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Bernard Buffet — Affiche d'Exposition - Le pain et le vin (Bread and Wine), by Charles Sorlier; and La cafetière rouge (The Red Coffee-Maker)
Bernard Buffet

Affiche d'Exposition - Le pain et le vin (Bread and Wine), by Charles Sorlier; and La cafetière rouge (The Red Coffee-Maker)

Bernard Buffet's stark, expressive linework defines these two works, capturing everyday objects—bread, wine, and a red coffee maker—with his signature angular austerity. The exhibition poster, created in collaboration with master printer Charles Sorlier, reflects Buffet's ability to transform mundane domestic subjects into compositions of quiet tension and melancholy. His bold, almost harsh outlines and restrained palette elevate these simple still-life themes into powerful statements of postwar existential sensibility.

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October 17, 2017

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Bernard Buffet, Affiche d'Exposition - Le pain et le vin (Bread and Wine), by Charles Sorlier; and La cafetière rouge (The Red Coffee-Maker)

Bernard Buffet's stark, expressive linework defines these two works, capturing everyday objects—bread, wine, and a red coffee maker—with his signature angular austerity. The exhibition poster, created in collaboration with master printer Charles Sorlier, reflects Buffet's ability to transform mundane domestic subjects into compositions of quiet tension and melancholy. His bold, almost harsh outlines and restrained palette elevate these simple still-life themes into powerful statements of postwar existential sensibility.

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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

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Bold Linework, Food, French, 20th Century, Bold, Poster, Red And Gold, Poster Art, Muted Palette, Male Artist, Post-War Art, Expressionism, French Artist, Exhibition Poster, Muted Tones, Bread And Wine, Figurative Art, Graphic, Modern, Red Accent, Established Artist, Mid-Century, Warm Tones, Lithograph, Figurative, Still Life

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