A striking example of Bernard Buffet's characteristically austere and expressionistic style, this color lithograph presents a haunting arrangement of skulls rendered in his signature angular, heavily outlined forms. The stark composition evokes the traditional vanitas genre, a reminder of mortality and the fleeting nature of life, while Buffet's modern sensibility transforms the classical memento mori into something deeply personal and unsettling. Printed on wove paper with full margins, the work showcases the technical precision and raw emotional intensity that defined Buffet as one of France's most distinctive postwar artists.