Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938)

Recently rediscovered and authenticated by Olivier d'Agay, the aviator’s great-nephew, their secret will soon be revealed.

As this portrait attests, Léonard Limosin was an enameler to great statesmen and kings, starting with French King, Francis I (r.1515-1547).

This is the only preparatory drawing for a work commissioned by the painter’s colleagues. It recalls the major artistic event of the time in France, the Salon.

The sale of about 50 George Papazov works by his descendants provides an opportunity to rediscover the Bulgarian artist. The dreamlike quality of his paintings links him to the Surrealist movement.

The painter and interior designer played with materials to his heart's content, choosing red to dress up a fur salon.

Antoine Rabany’s sculpted primitive heads have been in the news for about a hundred years. This version is the last one listed by specialist Bruno Montpied.

Allegorical Figure of Fashion, a black pencil drawing with watercolor highlights dating to 1780, by French artist Antoine-Esprit Gibelin (1739-1813) was preempted by the Parisian institution for €6,500 under the hammer of Million at Drouot. Antoine-Esprit Gibelin famously painted the frescoes at the Ecole de Chirurgie.

The bronze statuette worth €2.37M is a version of a statue of the king on a horse which was in Rennes from 1726-93, when it was melted down to make canons. In a British aristocratic collection for years, it has now been acquired for the City of Rennes with the support of the State and the patronage of the Norac Group.

On Thursday July 21 in Laval, an estimate of only €300/500 is announced for this mixed media by Georges Mathieu (1921-2012). Dated 1949, it is titled Faisceau abstrait sur fond jaune (Abstract Cluster on Yellow Background: Laval Enchères auction house).

When Georges Jouve (1910-1964) started designing furniture, he created coffee tables with colorful ceramics.