The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Maurice Garnier.
Provenance
Galerie Maurice Garnier, Paris Sale: Christie's, London, 7th February 2007, lot 365 Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Catalogue Note
‘For me, the notion of realism corresponds to the recognition of objects, of nature. Realist painting for me is concreteness… realism consists in the representation of things’
(Bernard Buffet, quoted in N. Adamson, 'The Last Big Artist in Paris, Bernard Buffet', in Art Journal of the National Gallery of Victoria, no. 44, 2004, n.p.).