Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)

La chvre

Details
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)
La chvre
signed and dated 'Bernard Buffet 52' (upper left); numbered 'G 46' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
58.5/8 x 77in. (149 x 197cm.)
Painted in 1952
Provenance
Galerie Drouant-David, Paris (G46).
Jacques Spreiregen, Monaco and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Janus, Man Ray, Milan 1973, no. 118 (another example illustrated).
C. Benincasa and R. M. Siena, Man Ray: Les Heures Heureuses, Rome 1975, p. 15.
Penrose, Man Ray, London 1975, no. 126 (illustrated p. 191).
A Schwarz, Man Ray, il Rigore dell'Immaginazione, Milan 1977, no. 365 (one of the 1961 version illustrated p. 223).
J. H. Martin, R. Krauss and B. Hermann, Man Ray, Objets de mon Affection, Paris 1983, no. 130 (the original of 1958 illustrated p. 112).
Man Ray et ses amis, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo and travelling, 1991-92, p. 80, no. 131 (another example illustrated in colour).
Exh. cat., Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp, Man Ray 1890-1976, September-December 1994, (the original of 1958 illustrated).
Exh. cat, Galerie der Stadt, Stuttgart, January-April 1998, (one of the 1961 variant illustrated in colour).
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van -Beuningen, La Mtamorphose de l'Objet, 1971, no. 141/78

Lot Essay

The authenticity of this work has been kindly confirmed by Philippe E. David from the Galerie Maurice Garnier. It is registered in the Bernard Buffet Archives under no.AN52G464. A certificate will be given to the purchaser of this lot.

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