Serge Charchoune (1888-1975)

This abstract composition appears on the market for the first time. It is dated 1956, a milestone year for the painter, who exhibited both in Paris and abroad.

On November 6, the first part of Pierre Lecuire's library went under the hammer. For this second sale, first editions rubbed shoulders with drawings and modern paintings.

Shapes and colors resonate in this 1956 gouache. With a freedom that does not rule out precision, the artist makes space vibrate.

In their own way, various creators invented a highly personal vocabulary, reflecting their founding myths with the Indigenous Americans, and the avant-garde with designers.

Estimated at €30 000/50 000, Enfants au square was offered by the singer to Juliette Greco whose estate will be dispersed on November 19 by Crait + Müller. This painting is 1 of 5 surviving paintings by Gainsbourg. Also included in the catalog is La petite Gréco au chat, painted by Foujita in 1953 (€60,000/80,000).

Christian Dior’s former make-up director, who now lives in Marrakech, thousands of miles from his perfumery and salon at the Palais-Royal, is also, and above all, an aesthete.

Chu Teh-Chun, a prolific artist whose works are in high demand on the market, stood out once again with an enigmatic, spellbinding painting, while "visual poet" Serge Poliakoff offered a kaleidoscopic gouache.

While the Guggenheim chain is rusting, somewhat, the Centre Pompidou is consolidating its prestige in Malaga, Brussels and Shanghai. Its president, Serge Lasvignes, is driving this frenetic expansion through his personal vision.

Emeritus pilot and engineer by training, and deputy of the Oise département in northern France, the son of Serge Dassault sadly died on Sunday in a helicopter crash near Deauville. The photographer had exhibited a series of photos at Drouot in 2015 based on the architecture of the auction house.

The 52-year-old current president of the Picasso museum will succeed Serge Lavisgnes, whose contract finishes on June 28. Le Bon will continue his predecessor's work on the construction at the national museum of modern and contemporary art, as well as on the establishment of the new Jersey City branch.