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Travels Broaden the Young Mind

Published on , by Claire Papon
Auction on 17 September 2019 - 13:30 (CEST) - Salle 16 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

André Maire was what is called an explorer-painter. He was twenty-one when he set out for Indochina and discovered Angkor. He followed this with further travels in Europe, Africa and the East. As witness this oil on panel, Buffles sacrés à Kapurthala of 1939.

André Maire (1898-1984), Buffles sacrés à Kapurthala (Sacred buffalos in Kapurthala)... Travels Broaden the Young Mind
André Maire (1898-1984), Buffles sacrés à Kapurthala (Sacred buffalos in Kapurthala) (India), 1939, oil on wood panel, 102 x 128 cm.
Estimate: €12,000/15,000
Begun the previous year in Egypt, where he was hosted by the family on her mother's side of his wife Irene (daughter of the artist Émile Bernard), André…
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