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Gérard Depardieu’s Leroys Reveal a Master of Material

Published on , by Caroline Legrand
Auction on 26 September 2023 - 18:00 (CEST) - Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Gérard Depardieu’s soon-to-be-auctioned collection includes many works by Eugène Leroy (1910-2000), an artist who appealed to the actor with his unique paintings that are part figurative, part abstract but always moving.

Eugène Leroy (1910-2000), Paysage à la fenêtre (Landscape in the Window), 1976, oil... Gérard Depardieu’s Leroys Reveal a Master of Material

Eugène Leroy (1910-2000), Paysage à la fenêtre (Landscape in the Window), 1976, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 100 x 81 cm/39.37 x 31.88 in.
© adagp, Paris, 2023
Estimate: €30,000/50,000

Gérard Depardieu owns more works by French artist Eugène Leroy than any other artist: 23 paintings, seven etchings and a sculpture. Many of them, such as Paysage à la fenêtre ( Landscape in the Window, see photo), were acquired in the 2000s from Dr. Philippe Laloy, whom he met through the Maeght Gallery at a time when the painter from…
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Tuesday 26 September 2023 - 18:00 (CEST) - Live
Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris
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