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Bernar Venet

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Bernar Venet was born in Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban (Alpes de Hautes Provence, France) in 1941. He studied in Nice and his first personal exhibition is organized in 1964. In 1963, he paints black canvases of tar, meaning «the black as the refusal of the easy communication». Venet composes cartoons monochrome reliefs. He becomes friend with the upholders of the "New Realism" (Arman, Cesar, . . .

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Single work Single work de Venet Bernar : Indeterminate Line sculpture
Indeterminate Line...
1989 Sculpture, rolled steel, rusty patina, stamped « Venet 689 » on the standing side. This work is unique. A certificate of authenticity (1989) signed... Registration in the artist’s archives in progress. Provenance : Elisabeth Franck Gallery (Belgium), Private collection (France).
Etching de Venet Bernar : Undeterminate lines III
Undeterminate lines...
1993 Original etching and aquatint printed in black and grey, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Etching de Venet Bernar : Undeterminate lines V
Undeterminate lines...
1993 Original etching and aquatint printed in black and grey, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Etching de Venet Bernar : Undeterminate lines I
Undeterminate lines...
1993 Original etching and aquatint printed in black and grey, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed aquatint de Venet Bernar : Lignes indéterminées VI c
Lignes...
1993 Original aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from a portfolio. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Grib III (b)
Grib III (b)
2016 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Grib II (b)
Grib II (b)
2016 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Grib I (b)
Grib I (b)
2016 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Indeterminate Line III
Indeterminate Line...
2016 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Indeterminate Line II
Indeterminate Line...
2016 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Indeterminate Line I
Indeterminate Line I
2016 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed print de Venet Bernar : Random combination of unspecified lines III
Random combination...
1995 Original print, made of ink and pastel by Bernar Venet in his studio in New York, in lower right signed in pencil by the artist, conceived for the... Without
Signed etching carborundum de Venet Bernar : Grib III
Grib III
2016 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Signed etching carborundum de Venet Bernar : Grib II
Grib II
2016 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Signed etching carborundum de Venet Bernar : Grib I
Grib I
2016 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Two Indeterminate Lines II
Two Indeterminate...
2014 Original etching and carborundum, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Signed etching carborundum de Venet Bernar : Four Indeterminate Lines
Four Indeterminate...
2014 Original etching and carborundum, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Two Indeterminate Lines III
Two Indeterminate...
2014 Original etching and carborundum, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed screenprint de Venet Bernar : L'art pour la Paix
L'art pour la Paix
2004 Original screenprint in 4 colors, signed in pencil by the artist. Ed. Les Méditerranéennes Médiatrices de la Paix. Without
Original signed aquatint de Venet Bernar : Lignes indéterminées VI b
Lignes...
1993 Original aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from a portfolio. Without
Original signed aquatint de Venet Bernar : Lignes indéterminées V b
Lignes...
1993 Original aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from a portfolio. Without
Original signed aquatint de Venet Bernar : Lignes indéterminées IV b
Lignes...
1993 Original aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from a portfolio. Without
Original signed aquatint de Venet Bernar : Lignes indéterminées III b
Lignes...
1993 Original aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from a portfolio. Without
Original signed aquatint de Venet Bernar : Lignes indéterminées II b
Lignes...
1993 Original aquatint in black and grey, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed aquatint de Venet Bernar : Lignes indéterminées I b
Lignes...
1993 Original aquatint, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from a portfolio. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Effondrement : Arcs IV b
Effondrement : Arcs...
2013 Original etching, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Signed etching carborundum de Venet Bernar : Four Indeterminate Lines
Four Indeterminate...
2014 Original etching and carborundum, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Two Indeterminate Lines III
Two Indeterminate...
2014 Original etching and carborundum, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Two Indeterminate Lines II
Two Indeterminate...
2014 Original etching and carborundum, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Two Indeterminate Lines I
Two Indeterminate...
2014 Original etching and carborundum, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Effondrement : Arcs III b
Effondrement : Arcs...
2013 Original etching, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Effondrement : Arcs II b
Effondrement : Arcs...
2013 Original etching, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Effondrement : Arcs I b
Effondrement : Arcs...
2013 Original etching, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed lithograph de Venet Bernar : Unspecified line VIII
Unspecified line...
1987 Original lithograph, signed (monogram) in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Effondrement : Arcs IV
Effondrement : Arcs...
2013 Original etching, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Effondrement : Arcs III
Effondrement : Arcs...
2013 Original etching, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Effondrement : Arcs II
Effondrement : Arcs...
2013 Original etching, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Venet Bernar : Effondrement : Arcs I
Effondrement : Arcs...
2013 Original etching, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed lithograph de Venet Bernar : Alternative combination II
Alternative...
Circa 1992 Original lithograph, signed (monogram) in pencil by the artist. Without
Signed print de Venet Bernar : Composition
Composition
Circa 2010 Digital print, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original lithograph de Venet Bernar : Unspecified line I
Unspecified line I
1987 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed lithograph de Venet Bernar : Alternative combination II
Alternative...
Circa 1992 Original lithograph, signed (monogram) in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed screenprint de Venet Bernar : Random combination of unspecified lines II
Random combination...
2004 Original screenprint, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed screenprint de Venet Bernar : Random combination of unspecified lines I
Random combination...
2004 Original screenprint, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed lithograph de Venet Bernar : Unspecified line III
Unspecified line III
1992 Original lithograph, signed and dated in pencil. Without
Lithograph signed de Venet Bernar : Unspecified line II
Unspecified line II
Circa 1990 Original lithograph, signed in pencil. Without
Lithograph signed de Venet Bernar : Alternative combination
Alternative...
Circa 1992 Original lithograph, signed in pencil. Without
Original signed screenprint de Venet Bernar : Geminga
Geminga
Circa 1995 Original screenprint, signed in pencil. Without
Original lithograph de Venet Bernar : Unspecified line I
Unspecified line I
1987 Original lithograph, signed in pencil. without
Etching de Venet Bernar : Unspecified lines VI
Unspecified lines VI
1993 Original etching, aquatint printed in black and grey, signed in pencil. unknown
Etching de Venet Bernar : Unspecified lines V
Unspecified lines V
1993 Original etching, aquatint printed in black and grey, signed in pencil. unknown
Etching de Venet Bernar : Unspecified lines IV
Unspecified lines IV
1993 Original etching, aquatint printed in black and grey, signed in pencil. unknown
Etching de Venet Bernar : Unspecified lines III
Unspecified lines...
1993 Original etching, aquatint printed in black and grey, signed in pencil. unknown
Etching de Venet Bernar : Unspecified lines II
Unspecified lines II
1993 Original etching, aquatint printed in black and grey, signed in pencil. unknown
Etching de Venet Bernar : Unspecified lines I
Unspecified lines I
1993 Original etching, aquatint printed in black and grey, signed in pencil. unknown

