Nature morte au compotier et aux fruits, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet
1928 - 1999
Nature morte au compotier et aux fruits

signed Bernard Buffet and dated 49 (upper right)
oil and pencil on canvas
50 by 65cm., 19⅝ by 25⅝in.
Framed: 69 by 84cm., 27⅛ by 33in.
Executed in 1949.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Galerie Maurice Garnier.

Condition Report:
The canvas is not lined and UV inspection reveals no signs of retouching. There is some minor wear to all four extreme corners and a tiny pin-sized hole with an associate paint loss to the centre of the lower right quadrant. There is also a slight protrusion to the centre of the upper left quadrant. There is a tiny paint loss to the centre of the upper edge. This work is in overall very good condition.

Provenance:
Galerie Drouant David, Paris.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above in 1951)
Kleemann Galleries, New York (acquired from the above in 1952)
Stanley N. Barbee, Beverly Hills (acquired from the above in 1952)
Private Collection (acquired circa 1960. Sold: Christie's, New York, 11th June 2020, lot 25)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner