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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, L'Ecuyere (from Le Cirque), 1966, lithograph in colour
    L'Ecuyere (from Le Cirque), 1966
    Lithograph
    image size: 68 by 47cm; sheet size: 72 by 50cm, unframed
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 164
    ZAR 3,518≈ $224≈ £176≈ €209Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 3,000–4,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  2. Bernard Buffet, Blumenstillleben, Farblithographie
    Blumenstillleben
    Lithograph
    Blattmaße ca. 32,5 x 25 cm
    Auktionshaus Mehlis · · Lot 3735
    €50≈ $55≈ £42HammerSign up free to seeView at Auktionshaus Mehlis ↗
  3. Bernard Buffet, La Route (The Road), circa 1962, Pencil signed lower right hand corner
    La Route (The Road), circa 1962
    Drawing
    30 x 22 in
    Sloans & Kenyon · · Lot 171
    $450≈ £331≈ €393HammerSign up free to seeEst. $250–350View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
  4. Bernard Buffet, Deux femmes devant la Tour Eiffel, 1958, Farblithografie auf BFK RIVES (Wasserzeichen)
    Deux femmes devant la Tour Eiffel, 1958
    Lithograph · Paper · ed. E.A
    55 x 40cm
    Van Ham · · Lot 13
    €858≈ $981≈ £723Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €400–View at Van Ham ↗
  5. Bernard Buffet, Cafetière, 1955, Farblithografie auf BFK RIVES (Wasserzeichen)
    Cafetière, 1955
    Lithograph · Paper · ed. 275/300
    68,5 x 49,5cm
    Van Ham · · Lot 14
    €594≈ $679≈ £500Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €300–View at Van Ham ↗
  6. Bernard Buffet, Delphiniums Bleus, 1964, Oil on canvas
    Delphiniums Bleus, 1964
    Oil · Canvas
    81 x 54 cm
    Ravenel · · Lot 036
    NT$4,800,000Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$4,400,000–6,500,000View at Ravenel ↗
  7. Bernard Buffet, Tête de Toréro, 1961, Oil on canvas
    Tête de Toréro, 1961
    Oil · Canvas
    100 x 81 cm
    Ravenel · · Lot 038
    NT$16,800,000Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$16,000,000–24,000,000View at Ravenel ↗
  8. Bernard Buffet, Vase de fleurs sur fond jaune, 1960, watercolour, black chalk, pen, india ink and pencil on paper, laid on board
    Vase de fleurs sur fond jaune, 1960
    Watercolor · Paper
    66 x 50.8 cm. (26 x 20 in.)
    Phillips · · Lot 218
    HK$819,000≈ $105,004≈ £78,767≈ €93,122Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. HK$200,000–300,000View at Phillips ↗
  9. Bernard Buffet, Album Paris (S. 31-40), 1962, The complete set of 10 lithographs in colors, on Rives BFK paper, with poems by Charles Baudelaire, title page and justification, all contained in the original linen-covered portfolio
    Album Paris (S. 31-40), 1962
    Lithograph · Paper · ed. 142/150
    all I. 20 x 26 1/4 in. (50.8 x 66.7 cm) all S. 21 3/4 x 28 1/2 in. (55.2 x 72.4 cm) portfolio 22 1/8 x 28 3/4 x 3/4 in. (56.2 x 73 x 1.9 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 17
    $30,240≈ £21,866≈ €25,946Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $18,000–25,000View at Phillips ↗
  10. Bernard Buffet, Bullfighters, color lithograph
    Bullfighters
    Lithograph
    image size: 28.5 x 21 inches, overall: 36 x 28 inches
    Michaan's Auctions · · Lot 253
    $660≈ £480≈ €569Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $400–600View at Michaan's Auctions ↗
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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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