Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet

American Folk Art Museum, New York

Jeanne Tripier, Petit dossier nº 10 (Little folder no. 10), c.1935–1939, ink, varnish, and sugar on paper, page size between 8 5/8 x 6 3/4 in. and 13 5/8 x 8 5/8 in., Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland. Photo © Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, by Jean-Marie Almonte and Michael Legentil, Atelier de numérisation—Ville de Lausanne.

'Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet is the first major U.S. exhibition to explore the introduction of art brut to America. The nearly two hundred works of art on view, by both canonical and lesser-known art brut figures, were amassed and identified as art brut by French artist Jean Dubuffet, beginning in 1945. The selection is drawn exclusively from the renowned Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne, Switzerland, where Dubuffet donated his collection in 1971.' -American Folk Art Museum