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Dubuffet Sculpture  'Group of Four Trees'  -- Federal Hall & Vicinity, New York City, New York
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Federal Hall & Vicinity - New York City, New York
Dubuffet Sculpture 'Group of Four Trees'



The Jean Dubuffet sculpture 'Group of Four Trees' was installed in 1972 in Chase Manhattan Plaza outside the world headquarters of Chase Manhattan Bank. It is made of a fiberglass resin stretched over an aluminum frame. It is a whimsical sculpture that resembles a pile of pulsating mushrooms. The sculpture is part of Dubuffet's 'L'Hourloupe' cycle, begun in 1962, that was meant to 'erase all categories and to regress towards an undifferentiated continuum.' The sculpture is very popular.

Giacometti was originally to make a sculpture for the plaza, but he died before he could complete the project. Alfred H. Barr Jr., former head of the Museum of Modern Art, recommended Dubuffet. The sculpture was a gift of David Rockefeller, on his retirement as Chairman of the bank.











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