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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, Untitled - Still Life with Sunflowers #48/125, colour lithograph on paper
    Untitled - Still Life with Sunflowers #48/125
    Lithograph · Paper
    48.3 x 64.8 x 2.5 cm
    Levis Fine Art Auctions · · Lot 303
    CA$1,872≈ $1,663≈ £1,060≈ €1,340Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. CA$1,000–1,200View at Levis Fine Art Auctions ↗
  2. Bernard Buffet, La Route, Lithograph
    La Route
    Lithograph
    13.75" high x 10.5" wide
    Clarke Auction Gallery · · Lot 59
    $400≈ £256≈ €322HammerSign up free to seeEst. $400–600View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
  3. Bernard Buffet, Profilbildnis, 1958, Pen and India ink drawing
    Profilbildnis, 1958
    Drawing
    32,5 x 24,9 cm (12,7 x 9,8 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 434
    €3,750≈ $5,116≈ £3,041Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €4,000–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  4. Bernard Buffet, La Route., Lithograph "La Route." Pencil signed lower right
    La Route.
    Lithograph
    13.75" high x 10.5" wide
    Clarke Auction Gallery · · Lot 7
    $300≈ £181≈ €216HammerSign up free to seeEst. $300–500View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
  5. Bernard Buffet, Yellow Ewer with Glass, Lithograph
    Yellow Ewer with Glass
    Lithograph
    Sight: 29" x 20". Overall: 36-1/2" x 27-1/2”
    James D. Julia · · Lot 1420
    $829≈ £508≈ €613Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $300–500View at James D. Julia ↗
  6. Bernard Buffet, Trapeze Artist, Lithograph on paper
    Trapeze Artist
    Lithograph · Paper · ed. 36/190
    Sight: 27-3/4" x 19-1/4". Overall: 35-1/4" x 26-1/2”
    James D. Julia · · Lot 1421
    $88≈ £54≈ €65Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $300–500View at James D. Julia ↗
  7. Bernard Buffet, La Petite Route, 1961 Lithograph "La Petite Route" Pencil signed lower right, inscribed E.A. lower left
    La Petite Route
    Lithograph · ed. EA
    13.5" high x 10.5" wide
    Clarke Auction Gallery · · Lot 42
    $175≈ £106≈ €128HammerSign up free to seeEst. $300–500View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
  8. Bernard Buffet, Mission Dolores Church, (From Album San Francisco), lithograph
    Mission Dolores Church, (From Album San Francisco)
    Lithograph · ed. 144/150
    67 by 46,5cm excluding frame; 100 by 74,5 by 3cm including frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 405
    ZAR 8,315≈ $816≈ £508≈ €607Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 7,000–10,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  9. Bernard Buffet, Bouquet de Pavots, oil on board
    Bouquet de Pavots
    Oil · Board
    98,5 by 63,5cm excluding frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 184
    ZAR 1,307,320≈ $126,209≈ £78,974≈ €94,228Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 500,000–700,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  10. Bernard Buffet, Final (from Mon Cirque), 1968, Color lithograph on Arches paper
    Final (from Mon Cirque), 1968
    Lithograph · Paper
    Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · · Lot 391
    $2,500≈ £1,563≈ €1,843Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
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Lots by Bernard Buffet that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.

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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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