26.9 x 35 cm (10 5/8 x 13 ¾ in)

Oil on Masonite

Signed Bernard Buffet and dated 79 (upper right); titled N.M. au service a café et a la lampe a petrole and written D (on the reverse)

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Galerie Maurice Garnier

Galerie Maurice Garnier, Paris

Galerie Thery, Boulogne-sur-mer

Private Collection, 1981

Sotheby’s Paris, 28 Oct 2021

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner