The Creuzevaults Chose Ernst, Picasso and Richier

Result EUR3,277,552

Published on 27 November 2020, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 20 November 2020 - 15:00 (CET) - 10, rue Rossini - 75009 Paris

This avant-garde father and daughter shared a passion for contemporary art and made dazzlingly successful choices.

Max Ernst (1891-1976), Forêt, 1927, oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm.
Result: €3,277,552

The second part of the sale of Colette Creuzevault’s collection, featured in issue 38 of the Gazette , totaled €3,277,552—200% more than the low estimate. If the €2,582,164 from the first session are added, the overall result is €5,859,716. This sale again confirms the wisdom of Henri Creuzevault’s avant-garde choices, which his daughter Colette shared with the…

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[VENTE MAINTENUE] ART MODERNE ET CONTEMPORAIN - Collection Creuzevault II

Friday 20 November 2020 - 15:00 (CET) - Live

10, rue Rossini - 75009 Paris

De Baecque et Associés

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The Creuzevault Collection: Ernst, César & More

About 40 works attest to the choices and tastes of the bookbinder-turned-gallerist and his daughter. Ernst, Richier, César and Matta are likely to arouse a great deal of excitement, like that of post-war Paris.

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Max Ernst’s Dreamworld

An artist (Max Ernst), a gallerist (Henri Creuzevault) and an encounter: although there was nothing surrealistic about it, the result beckons us to look beyond what we see.