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Bernard BUFFET (1928-1999) Still life with pears, 1965
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Bernard BUFFET (1928-1999) Still life with pears, 1965
India…
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Estimate €20,000 - €30,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Bernard BUFFET (1928-1999)
Still life with pears, 1965
India ink, charcoal, watercolour, gouache and fixative on paper
Signed and dated upper right: "Bernard Buffet 65".
Stamped David et Garnier and numbered 275 on the back of the sheet
50 x 65 cm
Provenance:
- Galerie David et Garnier, Paris
- Guy Pieters, Poseidon Kunstcentrum, Sint-Martens-Latem
(acquired by the current owner's family from him in 1982)
- Private collection, Belgium
A 1985 certificate from Maurice Garnier will be given to the buyer.
Bernard Buffet produced our Nature morte aux poires in 1965, a year marked by the scandal of the Écorchés monumentaux series exhibited in February at the David et Garnier gallery in Paris. At the time, these striking works aroused public horror and incomprehension. The same year, he produced the famous series of Femmes déshabillées, whose cold tones and nonchalant atmosphere were in stark contrast to the Écorchés. It was in this context that Bernard Buffet lived, between Paris and his house in Saint-Cast in Brittany. True to his graphic and intense style, marked by the absence of perspective, still lifes with fruit are a recurring theme throughout the work of the master of miserabilist expressionism. The subject of pears is often to be found in his paintings, on a table next to a bottle, a glass, a coffee pot or a basket, always in an atmosphere of darkness and solitude, on an angular table, almost cutting with expressiveness. Here, the black outline, though vivid, accentuates the melancholy of the objects until they become, incisively, a fork, a knife, a plate and a glass, half-full or half-empty. The spontaneity of the line here is remarkable, with the energetic skill that is so characteristic of him, the profound moment is captured on the spot and immortalised on paper. The few flat areas of colour are subtly chosen, bringing light and intensity to the composition. The result is an exceptional contrast with the poignant, existential desolation that emanates from the work.
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