A Leonora Carrington from the André-François Petit Collection

Result EUR698,500

Published on 07 January 2021, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 15 December 2020 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Surrealist painters were the stars here, and for once a woman, the magnificently provocative Leonora Carrington, took center stage.

Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), The Meal of Lord Candlestick, 1938, oil on canvas,... A Leonora Carrington from the André-François Petit Collection

Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), The Meal of Lord Candlestick, 1938, oil on canvas, 46 x 61 cm (18.12 x 24.02 in).
Result: €698,500

In Gazette 41, “The Spotlight” deftly delineated the path of André-François Petit (1924-2005), a low-profile art dealer who loved Surrealism . The dispersal of his son Stéphane Petit’s estate paid him powerful homage, with a €2,307,897 result that amply rewarded his informed choices, always aimed at promoting the movement. A woman reaped the…

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Succession Stéphane Petit - surrealism, drawings, paintings, sculptures, contemporary art

Tuesday 15 December 2020 - 14:00 (CET) - Live

Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

Auction Art Rémy Le Fur & Associés

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André-François Petit: A Passion for Surrealism

The Stéphane Petit estate sale boasts precious Surrealist works passed down from his father, providing an opportunity to pay tribute to a discrete dealer who had an amazing career and started upholding the movement in the 1950s.