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Lot 0001: LTD FRENCH CAR ETCHING BY BERNARD BUFFET SIGNED

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Bernard Buffet, French, 1928 to 1999, a limited edition color etching on paper, Hispano Suiza. Signed in pencil, lower right. Numbered 10 of 20 in pencil, lower left. Framed. A gallery stamp, on the backside. Bernard Buffet was a French painter of Expressionism manner and a member of the anti abstract art group Lhomme Temoin, the Witness Man, and studied art at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts. He created more than 8000 paintings and many prints as well. He was recognized by the public, collectors and critics for his melancholic, gloomy works that convey the atmosphere that prevailed in France after the Second World War. For Post War France, Buffet became an artistic phenomenon. As a successor to the continuity of French painting, he was on a par with Picasso, from the very beginning of his work after the war. Buffet created illustrations for books by Lautreamont, Jean Gion, Jean Cocteau, Cyrano de Bergerac, Charles Baudelaire, Francoise Sagan, Louise Di Vilmorin, Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine, Dante Alighieri, Annabelle Buffet. He created scenery for the theater, opera and ballet. Modernist European Automobile Graphic Art Prints and Collectibles.

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Overall good vintage condition. Signs of age and wear. Refer to photos. Sold As Is.
Frame 14 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. Image 4 x 5 in. All measurements are approximate

Estimate $100.00-$150.00

Starting Price $50.00

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