Category: Fine Art

1657 Press Releases

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  Flowers by Mai-Thu From the Collection of a Relative of Emperor Bao Dai

  Mai-Thu was able to renew the still-life genre thanks to his technique and style, inherited from Vietnamese culture. These Chrysanthemums, from the collection of Nguyen Dê, Emperor Bao Dai's Chief of Staff, are a testament to this. Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980), Vase jaune aux chrysanthèmes, ink and colors on silk, signed “Mai…

  Jun 9, 25

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  Auction Result

  Doyle’s Mary Tyler Moore Auction Draws Active Bidders and Strong Results

  This June, collectors flocked to an exciting sale from Doyle that highlighted the personal collection of groundbreaking television icon Mary Tyler Moore. The 300-lot catalog, which included items personally owned by Moore in her Greenwich, Connecticut home, delivered strong results. Many lots soared above their high estimates as bidders competed…

  Jun 6, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  Suzuki Harunobu, Printmaker, Poet of Women and Color and Precursor of Ukiyo-e

  A pioneer of the “brocade print” and its innovative polychromy, the master created a highly sophisticated feminine universe, a prelude to the golden age of ukiyo-e. Suzuki Harunobu (c 1725-1770), Evening Near the Marshes, print from a series of three (chuban tate-e) on the "Three Vesper Poems" (Sanseki waka), 1766-1767, signed, 28.2 x…

  Jun 2, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  François Lemoyne's Lady Chapel Restored in Saint-Sulpice

  The restoration of the Lady Chapel in Saint-Sulpice (Paris) means that visitors can rediscover interior decoration dating from the 18th century. Its dome is the work of an artist at the peak of his powers, and was his final masterpiece. © Saint-Sulpice Ville de Paris, COARC Jean-Marc Moser In 1730,…

  May 28, 25

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  Auction Industry

  Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr to Auction Impressionist & Modern Art Masterpieces

  A slim but mighty selection of Impressionist and Modern art will soon cross the auction block in Paris. Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr is presenting masterworks by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Rembrandt Bugatti, Théo van Rysselberghe, and others in its June 4, 2025 sale. Live bidding will begin at 9:00am ET,…

  May 28, 25

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  Auction Industry, Press Release

  American Friends of Museums in Israel Fine Art Online Benefit Auction hosted by Artsy May 23 – June 6, 2025

  Peter Doig, Alice at Boscoe's, 2023. Gliclée Print on Cotton Smooth Rag Oak frame with Optium Tru Vue Acrylic Glass, 41 × 53 1/2 in.Edition of 250, hand signed by artist and numbered NEW YORK, NY - The American Friends of Museums in Israel represents and raises funds for eight…

  May 22, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  People

  An Exciting Future at American Friends of the Louvre, with Thomas E. Moore III

  We had the pleasure of sitting down with Thomas E. Moore III, Executive Director of American Friends of the Louvre (AFL), to discuss his tenure at the helm of this cross-cultural philanthropic agency dedicated to supporting the Louvre Museum. Laurent Chevalier (@chevaliercreative) Since its founding in 2002, AFL has raised some…

  May 22, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  Paul-César Helleu's Proustian Pastel that Once Belonged to Samuel Pozzi, the Father of Modern Gynecology

  Created in the latter part of the 19th century by Paul-César Helleu, Femme au miroir was for many years part of the collection of the flamboyant Dr. Pozzi, the father of modern gynecology. Paul-César Helleu (1859-1927), Femme au miroir, pastel on canvas, signed, 73 x 111 cm/28.74 x 43.7 in.Estimate: €50,000/80,000 Count…

  May 15, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Exhibitions

  Photo London, 10 Years Old!

