Art + Design 
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Bernard Aubertin 1934–2015

Tableau clous

1970
nails, wood, paint 7¾ h × 7¾ w in (20 × 20 cm)
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $4,063
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Signed to verso 'Bernard Aubertin'. Sold with a certificate of authenticity from the Archivio Bernard Aubertin, Milan. This work is registered with Archivio Opere Bernard Aubertin no. TCL-67000000714-RSN.
provenance: Private Collection, Giulianova, Italy | Planet Art, Milan | 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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