L’hourloupe (Le petit Jésus, no. 10)
Artist: Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901-1985)
Publisher: Noël Arnaud, Paris, 1963
Author: Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901-1985)
Date: 1963
Dimensions:
Book: H: 6 5/16 in. (161 mm); W: 5 in. (127 mm); Depth: 3/16 in. (4 mm).
Page: H: 6 1/8 in. (155 mm); W: 4 3/4 in. (120 mm).
Medium: Reproductions: 27 photolithographs in black, blue and red of ink drawings, collage and handwritten text on coated white wove paper (printed black).
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.424
Label Text:The word HOURLOUPE was coined by Dubeffet, who never explained its meaning. The HOURLOUPE cycle, which began in Summer 1962 when Dubuffet made some ballpoint pen doodles, inspired numerous drawings, books, paintings, and sculpture over the next twelve years. The images were made up of meandering contours and parellel hatchmarks in red, white, blue and black. Dubuffet's idiosyncratic compartmentalization and patterning produced unusual distorted composite figures that were like camouflaged jigsaw puzzles.
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