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Napa

Sonoma

Mendocino

Santa Cruz

Central Coast

The Sierra Foothills

This unique and valuable collection of original paintings by the great contemporary French impressionist artist Guy Buffet, "The California Vineyards," portrays California's grape and wine-producing areas in six large canvases (31" x 39").

These paintings were commissioned from Guy Buffet about ten years ago as part of a marketing project for a large haute cuisine cookware company. We are their original owner, and we are now at a place where we hope to find someone who can take over the legacy and ownership of this collection, so that they can hang in a chateau, a mansion, or a fine home where they can be displayed properly. Our only stipulation is that the group of paintings must stay together.

Maybe you are that person, or maybe you know that person. Someone with the ability to give paintings like these their proper place of honor, and cherish them. A designer or architect who can envision these paintings in a valued home is exactly the kind of person we are looking to talk with.

These images could easily be the centerpiece of a Chateau de Vin or the home of a Chef de cuisine. We have been offered as much as $60,000 for one of the six, but they belong together as a group and we couldn't see our way clear to separate them and sell them individually. They have been valued as a group at $195,000.

About Guy Buffet

Guy Buffet's work is well-known in both advertising and fine-art contexts. Maybe you've seen his famous Williams-Sonoma portraits of waiters ("Les Garçons") and restaurant staff, or his impressionist scenes of his native Paris. He's regarded as one of the living masters of French naïve impressionism.

Thank You

Again, our only wish is that this collection of art stays whole. We hope you will be able to envision this collection in a place of honor. If you would appreciate this ownership, or if you know someone who would, remember these works of art were created in a particular moment in time, and nothing like this will be done again.

Thank you for reading this over. If you wish to contact us, we would be happy to answer any questions you might have, and to work with you to find these paintings their proper home.