Art, literature & historyEverything One Wants to Be
1953
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Brush, pen, and splattered black inks with collage of cut ivory and cream slightly textured wove papers adhered to pale pink, moderately textured wove (Arches) paper
- Dimensions
- 104.4 × 74 cm (41 1/8 × 29 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1954.264
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Everything One Wants to Be — Jean Dubuffet. 1953.
Medium: Brush, pen, and splattered black inks with collage of cut ivory and cream slightly textured wove papers adhered to pale pink, moderately textured wove (Arches) paper. Dimensions: 104.4 × 74 cm (41 1/8 × 29 3/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.