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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, Lucane, 1964, Lithograph in colours
    Lucane, 1964
    Lithograph
    66 : 48 cm (25,9 : 18,8 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 951
    €679≈ $865≈ £472Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €700–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  2. Bernard Buffet, Saint-Germain-Des-Prés, 1962, Lithograph printed in colours
    Saint-Germain-Des-Prés, 1962
    Lithograph · ed. E.A.
    52 : 66,5 cm (20,4 : 26,1 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 344
    €3,744≈ $4,558≈ £2,508Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €3,800–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  3. Bernard Buffet, Le Sacré-Cœur, 1962, Lithograph printed in colours
    Le Sacré-Cœur, 1962
    Lithograph
    52,5 : 66,8 cm (20,6 : 26,2 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 345
    €3,510≈ $4,273≈ £2,351Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €3,800–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  4. Bernard Buffet, L'Arc de Triomphe, 1962, Lithograph printed in colours
    L'Arc de Triomphe, 1962
    Lithograph
    53 : 67 cm (20,8 : 26,3 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 346
    €2,574≈ $3,133≈ £1,724Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €2,500–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  5. Bernard Buffet, Lampe tempête, 1949, Lithograph printed in colours
    Lampe tempête, 1949
    Lithograph
    43,3 : 56,7 cm (17 : 22,3 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 780
    €293≈ $357≈ £196Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €250–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  6. Bernard Buffet, Torero I, 1961, Drypoint
    Torero I, 1961
    Drypoint
    63,5 : 49,2 cm (25 : 19,3 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 654
    €575≈ $677≈ £400Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €600–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  7. Bernard Buffet, Nete, 1964, Lithograph printed in colours
    Nete, 1964
    Lithograph
    66 : 48 cm (25,9 : 18,8 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 656
    €1,150≈ $1,355≈ £799Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €650–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  8. Bernard Buffet, Cirque de l'étoile - L'Hippopotame en Liberté, 1969, Lithograph printed in colours
    Cirque de l'étoile - L'Hippopotame en Liberté, 1969
    Lithograph
    67,5 : 98 cm (26,5 : 38,5 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 666
    €920≈ $1,084≈ £639Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €650–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  9. Bernard Buffet, Papillon orangé, 1964, Lithograph printed in colours
    Papillon orangé, 1964
    Lithograph
    49,7 x 68,5 cm ( 19,5 x 26,9 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 90
    €2,990≈ $3,532≈ £2,121Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €2,200–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
  10. Bernard Buffet, Rita, 1960, Lithograph printed in colours
    Rita, 1960
    Lithograph
    67,5 : 51 cm (26,5 : 20 in)
    Ketterer Kunst · · Lot 214
    €805≈ $941≈ £577Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,000–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
Also offered, result not published (41)

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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