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Heroic Drawing by Fontaine Goes Back to the Louvre
A Lalanne Rabbit Hops to Success
La Rochelle, Impression: Shifting Sunlight
A Fishing Scene by Joseph Vernet and a Preemption by Versailles
The Grass Is Always Green for Lalanne
A White-Glove Sale Featuring Works from Vietnam by Pham Hau and Alix Aymé
Pham Hau’s folding screen nearly sets a world record and Alix Aymé breaks one.
The Pierre Maurs Collection: From India to the Fauves
In search of the most innovative forms and colors, Pierre Maurs collected works by avant-garde artists such as the Fauves and the 1900 generation.…
Majestic Illuminated Books of Hours Shine at Auction
Here, the vitality of French 15 th - and 16 th -century illumination and calligraphy studios was bathed in light.
Childhood’s Green Paradises by Vietnamese Artist Mai-Thu
Like a prelude to an exhibition, this sale featured a particularly appealing work by Mai-Thu (1906-1980), where, as usual, good little children dialogue…
Bernar Venet and the Vitality of Modern Drawings
Works by Bernar Venet, Le Corbusier, Zao Wou Ki and Vieira da Silva illustrate the vitality of modern drawings.
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The Heart of French Cabinetmaking During the Ancien Régime with Boulle and Roussel
A Beautiful Olmec Contortionist
Artsy and the Myth of Sisyphus
Willliam Bouguereau, Private Version
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A Rare Work by Fashionable Vietnamese Painter Vu Cao…
A work by Vu Cao Dam (1908-2000) found in an old French collection…
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Heroic Drawing by Fontaine Goes Back to the Louvre
It is only fitting that this work by Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine…
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The Kaplan-Makovskis Collection: An Iconic Couple of…
These two figures, a shining couple of the French New Wave and liberated,…
Simon Hantaï: The Art of Blue
There were various aspects to this classic sale, but a memory in blue by Simon Hantaï fetched the highest bid.
Redon and Soulages: A Marriage for the Better
Two artists and prophets of their time, one was collected by Louis-Charles Libaude (1896-1922), the other appeared with an unexpected bronze, an alliance…
A Floral Triumph for Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
Early painting blossomed, led by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699) and Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721).
A Brazilian Still Life by Alberto da Veiga Guignard
Alberto da Veiga Guignard and Henri-Edmond Cross were the front runners at this sale focusing on modern artists.