Lot 14
  • 14

Bernard Buffet 1928-1999

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Bernard Buffet
  • Nature morte au fond noir
  • signed Bernard Buffet and dated 65 (lower left), signed indistinctly and dated (top right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 32 by 39 3/8 in.
  • 81.5 by 100 cm.
  • Painted in 1965.

Provenance

Galerie Maurice Garnier, Paris
Mr. Aharon Sacharov, Israel
Thence by descent
Purchased from the above by the present owner

Condition

Original canvas. Under UV: Three small areas of inpainting at lower right corner. One small spot of inpainting at center of right edge. Minor area of inpainting along raised brushstroke to the left of white jug. Otherwise this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is recorded in the photographic archives of Galerie Maurice Garnier.