Plate (folio 14) from Art abstrait (Abstract Art)
1946 · One from an illustrated book with twelve lithographs
composition (irreg.): 9 7/16 × 7 3/16" (23.9 × 18.3 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 9 5/8" (32.5 × 24.4 cm)
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Jean Deyrolle
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Jean Deyrolle was a French painter whose work moved fluidly between abstraction and figuration, responding to the artistic ferment of postwar Paris. Active from the 1940s until his death in 1967, he developed a practice that navigated the ideological and formal divisions of the period without allegiance to a single movement. His shifting engagement with color, line, and representation reflected the instability and experimentation characteristic of mid-twentieth-century French painting.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 28d ago
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