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
*« The five years of Bernar Venet », Donald Karshan, New York Cultural Center & F. Dickinson Uni, New York, 1971 All the "catalogues raisonnés"

Bibliographic track & more

To read about the artist :
  • « Bernar Venet », C. Millet, Ed. du Chêne, Paris, 1974
  • « La négation du style », B. Huin, Musée dép. des Vosges, Epinal, 1985
  • « Venet », J. Van Der Marck, Ed. de la Différence, 1988
  • « Noir, noir et noir, Photographies 1963-1990 », J.-L.Schefer, Ed. Marval, 1991
  • « A Wonderful life : 1974-1994 », Alain Coulange, Ed. Galilée, 1996
  • « Bernar Venet », Pierre Arnauld, Giampaolo Prearo Ed., 2000
  • « B. Venet », Pierre Arnaud et Achille Bonito Oliva, Ed. Marval, 2001
  • « Bernar Venet », Thierry Lenain, coll Monographies, Ed. Gallimard, 2007
  • « Le monde de Bernar Venet », T. Davila, A. Mousseigne, Ed. Lienart, 2011
  • « Bernar Venet poétique ? », collectif, Jean Boite Ed., 2017
To read from the artist :
  • « La ligne et sa définition », In « Art Press » n°54 (décembre)
  • « Bernar Venet : 1 pour 1 », entretiens, J.-P. Peynot, Ed. Archibooks, 2008
Website :
www.bernarvenet.com/

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Mouvements de l'art

  • + CONCEPTUAL ART / 1965-1980 / Robert Barry, Mel Bochner, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Hanne Darboven, Ilya Kabakov, etc.
  • + SCHOOL OF NICE / 1965-1975 / Jean-Claude Farhi, Robert Filliou, Roland Flexner, Serge III, Pierre Pinoncelli, etc.
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