Algèbre de l’hourloupe: 52 figures extrapolatoires de Jean Dubuffet

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Algèbre de l’hourloupe: 52 figures extrapolatoires de Jean Dubuffet

Artist Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901-1985)

Publisher Éditions Jeanne Bucher, Paris; [Galerie] Beyeler, Basel, [1963 or after]

Printer B. P. Grimaud, maître-cartier, Nancy

Date[1963 or after]

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 7 5/16 in. (186 mm); W: 5 1/16 in. (129 mm); Depth: 1 5/16 in. (33 mm).
Element: H: 7 1/4 in. (184 mm); W: 4 7/8 in. (124 mm); Depth: 1 in. (26 mm).
Card: H: 6 3/16 in. (157 mm); W: 4 5/16 in. (110 mm).

MediumReproductions: 52 photolithographs of ink drawings in red, blue, and black, plus the card-back image repeated on 52 cards; in addition, the card-back and the title card are repeated on the slipcover. Text: photolithography (typeface: Univers).

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.427

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Label TextThe 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.