Lot 216
  • 216

Bernard Buffet

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Bernard Buffet
  • Environs de Lannion, les ruines de la chapelle de St Augustin
  • signed Bernard Buffet (upper right) and dated 1974 (upper left); titled on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 89 by 130cm., 35 by 51 1/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Paris

Condition

The canvas is not lined and there is no evidence of retouching under UV light. There is some minor frame rubbing around all four edges with some tiny spots of paint loss associated, mainly to the lower edge and the lower left corner. There is a small scuff towards the right part of the lower edge. This work is in overall very good condition. Please note that the colour blue of the sea is warmer in the flesh.
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