christie's New York in 2015. In the past 12 months, his sculptures have averaged 837,190 USD, while his paintings have sold for an average of 655,893 USD.Jean Dubuffet has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Observer and HYPEBEAST. The most recent article is A Glimpse at Picasso and Pollock Masterpieces Kept in Tehran Vault written for BBC News in February 2025. The artist died in 1985.

Featured for Sale

Arborescenses I ,1972

By Jean Dubuffet

Gallery Art

Arabe ,1948

By Jean Dubuffet

Christie's London

Olivier ,1955

By Jean Dubuffet

Bassenge

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At Auction

Notable Lots

Être et paraître (To Be and to Seem) - Jean Dubuffet

Être et paraître (To Be and to Seem) ,1963

By Jean Dubuffet

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Les Versatiles ,1964

By Jean Dubuffet

+38%

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CITÉ FANTOCHE

By Jean Dubuffet

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Upcoming Lots

Arabe ,1948

By Jean Dubuffet

Christie's London

Donnée ,1984

By Jean Dubuffet

Phillips London

Tête de héros ,1950

By Jean Dubuffet

Phillips London

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Post-Auction Lots for Sale

J. Dubuffet at B, C, Holland Gallerie Chicago

By Jean Dubuffet

Dorotheum, Vienna

(Le Havre 1901-1985 Paris), Austellungsplakat "J. Dubuffet at B, C, Holland Gallerie Chicago", Bleistiftsigniert "J. Dubuffet", Lithographie in Farbe ca. 77 x 58 cm, verglast

By Jean Dubuffet

Dorotheum, Vienna

Mirobolus, Macadam et Cie Hautes Pâtes by J Dubuffet - Jean Dubuffet

Mirobolus, Macadam et Cie Hautes Pâtes by J Dubuffet ,1946

By Jean Dubuffet

Ader

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Recent Auction Results

Animated Landscape ,1946

By Jean Dubuffet

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Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers, Jerusalem

LION HERALDIQUE ,1976

By Jean Dubuffet

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Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery

J. Dubuffet at B, C, Holland Gallerie Chicago

By Jean Dubuffet

Dorotheum, Vienna

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Current Exhibitions

Terres d'artistes

Art Absolument

Paris | France

Jan 17,2025 - Mar 15,2025

Element Of Life. Vol. 2: Realities Of Water

Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum

Braunschweig | Germany

Nov 29,2024 - Mar 16,2025

Portraiture: From Cassatt to Warhol

Acquavella Galleries, New York

Upper East Side | New York | USA

Jan 21,2025 - Mar 21,2025

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Articles

A Glimpse at Picasso and Pollock Masterpieces Kept in Tehran Vault

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Coverage

“ ..Known for his raw, powerful style and lively humour, Dubuffet was an artist who worked in a broad range of media... ”
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Henie Onstad Art Center

“ ..Influenced in part by Hans Prinzhorn’s book, Artistry of the Mentally Ill, Dubuffet is best known for his invention of the term art brut to characterize work by untrained artists including psychiatric... ”
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Van de Weghe Fine Art

“ ..A talented artist in several disciplines, Dubuffet wanted to rekindle spontaneity and immediacy in art, so that it would again relate directly to real life and unsparingly reflect the true feelings of... ”
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Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

“ ..Dubuffet did not consider the pursuit of beauty or visual pleasure to be valid objectives for an artist... ”
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Waddington Custot

“ ..Throughout his life Dubuffet sought out non-professional or self-taught artists that he perceived to be ‘unscathed by artistic culture’... ”
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Pallant House Gallery