BEN (1935-2024) BENJAMIN VAUTIER SAYS The art market having collapsed, à votre bon coeur messieurs-dames . (artist returns desuite), 1991 Acrylic on panel, in an American crate, signed lower right, on the back annotation "bought from Ben 1991". Exhibitions : - Les couleurs de l'argent, Musée de la Poste, Paris,November 19, 1991 - February 1, 1992, exhibition label on back - Je cherche la vérité, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain à Nice (MAMAC), February 17-May 27, 2001, exhibition label on back 40 x 40 cm - Case : 54 x 54 cm Catalog raisonné of Ben no 1890

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