The Work of Jean Dubuffet by Selz, Peter; Dubuffet, Jean - 1962

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1962. 187 pages, illustrations (some colour) notes; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps creased on the front flap and nicked at the tail/spine. Age toning. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. First MoMA retrospective of Jean Dubuffet, the French painter who promoted the expression "art brut" to refer to art of the mentally ill, children, folk art, and other "primitives." Influenced by these untrained artists, Dubuffet was looking for authenticity and his paintings are often identified with the post-war existential philosophy of his contemporary Jean-Paul Sartre.. 1st. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1962. 187 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. First MoMA retrospective of Jean Dubuffet, the French painter who promoted the expression "art brut" to refer to art of the mentally ill, children, folk art, and other "primitives." Influenced by these untrained artists, Dubuffet was looking for authenticity and his paintings are often identified with the post-war existential philosophy of his contemporary Jean-Paul Sartre.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Volume, measuring approximately 9" x 10", is bound in brown cloth, with stamped black lettering to spine and front cover. Book displays very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Previous owner's name and address are written in upper outside corner of front flyleaf. Interior is otherwise clean and bright. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color reproductions of the work of French painter and sculptor Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985). Pictorial dust jacket is preserved in mylar cover. 187 pages.