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Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

French · 1928–1999 · Painter, Printmaker

Bernard Buffet was a French painter, printmaker, and illustrator. An extremely prolific artist, he produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was exclusively… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Bernard Buffet, Toréro Debout, 1961, Oil on canvasToréro DeboutRavenel · NT$18,000,000≈ $610,380≈ £482,934≈ €534,109Sign up to see
  2. Bernard Buffet, La Rue Soufflot et le Panthéon, 1956, Oil on canvasLa Rue Soufflot et le PanthéonRavenel · NT$16,800,000≈ $550,368≈ £425,487≈ €501,155Sign up to see
  3. Bernard Buffet, Torero rose, 1960, oil on canvasTorero rosePhillips · HK$3,528,000≈ $452,254≈ £376,973≈ €435,866Sign up to see

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  1. Bernard Buffet, Marina
    Marina
    ed. EA
    Pananti · · Lot 322
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €800–1,000View at Pananti ↗
  2. Bernard Buffet, Paesaggio con alberi e case
    Paesaggio con alberi e case
    Pananti · · Lot 323
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €800–1,000View at Pananti ↗
  3. Bernard Buffet, Paesaggio con alberi e case
    Paesaggio con alberi e case
    Pananti · · Lot 323
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €800–1,000View at Pananti ↗
  4. Bernard Buffet, Figura in costume ; Figura, Firme in basso a destra. Tirature in basso a sinistra.
    Figura in costume ; Figura
    Firme in basso a destra. Tirature in basso a sinistra.
    Pananti · · Lot 324
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €400–600View at Pananti ↗
  5. Bernard Buffet, Figura in costume ; Figura, Firme in basso a destra. Tirature in basso a sinistra.
    Figura in costume ; Figura
    Firme in basso a destra. Tirature in basso a sinistra.
    Pananti · · Lot 324
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €400–600View at Pananti ↗
  6. Bernard Buffet, Cirque de l'étoile - L'Hippopotame en Liberté, 1969, Farblithographie auf "Arches"-Velin
    Cirque de l'étoile - L'Hippopotame en Liberté, 1969
    Lithograph · Paper
    Darst. 98,4 x 67,5 cm, Bl. 108 x 70,9 cm
    Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden · · Lot 411
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. €650–View at Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden ↗
  7. Bernard Buffet, La Route (S. 41), 1962, Lithograph in colors on wove paper
    La Route (S. 41), 1962
    Lithograph · Paper
    13 7/8 x 10 5/8in
    Bonhams · · Lot 7125
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $500–700View at Bonhams ↗
  8. Bernard Buffet, LA REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE 1789, the complete portfolio, comprising 10 color lithographs with accompanying text, justification de tirage and list of plates, on Arches paper, in linen portfolio (17 sheets total), Each lithograph signed and numbered EA VI/XXX in pencil lower margin
    LA REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE 1789, the complete portfolio, comprising 10 color lithographs with accompanying text, justification de tirage and list of plates, on Arches paper, in linen portfolio (17 sheets total)
    Lithograph · ed. EA
    29 7/8 in. x 21 1/4 in.
    Sloans & Kenyon · · Lot 1286
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $7,000–9,000View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
  9. Bernard Buffet, LA REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE 1789, comprising title page, 9 color lithographs (minus "Le Republique") with 3 pages of accompanying text and list of plates, on Arches paper, in plain linen portfolio (14 sheets total), Each lithograph signed and numbered 104/150 in pencil lower margin
    LA REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE 1789, comprising title page, 9 color lithographs (minus "Le Republique") with 3 pages of accompanying text and list of plates, on Arches paper, in plain linen portfolio (14 sheets total)
    Lithograph · ed. 104/150
    29 7/8 in. x 21 1/4 in.
    Sloans & Kenyon · · Lot 1656
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $7,000–9,000View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
  10. Bernard Buffet, LA REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE 1789, comprising title page, 9 color lithographs (minus "Le Republique") with 3 pages of accompanying text and list of plates, on Arches paper, in plain linen portfolio (14 sheets total), Each lithograph signed and numbered 104/150 in pencil lower margin
    LA REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE 1789, comprising title page, 9 color lithographs (minus "Le Republique") with 3 pages of accompanying text and list of plates, on Arches paper, in plain linen portfolio (14 sheets total)
    Lithograph · ed. 104/150
    29 7/8 in. x 21 1/4 in.
    Sloans & Kenyon · · Lot 1183
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $8,000–12,000View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
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About Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet was a French painter, printmaker, and illustrator. An extremely prolific artist, he produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was exclusively figurative and is often classified as Expressionist and Misérabilisme, as well as figurative collectives such as L'Homme-Témoin and La Jeune Peinture. Art historians have also classified his formal style as "abstract realism"—a framework in which recognizable, everyday figurative subjects are flattened, enclosed within rigid geometric grids, and stripped of cast shadows to assert the two-dimensional autonomy of the canvas. Curators have further noted that the emotional detachment, repetition, and formal rigidity of his figures share close affinities with New Objectivity portraiture and the anti-subjective descriptive style of the Nouveau Roman.

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