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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, Roses in a Green Vase, screenprint in colours
    Roses in a Green Vase
    Screenprint · ed. 114/150
    65 by 50cm excluding frame
    Strauss & Co · · Lot 11
    ZAR 8,432≈ $1,070≈ £745≈ €866Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. ZAR 8,000–12,000View at Strauss & Co ↗
  2. Bernard Buffet, La Canal and Trois Maisons sur le lac, 1968, Dry point etchings
    La Canal and Trois Maisons sur le lac, 1968
    Drypoint
    Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · · Lot 324
    $980≈ £682≈ €793Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
  3. Bernard Buffet, Cannes, 1960, Lithograph in colours
    Cannes, 1960
    Lithograph · ed. 122/125
    67 x 51 cm (26,3 x 20 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 736
    €2,440≈ $3,248≈ £2,116Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,800–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  4. Bernard Buffet, La Rascasse, 1964, Lithograph in colours
    La Rascasse, 1964
    Lithograph · ed. 136/150
    48 x 66,5 cm (18,8 x 26,1 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 737
    €1,464≈ $1,949≈ £1,270Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €900–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  5. Bernard Buffet, Notre Dame de Paris, 1988, Lithograph in colours
    Notre Dame de Paris, 1988
    Lithograph · ed. H.C.
    65 x 50 cm (25,5 x 19,6 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 738
    €976≈ $1,299≈ £846Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,200–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  6. Bernard Buffet, Le poisson, 1949, oil on canvas
    Le poisson, 1949
    Oil · Canvas
    19 1/4 x 31 1/8in (49 x 79cm)
    Bonhams · · Lot 1053
    $45,750≈ £27,258≈ €30,756Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $30,000–50,000View at Bonhams ↗
  7. Bernard Buffet, Soldier with Lion, Color lithograph
    Soldier with Lion
    Lithograph · ed. 34/120
    28 in. x 20 in
    Sloans & Kenyon · · Lot 667
    $425≈ £255≈ €286HammerSign up free to seeEst. $700–900View at Sloans & Kenyon ↗
  8. Bernard Buffet, Saint Valéry-en-Caux (Falaise d'Aval), Oil on canvas
    Saint Valéry-en-Caux (Falaise d'Aval)
    Oil · Canvas
    89 x 130 cm
    Lempertz · · Lot 17
    €73,200≈ $103,197≈ £63,895Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €50,000–60,000View at Lempertz ↗
  9. Bernard Buffet, Clown fond bleu., Mixed media (tempera, watercolour and ink over pencil drawing) on sturdy white cardboard
    Clown fond bleu.
    Watercolor · Board
    64.8 x 49.8 cm
    Lempertz · · Lot 53
    €38,400≈ $48,634≈ £32,732Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €25,000–30,000View at Lempertz ↗
  10. Bernard Buffet, Le phare, 1952, pencil on paper laid on board
    Le phare, 1952
    Drawing · Paper
    25 1/2 x 29 1/2in (64.8 x 100.3cm)
    Bonhams · · Lot 60
    $12,000≈ £7,986≈ €9,484Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–15,000View at Bonhams ↗
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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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