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Bernard Buffet — Nature Morte Aux Oeufs
Bernard Buffet

Nature Morte Aux Oeufs

1955

A striking still life rendered in Bernard Buffet's characteristically austere style, this work depicts eggs arranged with spare, deliberate simplicity using gouache, brush and ink, and pencil on paper. Buffet's signature bold, angular lines and muted tonal palette lend the everyday subject a sense of stark tension and emotional gravity. The interplay of media creates a raw, expressive texture that transforms the humble motif into a meditation on solitude and material existence.

Medium
Gouache, brush and ink and pencil on paper

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Impressionist & Modern Art Online

November 30, 2018

Estimate: $20,000$30,000

Lot 37

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Bernard Buffet, Nature Morte Aux Oeufs, 1955

A striking still life rendered in Bernard Buffet's characteristically austere style, this work depicts eggs arranged with spare, deliberate simplicity using gouache, brush and ink, and pencil on paper. Buffet's signature bold, angular lines and muted tonal palette lend the everyday subject a sense of stark tension and emotional gravity. The interplay of media creates a raw, expressive texture that transforms the humble motif into a meditation on solitude and material existence.

Medium
Gouache, brush and ink and pencil on paper
Year
1955
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Gouache And Ink, 20th Century, Post-War Artist, Male Artist, Expressionism, Stark Aesthetic, French Artist, Muted Tones, Figurative Art, Works on Paper, Still Life

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