Lot 105
  • 105

BERNARD BUFFET | Saint-Tropez

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Bernard Buffet
  • Saint-Tropez
  • signed Bernard Buffet and dated 78 (upper left); inscribed St Tropez (lower centre)
  • gouache and ink on paper
  • 32.4 by 49.7cm., 12 3/4 by 19 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1978.

Provenance

Les Salles du Palais, Geneva
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above after 2008)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount along the upper edge. There are several artist pinholes to all four corners. There is a paint loss to one of the black tree trunks in the upper right quadrant. This work is in overall good condition.
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