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Hotel du Cantal is an oil on canvas painting by the French painter Jean Dubuffet, created in 1961. The work, part of a major donation made by the artist in 1967, is held at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, in Paris.

Description

The canvas depicts a cityscape which represents automobile traffic in a shopping street where are particularly noticeable the signs of a store, an adjoining hotel and a pharmacy. The style of the painting is deliberately primitive, even childlike. The street cars are presented in a very elementar style, similarly to their drivers. The cars have only two wheels, with a visible window, and appear like seen from above. Four cars are parked at the sidewalk, where a single man is seen apparently walking. A person is seen waving from the upper window of the hotel.

References

1. Museum of Decorative Arts
2. Jean Dubuffet, Museum of Decorative Arts
3. Valérie Da Costa, Fabrice Hergott, Jean Dubuffet - Works, Writings and Interviews, University of Michigan, 2006, p. 73

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