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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Dubuffet_Group_of_Four_Trees_1972_NYC.jpg) Jean Dubuffet's Group of Four Trees pictured in April 2023 | |
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| Artist | Jean Dubuffet |
| Completion date | 1972 |
| Movement | Art brut |
| Subject | Abstract |
| Dimensions | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Location | New York |
| 40°42′27″N 74°00′32″W / 40.70750°N 74.00889°W | |
Group of Four Trees is an abstract outdoor sculpture completed in 1972 by the French 20th-century artist Jean Dubuffet. Originally commissioned by the American banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller, the work measures 43 feet and is installed in the public plaza of 28 Liberty Street (formerly One Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza) between Nassau Street and Pine Street in Financial District, Manhattan.[1]
Dubuffet, a leading figure in the Art Brut movement, considered Group of Four Trees as part of his Hourloupe series. The series, originating from ballpoint pen doodles in 1962, features flat, interlocking shapes and striated coloring in red, white, and blue against black backgrounds. At the time of installation, Group of Four Trees was the largest outdoor sculpture in New York City and was said to have dramatized "the increasing environmental interdependence between architecture and outside sculpture" in the 1970s.[2] It was Dubuffet's first outdoor sculpture installed in the United States.[3]
- ^ Rosenfeld, Lucy D. (2013). Art on Sight: The Best Art Walks In and Near New York City. Marina Harrison. Woodstock, Vermont: Countryman Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-88150-996-0.
- ^ Shirey, David L. (1970-11-24). "Dubuffet Is Doing 40‐Foot Sculpture for Chase Plaza". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ^ Fried, Frederick; Gillon, Edmund Vincent Jr. (1976). New York Civic Sculpture: A Pictorial Guide. Dover Books on photography. New York: Dover Publications. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-486-23258-4.