Art + Design 
18 November 2020
Bernard Aubertin, Tableau clous - Image 1 of 3
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Art + Design 
Bernard Aubertin, Tableau clous - Image 1 of 3
Bernard Aubertin, Tableau clous - Image 2 of 3
Bernard Aubertin, Tableau clous - Image 3 of 3
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Bernard Aubertin 1934–2015

Tableau clous

1970
nails, wood, paint 15¾ h × 15¾ w in (40 × 40 cm)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $5,313
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Signed and dated to verso 'Bernard Aubertin 1970'. Sold with certificates of authenticity from Archivio Opere Bernard Aubertin and D.G. Arte Casa d'Arte.
provenance: D.G. Arte Casa d'Arte, Treviso | Private Collection, Europe | Dorotheum, Vienna, Contemporary Art, Part II, 24 November 2016, Lot 1120 | Private Collection, California

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Hammering 3,000 or 5,000 nails in a tableau-clous, burning 8,468 holes for a tableau-pyropoème, overlaying 100 layers of red paint upon a canvas: all these actions prove my will to use the utmost diligence. In doing so I didn't want to showcase the enormous amount of work. I tried instead to neutralize the arrogance of the artist

Bernard Aubertin

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