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Squelette de brochet
Details
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)
Squelette de brochet
signed ‘Bernard Buffet 54’ (upper right)
oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 45 5/8 in. (73 x 116 cm.)
Painted in 1954
Squelette de brochet
signed ‘Bernard Buffet 54’ (upper right)
oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 45 5/8 in. (73 x 116 cm.)
Painted in 1954
Provenance
Galerie Drouant-David, Paris.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by 1955 (no. 1420).
Galerie R. Ferrero, Geneva.
Acquired from the above and thence by descent to the present owner.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by 1955 (no. 1420).
Galerie R. Ferrero, Geneva.
Acquired from the above and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Y. Le Pichon, Bernard Buffet, vol. I, 1943-1961, Lausanne, 1986, no. 279, p. 298 (illustrated p. 289).
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Bernard Buffet, November - December 1955, no. 17.
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