BERNARD BUFFET (1928-1999)
Deux oursins et lampe marine
signed and indistinctly dated '49 Bernard Buffet' (upper left)
oil on canvas
21 7/16 x 25 9/16 in (54.5 x 65 cm)
Painted in 1949
Footnotes:
Provenance
Acquired by the previous owner in the 1960s; their sale, Sotheby's, London, December 8, 1998, lot 402.
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner; their sale, Mainichi Auctions, Tokyo, October 30, 2021, lot 301.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited
Malmö, Ecole de Paris, 1949.

Literature
Fonds de Dotation Bernard Buffet (eds.), Bernard Buffet, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. I, 1941-1953, Paris, 2019, p. 114 (illustrated).

The canvas is strip lined. Light frame rubbing to the extreme edges. A few, minute scattered spots of surface dirt near the lantern. Examination under Ultra-Violet light reveals: a small spot of retouching to the upper right corner. Subject to the foregoing, it is in our opinion that the work appears to be in very good condition.