Cow with a Beautiful Tail

Jean Dubuffet

1901 - 1985

Cow with a Beautiful Tail

1954
Oil on canvas 97 x 130 cm
Signed and dated upper right: J. Dubuffet / 54
Donated by Mr. Itsuro Hirano
P.1979-3

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Dubuffet was one of the pioneering artists in the Informel movement. The Informel artist struggles with several problems on the painting surface, and Dubuffet performed a huge role in one of the style's most important experiments–the creation of a new painterly media. While "Cow with a Beautiful Tail" extends the medium to its extremes, in other works the artist employed a Collage technique mixing dirt with his pigments to blur the line between painting and nature.

(Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)