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Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

French, 1928–1999
Paris, France
DrawingExpressionism
Representation
None documented
4
Institutional Exhibitions
10
Works in Collection
16
Assets Indexed
1
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Movements
  • • Expressionism
Related Artists
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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
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Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
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Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1951
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Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement
Expressionism
Medium
Drawing
Related Artists
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Institutional

Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (10)

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Images

Artsy artist portrait
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Lighthouse (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Lighthouse (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Movements and affiliations

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Expressionism
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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

WorkAuction HouseDateEstimateHammer Price
UntitledArtsyJul 2025£700 – £1,000Unsold
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Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionPortraits from the Museum Collection
New York · 1960
Group ExhibitionXXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
New York · 1954
Group ExhibitionRecent Acquisitions
New York · 1952
Group ExhibitionRecent Acquisitions
New York · 1951