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Lot 427
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Bernard Buffet

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description

  • Bernard Buffet
  • L'ÉGLISE
  • signed Bernard Buffet and dated 55 (upper left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 92 by 60.5cm., 36 1/4 by 23 7/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Drouant-David, Paris
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1955

Exhibited

London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Bernard Buffet. Peintures 1954-55, 1955, no. 19

Condition

The canvas is not lined and there is no evidence of retouching under UV light. There are artist's pinholes to all four corners. This work is in overall very good condition.
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