Auction on
28 May 2021 - 15:30 (CEST) -
Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Two artists and prophets of their time, one was collected by Louis-Charles Libaude (1896-1922), the other appeared with an unexpected bronze, an alliance formed and took flight.
Pierre Soulages (b. 1919), Bronze no. 2, 1976, gilt and patinated bronze proof, numbered 3/5, Blanchet foundry, 66.5 x 88 cm/26.2 x 31.6 in. Result: €685,800
Pierre Soulages (b. 1919), Bronze no. 2, 1976, gilt and patinated bronze proof, numbered 3/5, Blanchet foundry, 66.5 x 88 cm/26.2 x 31.6 in. Result: €685,800
The Libaude collection, the focus of a "spotlight" in the Gazette of May 7, saw works by Odilon Redon (1814-1916) achieve the heights, as expected. They included this Grappe ou Marchand de ballons ( The Cluster or The Balloon Seller ), an utterly magnetic charcoal drawing that draws the gaze into a distant…
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