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Connoisseur's Collection: March Sale

Wed, Mar 22, 2023 05:30PM EDT
Lot 151

Bernard Buffet: The River Seine

Estimate: $1,600 - $2,000

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Bernard Buffet (French, 1928-1999): The River Seine, 1962. Lithograph on archival paper, signed in pencil lower left, numbered (24/150), framed under museum glass. From a folio of prints "Paris. Poems de Charles Baudelaire," Published in Paris by A. Mazo.

Bernard Buffet was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor. He produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was exclusively figurative. The artist enjoyed worldwide popularity early in his career but was shunned by art pundits later on. Today, there is a renewed interest in Bernard Buffet's oeuvre.

29 x 34 inches; 21.5 x 27 inches sight.

Private collection, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Condition

Excellent condition overall; paper has a slight undulation to it.

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