124 - Jean Dupuy (1925–2021)

Jean Dupuy (1925–2021) Trou Verge 1983 Acrylic on canvas (unframed) signed with the artist’s stamp “Ypudu anagrammiste” and dated at the bottom center 17 x 19.5 cm Provenance: > Gift of the artist > Private collection, Paris “Ypudu” is the exact anagram of “Dupuy.” French artist Jean Dupuy gained recognition in the 1970s for his experiments and his contribution to the promotion of performance art, technological arts, and conceptual art in New York. Close to the Fluxus movement, he has developed a unique practice of anagrams since the 1980s. For him, this play on letters becomes a true enigma: each text contains the clues necessary to uncover a second meaning. By adding constraints regarding form, color, and the number of letters, Dupuy seeks to bring forth the unexpected from everyday language.