Lot 226
  • 226

Bernard Buffet

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Bernard Buffet
  • Delage Torpédo 1939
  • Signed Bernard Buffet (upper right); titled (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 38 1/4 by 51 1/4 in.
  • 97.2 by 130.2 cm

Provenance

Galerie Taménaga, Tokyo
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Canvas is unlined. Colors are bright. Under UV light a layer of varnish is somewhat difficult to read through but no inpainting is apparent. This work is in excellent condition.
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