**Bernard Buffet
1928-1999 (French)

1928-1999 (French)
Les Chants de Maldoro, oiseau avec une proie, 1952
pencil on tracing paper mounted on cardboard
h:12 w:20 cm.
signed lower right on the mount

Provenance: Sale: Bonhams London, April 4, 2012, lot 34.
Private collection, Japan.

Literature: M. Rheims, Bernard Buffet, Graveur, 1948-1980, Nice, 1983, p.99, n.73 (drypoint version illustrated).

Other Notes: Maurice Garnier has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.
This work is a tracing made by Buffet of his original drawing, which was used for his drypoint illustrations in the 1952 edition of Les Chants de Maldoror by Comte de Lautréamont, and is not the original work.

Location: Europe.

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