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Artists›Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

French, 1928–1999

WA-00022433

Paris, France

DrawingExpressionism

Representation

None documented

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Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ365304

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Portraits from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

No image

Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952

No image

Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

Field Verification (1 fields)

0 cross-verified · 1 single-source

BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (2)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/bernard-buffet
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/855
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Drawing

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (10)

WattsOS

Rita

1960 · color lithograph

Image: 71.5 x 54.1 cm (28 1/8 x 21 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of the Artist

1954 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1464 x 1140 mm

Tate

Holy Face

1954 · Drypoint on paper

image: 509 x 647 mm

Tate

Sketch for The Passion

1954 · Graphite on ivory wove paper (discolored to tan)

46.5 × 76.5 cm (18 5/16 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Thistles

1952 · Lithograph

composition: 20 3/4 x 13 5/8" (52.7 x 34.6 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 x 14 7/8" (56.5 x 37.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Scarf

1950 · Silk, twill weave; screen printed

70.3 × 68.8 cm (27 5/8 × 27 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life with Fish, II

1949 · Oil on canvas

16 3/8 x 33 1/2" (41.6 x 85.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lighthouse

1948 · Drypoint on white wove paper

Image: 47.6 × 63 cm (18 3/4 × 24 13/16 in.); Plate: 53.5 × 67 cm (21 1/8 × 26 7/16 in.); Sheet: 56.2 × 76 cm (22 3/16 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

WattsOS

The Canal

1945 · engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

10 published of 13 catalogued · 9 with image

MoMA
3 publishedof 6 catalogued4 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
Tate
2 published2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Holy Face
1954 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Rita
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Canal
1945 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of the Artist
1954 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Expressionism

Collections7

Museum of Modern Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	£700 – £1,000	Unsold

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Portraits from the Museum Collection

New York · 1960

Group Exhibition XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

New York · 1954

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions

New York · 1952

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions

New York · 1951