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Selected Works535

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Previous Sales 404

Bonhams
Tréboul, environs de Douarnenez, le port à marée basse 35 1/4 x 51 3/16 in (89.5 x 130 cm) (Painted in 1972)
Tréboul, environs de Douarnenez, le port à marée basse 35 1/4 x 51 3/16 in (89.5 x 130 cm) (Painted in 1972)
Unknown
May 2026
Christie's
New York, Manhattan
New York, Manhattan, 1958
$381,000
May 2026
Christie's
Nature morte au melon
Nature morte au melon, 1953
$57,150
May 2026
Christie's
Le pont suspendu
Le pont suspendu, 1960
Bought In
May 2026
Christie's
Les deux poissons
Les deux poissons, 1961
Bought In
May 2026
Christie's
Tête de clown fond jaune
Tête de clown fond jaune, 1999
HK$2,286,000 ($293k USD)
Mar 2026
Christie's
Deux gobe-mouches
Deux gobe-mouches, 1996
HK$889,000 ($114k USD)
Mar 2026
Christie's
Dahlias
Dahlias, 1961
HK$482,600 ($62k USD)
Mar 2026
Bonhams
Café de campagne (Painted in 1970)
Café de campagne (Painted in 1970)
Bought In
Mar 2026
Sotheby's
Le Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre
Le Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre, 1996
€120,000 ($132k USD)
Feb 2026
Sotheby's
Fleurs dans un vase
Fleurs dans un vase, 1951
€45,000 ($50k USD)
Feb 2026
Sotheby's
Le Pontel
Le Pontel, 1975
€32,000 ($35k USD)
Feb 2026
Sotheby's
La chèvre
La chèvre, 1952
€199,369 ($199k USD)
Dec 2025
Sotheby's
Maisons et cabanes sur une plage bretonne
Maisons et cabanes sur une plage bretonne, 1963
€106,330 ($106k USD)
Dec 2025
Bonhams
Mer 25 11/16 x 39 3/8 in (65.3 x 100 cm) (Painted in 1966)
Mer 25 11/16 x 39 3/8 in (65.3 x 100 cm) (Painted in 1966)
$35,000
Nov 2025
Bonhams
Papillon 7 3/8 x 9 3/8 in (18.8 x 23.7 cm) (Painted in 1963)
Papillon 7 3/8 x 9 3/8 in (18.8 x 23.7 cm) (Painted in 1963)
$20,000
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Annecy, l’embarcadère des bateaux promenade
Annecy, l’embarcadère des bateaux promenade, 1972
£198,908 ($199k USD)
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Nature morte au panier fond bleu
Nature morte au panier fond bleu, 1982
£91,166 ($91k USD)
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Nature morte au verre et aux fruits
Nature morte au verre et aux fruits, 1952
£19,891 ($20k USD)
Nov 2025
Christie's
Tête de Torero
Tête de Torero, 1961
€292,100 ($321k USD)
Oct 2025
Christie's
Bouquet au pot bleu
Bouquet au pot bleu, 1978
€133,350 ($147k USD)
Oct 2025
Christie's
Clown chauve
Clown chauve, 1966
£381,000 ($503k USD)
Oct 2025
Christie's
Torero
Torero, 1961
£317,500 ($419k USD)
Oct 2025
Christie's
Magny, le château Valois
Magny, le château Valois, 1976
Bought In
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Tournesols
Tournesols, 1957
$65,000
Sep 2025

Upcoming Auctions 1

Tajan
BERNARD BUFFET (1928-1999)
BERNARD BUFFET (1928-1999)
Est. €5,000–€7,000
Jun 23, 2026

For Sale 3

Galerie Rienzo · 1stDibs
Le service a cafe
Le service a cafe
$498,000
M.S. Rau · 1stDibs
Une tulipe et trois jacinthes by Bernard Buffet
Une tulipe et trois jacinthes by Bernard Buffet
$495,000
Galerie Rienzo · 1stDibs
Lord Filimbrock
Lord Filimbrock
$15,000
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Market5,961 auction results

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$44 – $2.1M
560 of 633 paintings lots with prices
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$146K
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$109K
560 priced paintings lots
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Jun 2026 · $90.7K
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Paintings: $109K medianWorks on paper: $25.0K medianSculpture/objects: $42.8K medianPhotographs: — medianEditioned prints: $865 medianBooks/portfolios: $1.1K medianUnclassified lots: $27.5K medianPosters/ephemera: $1.9K median
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Education1

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA)
Paris, France
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Current Exhibitions1

#13,057 Stern Pissarro Gallery

Impressionist to Contemporary Works on Paper

Yayoi Kusama, Edgar Degas, Fernand Léger, Marc Chagall, Bernard Buffet, Marino Marini, Sonia Delaunay

66 St James's St, London SW1A 1NE, UK

Jun 11, 2026 — Jul 11, 2026

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#5,211 PM GALLERY

Dreams of Paris

Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, Bernard Buffet, Georges Mathieu, JonOne, John Bruce, Christelle Yambayisa, Dean Tavoularis, Ivan Afonskiy, Cesar Baldaccini, Cléophée Donnais, Edouard Zelenine ZELENINE, Erté

40 Rue de Seine, 75006 Paris, France

Jul 23, 2026 — Sep 5, 2026

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Recent News6

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Inside Art Paris 2026: a fair shaped by language, memory, and new voices
Art Paris 2026 will return to the Grand Palais from April 9th to 12th, featuring 165 galleries from over twenty countries. This edition is anchored by…
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South Korea’s leading auction houses, K Auction and Seoul Auction, are headlining their February sales with monumental works by Lee Ufan. Two rare, la…
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Rediscovered Rubens and a woolly mammoth head star at Brafa fair in Brussels
Brafa, Belgium's premier art and antiques fair, has expanded for its 71st edition, now featuring 147 exhibitors across three halls in the Brussels Exp…
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Galerie de l'Institut, a family-run Parisian gallery specializing in prints since 1954, is currently staging "Picasso. Dessin. 1903–1972," a major exh…
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rago wright post war contemporary art auction may 2025
Rago/Wright's Postwar and Contemporary Art sale in New York will take place on May 21, 2025, featuring over 200 lots of 20th- and 21st-century works i…
marketMay 19, 2025
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Past Exhibitions6

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#7,112 Galerie Estades

Les Bouquets de Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

17, place des Vosges

Jun 20, 2025 — Nov 15, 2025

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#2,307 Galerie Tamenaga

Bernard BUFFET

Bernard BUFFET

Japan, 〒540-0001 Osaka, Chuo Ward, Shiromi, 1-chōme−4−１ プラザシャトウ

Mar 29, 2025 — May 6, 2025

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#1,100 Bailly Gallery

Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

10, rue de l'Hôtel de Ville

Feb 26, 2025 — Apr 30, 2025

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#1,830 HELENE BAILLY MARCILHAC

BERNARD BUFFET DIALOGS

Bernard Buffet

71 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France

Sep 15, 2023 — Oct 31, 2023

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Kunstmuseum Basel

Bernard Buffet Existentialist and Popular Artist

Bernard Buffet

St. Alban-Graben 16, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

Feb 18, 2023 — Apr 14, 2024

Bernard Buffet — 18.02.2023 – 14.04.2024

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#11,176 Galerie Dil

Bernard Buffet : Exposition à Séoul

Bernard Buffet

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Art Fair Appearances1

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TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2026
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Recent Activity17

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Bernard Buffet : Exposition à Séoul
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Dreams of Paris
Jul 23, 2026
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Impressionist to Contemporary Works on Paper
Jun 11, 2026
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Modern Art / Contemporary Art/ Modern Art PartⅡ
May 9, 2026
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Inside Art Paris 2026: a fair shaped by language, memory, and new voices
Apr 7, 2026
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Art Fair
TEFAF Maastricht 2026
Mar 14, 2026
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Twenty Billion Won for a Single Dot: Lee Ufan Masterpieces Head to Auction
Feb 23, 2026
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Rediscovered Rubens and a woolly mammoth head star at Brafa fair in Brussels
Jan 24, 2026
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galerie de linstitut
Dec 12, 2025
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Exhibition
Les Bouquets de Bernard Buffet
Jun 20, 2025
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rago wright post war contemporary art auction may 2025
May 19, 2025
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Exhibition
Bernard BUFFET
Mar 29, 2025
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Exhibition
Bernard Buffet
Feb 26, 2025
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BERNARD BUFFET DIALOGS
Sep 15, 2023
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Exhibition
Bernard Buffet Existentialist and Popular Artist
Feb 18, 2023
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Bernard Buffet dies
Jan 1, 1999
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Bernard Buffet born
Jan 1, 1928
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