Bernard Buffet the Dog, Engraving Signed, 1961, 197ex

  
Bernard BUFFET is a French expressionist painter composing both characters and animal figures, nudes and landscapes. Watercolourist he is also a painter of theater sets and an illustrator. His passion for poetry is well established. A dog madly loving a scholar. Engraving after a d Indian ink drawing printed on copper for the portfolio "Paris de mon Coeur".

Signed in the plate with the first name of the artist. Dimensions 36 x 28 cm c. This is one of 122 copies on Sirène offset paper (global print run limited to 197 copies). This drawing in black was printed on copper by Nourisson in Issy les Moulineaux. Authenticity: This portfolio is officially mentioned in the catalog raisonné Bernard Buffet Graveur established by Maurice Rheims ed.

Francony under references #29 & 30.