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Galerie René Drouin. 17, place Vendôme, Paris. Exposition de Tableaux et Dessins de Jean Dubuffet du vendredi 20 octobre au samedi 18 novembre 1944

Dubuffet, Jean

Paris. Imprimerie Union / Mourlot, Editeur. 1944
The catalogue for Dubuffet's first exhibition with an introduction in the form of a letter by Jean Paulhan. Held at the Galerie René Drouin in the Place Vendôme in October / November 1944, Dubuffet exhibited 55 'Peintures à l'Huile', 24 'Peintures à l'Eau ou à l'Encre' and 3 'Lithographies'. The catalogue also announces the 'suite complète des lithographies, exécutées par Jean Dubuffet au cours d'un stage dans les ateliers des frères Mourlot' which would become 'Matière et Mémoire'. Dubuffet continued to exhibit with Galerie René Drouin until 1947.
[10 unnumbered leaves]. 8vo. (234 x 156 mm). Tipped-in monochrome frontispiece of a work by Dubuffet, 5 leaves with Paulhan's 'Lettre à Jean Dubuffet par Jean Paulhan' and 3 leaves with 'Catalogue'. Stapled as issued in original publisher's salmon pink printed wrappers with titles in red and black to upper cover.
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