Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)
Buick 1953
signed 'Bernard Buffet' (upper right); dated and inscribed 'Buick 1953' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
38 1/8 x 51 1/8 in. (97 x 130 cm.)
Painted in 1984
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)
Buick 1953
signed 'Bernard Buffet' (upper right); dated and inscribed 'Buick 1953' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
38 1/8 x 51 1/8 in. (97 x 130 cm.)
Painted in 1984
Galerie Tamenaga, Tokyo. Anonymous sale, Mainichi Art Auction, Tokyo, 5 September 2015, lot 1120. Private collection, Japan. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
M. Garnier, Bernard Buffet, L'Automobile, Paris, 1985 (illustrated). Y. Le Pichon, Bernard Buffet, vol. III, 1982-1989, Paris, 2007, no. 931, p. 41 (illustrated p. 21).
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This work is recorded in the Maurice Garnier Archives.
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