BERNARD BUFFET (1928-1999)
Rascasse
signed and dated '49 Bernard Buffet' (upper right)
oil on canvas
19 1/8 x 31 1/8 in (48.5 x 79 cm)
Painted in 1949
Footnotes:
Provenance
Private collection, Massachusetts; their sale, Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles, November 17, 2009, lot 1053.
Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner; their sale, Matsart, Jerusalem, June 30, 2010, lot 245.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature
Fonds de Dotation Bernard Buffet (eds.), Bernard Buffet, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, vol. I, 1941-1953, Paris, 2019, p. 119 (illustrated).

Light frame rubbing to the edges. A minute loss to the top of the '4' at the upper center edge. A pinpoint loss to the upper right quadrant (located 3 in to the right of the serving dish). A few small accretions throughout the composition: one near the upper left edge and three in the lower right quadrant. Examination under Ultra-Violet light reveals: retouching to the lower right corner and upper right corner. Two small spots to the right of the serving dish and two other spots to the left of the serving dish. Subject to the foregoing, it is in our opinion that the work appears to be in very good condition.