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
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Bernard Aubertin 1934–2015

Tableau clous

1970
nails, wood, paint 11¾ h × 11¾ w in (30 × 30 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $1,875
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Signed and dated to verso ‘Bernard Aubertin 1970’. Sold with a certificate of authenticity from Archivio Opere Bernard Aubertin. This work is registered with Archivio Opere Bernard Aubertin no. TCLR07-100094823.
provenance: Dorotheum, Vienna, Modern & Contemporary Art, 22 June 2016, Lot 2 | 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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