Bernard Buffet

Rare Original French Modernist E.A. Proof Lithograph Signed Bernard Buffet 1982

1982

Very rare original Signed E.A. Artist's Proof, color lithograph, "New York", by Bernard Buffet (1928-1999). Circa 1980. A Landscape image by the celebrated French Modernist figurative artist Bernard Buffet, titled "New York". The color litho shows buildings and skyline in New York City, this is a rare image from a series of New York views produced by Buffet. The artwork is signed in pencil lower left "E.A", Artist's Proof in French, from the limited edition numbered prints (which was limited to 150) , it is also boldly signed "Bernard Buffet" lower right. Condition is excellent, we at Bloomsbury Fine...

Very rare original Signed Hors Commerce artist proof (do not sell) color lithograph, of the Parisian monument, The Triumphal Arch, by Bernard Buffet (1928-1999). A landscape image by the celebrated French Modernist figurative artist Bernard Buffet, titled "L' Arc de Triomphe". The color litho depicts one of the most recognizable architectural monuments in Paris. The artwork is signed in pencil lower left "H.C" (Hors Commerce) meaning not to be sold, this was an artist proof provided to the printer to make the limited edition numbered prints (200 to be exact), it is also boldly signed "Bernard Buffet" lower right. This is a unique version of this image, it is one of only one! Condition is excellent, we at Bloomsbury Fine Art & Antiques can...

The Pancake Eater, 1981 by Red Grooms (b. 1937), an Artist's Proof, 2 of 9 (apart from the edition of 31). Multi-layer lithograph and silkscreen in 31 colors with gold radiance powde...

Fernand Léger (1881-1955) Femme sur fond jaune (Woman Against Yellow Background), 1952 Created in 1952, this original color lithograph is hand signed in ink by Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) in the lower right margin. Printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris out of the total edition of 150 unnumbered proofs on Arches wove paper. We at Bloomsbury Fine Art & Antiques can...

Monumental modernist oil on panel painting by Louis Demott Bunce (1907-1983), from an installation for the Oregon Centennial Exposition, 1959. A rare & important and monumental abstract painting by the celebrated Oregon artist Louis Bunce, the artist was commissioned to paint a mural for the 1959 Oregon Centennial & Trade Fair in Portland, the installation was titled " Gay Garden Way ", it was painted for the exterior of the Horticultural building. The mural having abstract plant abstractions, according to Bunce in his own words it was "the rounded shapes of flowers and the sun", the mural created a major furor from the conservative art public. The painting signed and dated by the artist lower left, the work was sold in the late 1980s through the celebrated Laura Russo Gallery, this painting is featured in Roger Hull's book; "Louis Bunce, Dialogue with Modernism". The painting is in good condition and ready to grace your wall. Louis Bunce attended high school and the Museum Art School before leaving for the Art Students League in New York. He established a New York connection that began when he first attended classes there in 1927 and continued over the years with frequent visits. He became friends with many promising artists, including Jackson Pollock and David Smith. In 1939 he worked for the WPA Easel Project in New York and by the time he returned to Portland he was an established artist on the East Coast. He worked at the WPA art center in Salem as an Instructor and Assistant Director. His work included murals, two of which are in the Post Offices in Grants Pass and St. Johns. Their subjects, mining and orchard farming, are activities of each region. "I have always been visually drawn to the landscape, at first the desert and mountain regions of Wyoming; then the lush and gentle color of the Pacific Northwest and the urban landscape of New York." From 1942-1945 he worked as an illustrator, a tool designer, and in assembly for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation. After WWII, Bunce joined the faculty of the Museum Art School in Portland, where he had been a student in 1925-1926. He taught there until his retirement in 1972. He excelled at producing screen-prints and introduced this technique to Oregon. While maintaining a national reputation throughout the 1950s and 1960s, some of New York's most prestigious galleries represented him. Theater buffs will remember his murals and portraits for Portland Civic Theater's 1938 production of Pride and Prejudice. In a career that made him one of the most recognized names in Oregon's art history, Bunce had many styles: cubism, expressionism, surrealism and abstractionism. His 1958 mural in the Portland International Airport presents this abstract style: "whirling propellers and shadows of the concourse as seen from above." It was controversial at the time as being too abstract for a public art project. Louis and wife Eda opened a full-time art gallery in Portland in 1949, called the Kharouba. Located first at 1016 SE Morrison, then at SW 11th and Alder, the gallery represented many of the leading artists of the day: Josephine Cameron, William Givler, Clifford Gleason, Jack Hammack, Charles Heaney, Frederick Heidel, George Johanson, Jack McLarty, Rick Norwood, C.S. Price, Arthur Runquist, Jolan Torok, Charles Voorhies...

"Parterre at Casa de Mateus," Acrylic on Paper over Wood Panel, Tom Fawkes (1941- present), painted 2007. This painting is so wonderfully detailed & depicti...

Herbiers undated lithograph, artist proof (E.A) & signed by the artist 20,5 x 27,9 cm sold without frame about Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987) Jean Hélion was born ...

Personnages undated lithograph, artist proof (E.A) & signed by the artist 20,5 x 27,9 cm sold without frame about Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987) Jean Hélion was bo...

Floating Figures undated lithograph, artist proof (E.A) & signed by the artist 22 x 15,5 x 0,1 cm sold without frame about Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987) Jean Hélion was born on April 21, 1904, in Couterne, France. He entered the Institut Industriel du Nord in Lille to study chemistry in 1920 but left the following year to become an architectural apprentice in Paris. He painted while working as an architectural draftsman in the early 1920s. Hélion attracted the attention of the collector Georges Bine in 1925 and was soon able to devote himself entirely to painting. In 1927 he met Joaquín Torres-García, who collaborated on L'Acte, a short-lived magazine founded by Hélion and others. Hélion first exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1928. Shortly thereafter he became acquainted with Jean Arp, Piet Mondrian, and Antoine Pevsner...

“Man needs color to live; it’s just as necessary an element as fire and water.” - Fernand Léger This lithograph by Fernand Leger is from the portfolio entitled "La Ville" (The City...

This lithographic poster was designed after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec for an exhibition of his prints at the Maison de La pensée Française, Paris in 1955. This poster is based on an original lithograph from 1896 entitled "The Seated Clowness...

This original lithographic poster was designed after Pierre Bonnard, for the Orangerie Des Tuileries in 1947. This work encompasses still life as this table set takes center stage. Bonnard was a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis...