BERNARD BUFFET Clown

• LOT

  1893

• Artist

  BERNARD BUFFET ( 1928 - 1999 )

• Estimate

  120,000 - 360,000 5,217 - 15,652 6,000 - 18,000 24,000 - 72,000 750 - 2,250

  JPY RMB HKD TWD USD

• Result

  Members only

• Details

  lithograph　framed　
  numbered and signed
  ED.150
  
  BERNARD BUFFET was one of the leading figurative painters of postwar France. He developed a highly distinctive style characterized by hard, incisive black outlines and a singular use of color, depicting a wide range of subjects including figures, landscapes, still lifes, flowers, and circus scenes. His early works in particular are marked by a sense of tension that evokes the anxiety and isolation of postwar society. In addition to oil painting, Buffet produced an extensive body of graphic works, including lithographs and drypoints. In 1971, he was appointed Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. In 1973, the Bernard Buffet Museum, dedicated to the collection and exhibition of his works, opened in Nagaizumi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
  Major collections: Bernard Buffet Museum; Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City.
  
  The clown is one of Buffet's most iconic subjects. Following his 1955 series devoted to the circus, the clown became an important motif that he returned to repeatedly throughout his career. The contrast between elaborate costumes and makeup and the figures' somber expressions creates a striking tension between outward festivity and an underlying sense of loneliness and melancholy.
  
  71.5×52.5cm
  (28 ⅛ × 20 ⅝ in.)　

• Organizer

  Jo's Auction

• Auction

  Jo’s Auction Autumn Auction of Art Works 2026

• Catalog

  Contemporary Art/Modern&Post-War Art

• Date

  2026/10/21