Post War & Contemporary Art 
11 March 2021
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Bernard Aubertin 1934–2015

Tableau clous

1976
nails, wood, paint 19¾ h × 19¾ w in (50 × 50 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,525
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Signed and dated to verso 'Bernard Aubertin 1976'. Sold with a photo certificate signed by the artist.
provenance: Private Collection, Italy | Dorotheum, Moderne und Zeitgenössische Kunst, 25 June 2014, Lot 159 | 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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