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Soutine in Provence; Meissen in Versailles

Result EUR912,000
Published on , by Philippe Dufour
Auction on 11 November 2022 - 14:00 (CET) - 14, boulevard Eindhoven - 14400 Bayeux

A long stay in the South of France inspired the painter of the Bohemian life in some powerful landscapes. One of them competed here with a truly royal cup.

Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), Paysage animé en Provence (Animated Landscape in Provence),... Soutine in Provence; Meissen in Versailles

Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), Paysage animé en Provence (Animated Landscape in Provence), c. 1922, oil on canvas signed, 60 x 73 cm/23.6 x 28.7 in.
Result: €912,000

This animated landscape in Provence, painted in around 1922 by Chaïm Soutine , more than lived up to its promise by landing €912,000—over four times its high estimate—from a European collector. It is true that the work (60 x 73 cm/23.6 x 28.7 in), seemingly buffeted by the…
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