Bernard Buffet - Les clowns musiciens, le saxophoniste

Bernard Buffet

Les clowns musiciens, le saxophoniste

Found at Christies, Hong Kong
20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale, Lot 68
1. Dec - 1. Dec 2021
Estimate: 7.000.000 - 9.000.000 HKD
Price realised: 16.450.000 HKD
Description
BERNARD BUFFET (1928-1999)
Les clowns musiciens, le saxophoniste
signed ‘Bernard Buffet’ (centre left); dated ‘1991’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
225.4 x 270 cm. (88 3⁄4 x 106 1⁄4 in.)
Painted in 1991
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A top price for Bernard Buffet

This artwork by Bernard Buffet achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Hong Kong in December 2021. In the 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale auction, the work Les clowns musiciens, le saxophoniste sold for HKD 16,450,000.00 (€ 1,863,306.24) - well above the upper estimate of HKD 9,000,000.00. This high result makes Les clowns musiciens, le saxophoniste the most expensive artwork by Bernard Buffet that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Bernard Buffet

Dieses Kunstwerk von Bernard Buffet erzielte im Dezember 2021 bei Christies in Hong Kong einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Les clowns musiciens, le saxophoniste für HKD 16.450.000,00 (€ 1.863.306,24) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von HKD 9.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Les clowns musiciens, le saxophoniste zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Bernard Buffet, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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