Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)
Bouteille et feuille de figuier
signed 'Bernard Buffet 50' (upper right)
oil and pencil on canvas
19 5/8 x 25 1/2 in. (50 x 65 cm.)
Painted in 1950
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)
Bouteille et feuille de figuier
signed 'Bernard Buffet 50' (upper right)
oil and pencil on canvas
19 5/8 x 25 1/2 in. (50 x 65 cm.)
Painted in 1950
Galerie Drouant-David, Paris. Private collection. Anonymous sale, Freeman's, Philadelphia, 25 June 2006, lot 41. Acquired by the present owner in 2007.
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Specialist note
This work is recorded in the Maurice Garnier Archives.
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