Constantin Korovine (1861-1939)

Modern artists Constantine Korovin, Henri Hayden, Moïse Kisling and Alfred Boucher celebrated fruits and flowers.

The rediscovery of this painting from the Russian Impressionist's most prized period is a major event in our understanding of his work.

This auction will open with 11 pictures by the artist from a single provenance. They recall the importance and role Brancusi gave photography.

Bidders for this small clock by Linzeler Marchak featuring an exquisite koi carp fought it out for several rounds before the final triumph.  

Vacheron Constantin’s Métiers d’Art series of watches, entitled a “Tribute to Great Civilizations”, comprises 4 designs, each referencing a civilization via an artwork from the Louvre’s collection: The Great Sphinx of Tanis, Darius I’s Lion Frieze, The Winged Victory of Samothrace and the bust of Octavian Augustus.

With an original decoration equal to its technical refinement, this Art Deco clock combines the signatures of Linzeler-Marchak and the firm Vacheron Constantin. Strength in unity...

The 15-inch finger, found in the Louvre in 2018, had been misidentified as a toe, before being recognized by researcher Aurélia Azéma. Using a “non-invasive, reversible and invisible system,” it has now been restored “perfectly” to its rightful place. The statue is located in Rome’s Capitoline Museums. (Guardian)

A court has ruled that Brancusi’s The Kiss may be removed from Paris’ Montparnasse Cemetery by the descendants of Russian student Tatiana Rachevskaïa, whose fiancé purchased it to honor her tombstone after her 1910 suicide. Her descendants hope to sell the sculpture, which is estimated at €50 M.

The works came from Jewish lawyer Armand Dorville’s collection after he fled Paris and were bought by Nazi art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt. Two Jean-Louis Forain paintings were in Cornelius Gurlitt’s trove of art inherited from his father, and a Constantin Guys drawing was handed in by the widower of Cornelius’s sister.

A painting by Martiros Saryan resonates like a paean to a beloved country and culture.