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Sat, Nov 1, 2014 12:00PM EDT - Sun, Nov 2, 2014 11:00AM EST
Lot 15

Bernard Buffet 'Nature Morte' Lithograph

Estimate: $600 - $800

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Lithograph, still life of lantern, sea urchin and trident by Bernard Buffet (1927-1999). Gallery label to reverse; B. Altman & Co. Gallery, New York. Bernard Buffet achieved worldwide fame early in his career expressing the angst and alienation remaining after World War II. With spare and instantly recognizable style, his work has been presented in major venues for decades, from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1954) to the first retrospective for a living artist at the Hermitage (1991), from a gallery at the Vatican to two museums devoted solely to his work in Japan (the first in 1973). (Key Word Search: Expressionism, Georges Rouault, Chaim Soutine, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Oskar Kokoschka, Dubuffet, Mourlot, Léger, Rouault, Dufy, Vlaminck)

Condition

very good, minor wear to frame, not examined outside the frame