Philippe Dufour

Far from being posthumous inventions, precious metal pieces were designed by Picasso with the help of a great modern goldsmith, François Hugo. Two series...

The great Indian painter’s sacred animals led the dance, imitated by other modern masters from Asia: Foujita and Teng-Hiok Chiu.

This Mercken piano opened a concert of antique instruments, including oboes, clarinets and a crystal flute.

This portrait of a merry, mysterious flutist surpassed expectations. He was the star of a sale largely devoted to old paintings.

The seminal work of the famous French naturalist, Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788), headed a sale dedicated to antique books, also brilliantly...

This remarkably diverse sale featured ancient coins, 20th-century bronzes and ceramics, together with sophisticated designer pieces.

During this sale devoted to manuscripts and historical photographs, a few passages from the first French romances resurfaced, as did an album by French...

Central to the oeuvre of the celebrated Genoan sculptor, a marvelous terracotta relief has seen the light of day, after two centuries in obscurity.

M. F. Husain’s rare appearances at French auctions do not go unnoticed. This time, the Indian painter is back with boisterous animals symbolizing his...

When the ceramist of the 1950s turned his mind to sculpture, it led to this remarkable wall model—though it could not overshadow a fantastical preparatory...

An Easter sale features this striking académie, foreshadowing the future genius of the master of Divisionism, who was still a student at the venerable...

An opportunity to see such a fine Fang mask had not arisen for years, and this remarkable example was highly acclaimed before gems from the Jeanne Tachard Collection...

The celestial dragons dear to Chinese emperors pirouette on this vase with its highly original profile. A remarkable piece made for the Jiaqing, emperor...

With a vase by Jean Dunand, a mirror by Vautrin, a dish by Picasso and a table by Adrien Audoux-Minnet, this handpicked group of artists triumphed ...

One of the icons created by Alberto Giacometti, as a decorative object designer, this sought-after piece dazzled collectors in a sale in Bourges, in...

This is one of the very first works by the pioneer of modern art, when he was only 17, from a sketchbook subsequently broken up.

Heading this sale of modern art, a painting by the master from southern France competed with a landscape by Luce and a nude by André Derain (1880-1...

From an unusual set of tiles by ceramist Georges Jouve to an 18th century sanguine and an Empire formal court outfit, several creative spheres were...

Hans Hartung (1904-1989) painted Composition P1793-A5 in 1973. From the 1960s onwards, he worked mainly in rectangular formats, streaking the surface...

In Lyon, this striking chandelier, attributed to one of the masters of the Wiener Werkstätte, fulfilled all hopes, shored up by fine results for Carpeaux...