Bernard Buffet was a French painter associated with Art Brut best known for his still lifes, landscapes, portraits, and paintings of clown performers. The staunchly anti-Abstract artist was often described as “Miserablist.” During his lifetime, he held solo exhibitions across the world in cities including Berlin, France, and Tokyo This tapestry is the result of an official collaboration dating from the mid-1970s between the estate of Bernard Buffet and the historic French textile manufacturer DMC (Dollfus-Mieg & Compagnie). DMC marketed these pieces as high-end tapestry kits. They enabled artisans to recreate Buffet's characteristic clean, precise lines and melancholy post-war color palette, using high-quality long-stitch wool yarn on pre-printed canvas