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Figure, Black Background (Personnage fond noir) by Jean Dubuffet — VisualArtsDB

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Figure, Black Background (Personnage fond noir)

1961

Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 9 7/8" (33.5 x 25.0 cm)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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