Gazette Drouot logo print

The Majorelles: The Talent of Father and Son

Published on , by Caroline Legrand
Auction on 06 November 2020 - 14:30 (CET) - 224, rue Paradis - 13006 Marseille

In Marseille, a selection of paintings and objets d'art from Jacques Majorelle's descendants will conjure up the extraordinary story of a family of insatiable creators throughout many years and travels.

Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962), Djebel Zerhoun, Moulay Idriss, 1929, mixed media,... The Majorelles: The Talent of Father and Son

Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962), Djebel Zerhoun, Moulay Idriss, 1929, mixed media, gouache, watercolor and pencil with metallic powdered gold and silver highlights, signed and dated with the location, 47 x 62 cm (18.5 x 24.4 in).
Estimate: €100,000/120,000

After Nancy and Marrakesh, a new stopover has now been added to Jacques Majorelle's journey: Marseille, with the sale of seventeen paintings and objets d'art belonging to the children of Jean-Louis, youngest son of Jacques and Andrée Majorelle. We return to the Orientalist artist's early life in Nancy with a memento of his father Louis, the famous Art Nouveau cabinetmaker: a photographic portrait from the late 19th or early…
This article is for subscribers only
You still have 85% left to read.
To discover more, Subscribe
Gazette Drouot logo
Already a subscriber?
Log in
Friday 06 November 2020 - 14:30 (CET) - Live
224, rue Paradis - 13006 Marseille
Maison R&C, Commissaires-Priseurs Associés
Read articles about the sale