Le drap de terre. 1959.
Lithograph.
Signed, dated, numbered and titled. From an edition of 20 numbered copies, plus 25 additional copies. On BFK Rives wove paper (with watermark) . 50.3 x 38.3 cm (19.8 x 15 in). Sheet: 65 x 50 cm (25,5 x 19,6 in).
Sheet 15 of 18 from the album "Sols, Terres", one of 22 albums in the famous graphic cycle "Les Phénomènes" (Oct. 1958-Apr. 1962). [AR].

PROVENANCE: Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt a. Main.
Private collection Hesse.

LITERATURE: Sophie Webel, L'Œuvre Gravé et les Livres Illustrés par Jean Dubuffet, Catalogue raisonné, vol. I, Paris 1991, no. 559 (illustrated on p. 163, different copy).
Max Loreau, Catalogue des travaux de Jean Dubuffet, Fascicule XVI: les Phénomènes, Paris 1964, no. 159 (illustrated on p. 105, presumably a different copy).

In good condition. Very slightly browned, somewhat more noticeable on the edges of the leaves. Isolated traces of handling and creases, as well as tiny brown spots.
backside image.