• Impressionist/Modern Day Sale auction at Christies

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    21 June 2012

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    • Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)
    Lot 333

    Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)

    Chouette

    Price realised

    GBP 73,250

    Estimate

    GBP 50,000 - GBP 70,000

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    Bernard Buffet (1928-1999)
    Chouette
    signed 'Bernard Buffet' (upper right)
    oil on canvas
    25 5/8 x 21¼ in. (65 x 54 cm.)
    Painted in 1995

    Provenance

    Galerie Maurice Garnier, Paris.
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1998.

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    Lot Essay

    This painting is sold with a photo-certificate from Maurice Garnier.

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    Special Notice

    Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.


    Pre-Lot Text

    THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTOR

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