Still life with fireplace
(Nature morte à la cheminée)
1952
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
114.0 × 146.1 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Eugénie Crawford Bequest, 2011
© Bernard Buffet/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
incised u.r.: Bernard Buffet 52
Accession Number
2011.409
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Interiors Still Lifes
Subjects (specific)
bouquets chairs (furniture forms) fireplaces yellow (colour)
Movements
Modernism
Frame
The frame on Buffet’s Still life with fireplace came with the painting at the time of acquisition in 2011. It is pinned to the outer edge of the stretcher and consists of gloss black timber strips, projecting slightly forward of the face of the painting.
Frame Details
Framemaker
Unknown - 20th century
Date
c.1952
Materials
gloss painted timber strip