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A Perfect Duet: Debussy and Jacques-Emile Blanche

Result EUR281,600
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 12 October 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - Salle 15 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Painting and music were in perfect harmony when this portrait of Claude Debussy by Jacques-Émile Blanche joined the collections of the Cité de la Musique in Paris.

Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861–1942), Claude Debussy, 1902, oil on canvas, 95 x 74 cm/37.5... A Perfect Duet: Debussy and Jacques-Emile Blanche

Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861–1942), Claude Debussy, 1902, oil on canvas, 95 x 74 cm/37.5 x 29 in.
Result: €281,600

In an article of La   Gazette No. 34, we deliberated at length on the origins of the portrait of Claude Debussy (1862–1918) by Jacques-Émile Blanche , two contemporaries and art lovers who frequented the same Parisian circles. The estimate of €80,000/120,000 might appear steep to…
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