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Property from a Private Collection

Bernard Buffet

Le Torrent

Lot closes

February 26, 05:18 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Starting Bid

60,000 USD

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Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

Bernard Buffet

1928 - 1999


Le Torrent

signed Bernard Buffet and dated 61 (upper left)

oil on canvas 

35 ⅛ by 51 in. 

89.2 by 130 cm. 

Executed in 1961.


This artwork is listed in the archives of the Maurice Garnier Gallery. A certificate of authenticity has previously been issued for this piece, but it is currently lost. No duplicate certificate or any other documentation will be issued.

Opera Gallery, New York 

Private Collection, United States (acquired from the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Pierre Cailler, ed., Bernard Buffet, Geneva, 1958, no. 221, n.p., illustrated; p. 23 (titled La Cascade and with inverted dimensions)