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    BERNARD BUFFET (1928-1999)

    Vase de Fleurs

    1958

    Oil on Canvas
    65x46cm

    Signed Bernard Buffet in English, dated 1958

    Estimate TWD 2,200,000-3,600,000
    USD 0-0
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 2,360,000
    USD 0
    HKD 0

Provenance:PROVENANCE David et Garnier Gallery, Paris Christie\\\\\\\'s New York 1993 Spring Auction, Lot 318 Private Collection, Australia

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Buffet was born in Paris, known as the birthing bed for art and was recognized for his talents in his early teenage years throughout the 1950s. At the age of 20, he was awarded with the Prix de la Critique in 1948 and became a well- known talent in the art world. In 1956, he was interviewed and reported by the world famous magazine “L'introduction brève” and described as “the young millionaire artist”. In 1958, he held his first retrospective exhibition and was described as “the Successor of French Expressionist Artist”. In 1973, the “Bernard Buffet Museum” was founded by Kiichiro Okano, in Surugadaira, Japan and he was respected as the “French Art Pope”, which were evidence of his establishment and collects thousands of Buffet’s art works. 

“Vase de Fleurs” was created in 1958, the stern and powerful lines; thick and liberal brushstrokes bring out the entire contour. Even though it is a still object, it reveals an unsettling rhythm. The still and strange dark black lines form the vase’s form, the upward stretching branches look like they are going to break through the barrier giving the viewers a strong visual impact. Large scale of brown is piled in the background and then with blue-violet flowers and vivid green leaves to bring out the contrast. The atmosphere is lonesome and soughing which make the painting more influential. Buffet painted from an ordinary daily life to reflect the reality of society. The affection is deep and straight into the viewers’ hearts.

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