A World Record for Landscape Painter Luigi Loir

Result EUR289,560

Published on 04 June 2021, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 28 May 2021 - 15:30 (CEST) - Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Under the brush of Luigi Loir, Paris becomes a seaport and delivers an original version of the famous "Maman les p'tits bateaux" nursery rhyme.

Luigi Loir (1845-1916), Paris, port de mer (Paris, Seaport), 1885, oil on canvas,... A World Record for Landscape Painter Luigi Loir

Luigi Loir (1845-1916), Paris, port de mer (Paris, Seaport), 1885, oil on canvas, 150 x 301 cm/59.05 x 118.50 in.
Result: €289,560

Luigi Loir’s charming depiction of the large basin in the Tuileries Garden fetched €289,560, a world record for the artist (source: Artnet). Entitled…

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