French, 1928-1999
La Sole, 1950
Signed and dated Bernard Buffet 1950 (ul); inscribed AF on the reverse
Oil on paper laid down on canvas
19 7/8 x 25 3/4 inches (50.5 x 65.4 cm)
Provenance:
Galerie Drouant-David, Paris
Literature:
Fonds de Dotation Bernard Buffet (ed.), Bernard Buffet, Catalogue Raisonné de l'Œuvre peint, vol.1, 1941-1953, Paris, 2019, p. 186, illus.
This work is recorded in the Galerie Maurice Garnier archives. A certificate of authenticity can be issued on request and at the purchaser's expense.
(Frame: 30 1/4 x 36 inches)
Dirty varnish; edged with paper tape; pinholes in corners, tiny loss to the paper in the upper left corner; paper buckling on the canvas at the upper right corner due to old water damage, with a corresponding several inch triangular area of discoloration in and around the glass; tiny paint flake at center left; two one inch areas of partial tears to the sheet, one at the upper left center, and the other at the lower right center; slight buckling in the left corners; no apparent restoration.
On Canson & Montgolfier paper.
Fine Art