  Despite a decade punctuated by Brexit and the Covid health crisis, the fair has managed to impose its dynamism. It is one of the leading photography events in Great Britain, a country where the market is reaching maturity. Julia Fullerton Batten (b. 1970), Bathing by Tower Bridge, print presented at Photo London's…

  May 12, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  John White Alexander, an American Painter of the Belle Époque in Paris

  Very rare in French auction rooms, John White Alexander — one of the American masters of painting — pays us a visit, in the company of an adolescent from the Belle Époque. John White Alexander (1856-1915), Portrait d’Édith Révil, 1900, signed and dated canvas, 90.5 x 121 cm/35.62 x 48.03 in.Estimate: €30,000/€50,000…

  Apr 29, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Exhibitions

  Norwegian Painter Christian Krohg at the Musée d'Orsay

  In the 1880s, Norwegian art experienced an unprecedented golden age. Among its finest exponents was Christian Krohg, to whom the Musée d'Orsay is devoting an unprecedented but partial exhibition. Christian Krohg (1852-1925), Sick Girl (Syk pike), 1881, oil on canvas, 102 x 58 cm/40.15x 22.83, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo.Photo : Nasjonalmuseet / Borre Hostland…

  Apr 24, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Result

  A White Glove Sale and Preemptions for Toshio Bando

  The one-of-a-kind group of 121 works by the Japanese artist collected by the gallery owner Jacques Boutersky over nearly 40 years provided a comprehensive overview of the art of a painter who is still little-known. It also delighted collectors and the Cernuschi Museum. Toshio Bando, Self-portrait with Brush, 1925, oil on…

  Apr 23, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  The Return of the School by Quiringh van Brekelenkam, from the Former Eugène Schneider Collection Rediscovered

  The unexpected resurgence of a previously unpublished painting by Van Brekelenkam proves, once again, that France was an essential haven for the reception of Dutch genre painting in the 18th and 19th centuries. Quiringh Gerritz Van Brekelenkam (c 1622-1630 - after 1669), The Return to School, oak panel, 58 x 51.5 cm/22.83…

  Apr 17, 25

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  Auction Result

  New World Record for Belgian Artist Rik Wouters Set at Christie’s

  Belgian art and design took center stage at Christie’s this March with the firm’s sale of the Onzea-Govaerts Collection in Paris. Curated by renowned Belgian designer and tastemaker Axel Vervoordt, the sale totaled an impressive EUR 10 million (USD 11.4 million), including buyer’s premium. This late March event delivered particularly…

  Apr 15, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  A Journey to the Heart of Abstraction with Olivier Debré

  We'll start our peregrinations in Touraine, Olivier Debré's heartland, before heading off to Thailand in the company of Somsak Hanumas, whose painting from 2024 will mesmerize you. Olivier Debré (1920-1999), Blanche rose, oil on canvas, signed on the back, written « Touraine 82-83 », 150 x 150 cm/59.05 x 59.05 in.Estimate: €60,000/70,000…

  Apr 15, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  Portrait of Jean-Louis Brousse-Desfaucherets by Marie-Guillemine Benoist: The Lost Painting from the 1806 Salon

  This key work, presented in the Salon of 1806 by Marie-Guillemine Benoist, has remained since that period with the heirs of the model: Jean-Louis Brousse-Desfaucherets, a successful playwright championed by the Comte de Provence, Deputy Representative of the Third Estate of Paris and theater censor during the Empire. Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768-1826), Portrait…

  Apr 8, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Exhibitions

  Esterházy Collection Masterpieces at the Guggenheim

  As part of a partnership, the Bilbao Guggenheim is hosting some exquisite works on paper from the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts. A selection spanning seven centuries of graphic creation in a minimalist staging that shows off the collection impeccably. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Studies of Heads, c. 1504-1505, black chalk or…

  Apr 7, 25

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  Auction Industry, Press Release

  Sterling Silver Sensation | April 27 at SJ Auctioneers

  Auction :  JEWELRY, SILVER, GLASS ART, FASHION and TOYS Sterling Silver Sensation | April 28 at SJ Auctioneers An exquisite Sterling Silver Collection From Buccellati, Tiffany & Co, Gorham, Georg Jensen, and More are up for Auction. The Designer Silver are amongst the strong demand for antique and savvy collectors as…

  Apr 4, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  From Courbet's Jura to Marquet's Tunis, via Lavandou, Paintings from a Saint-Etienne Collection

  Works signed by Courbet, Marquet or Rysselberghe, the paintings from a collection from Saint-Etienne will delight lovers of 19th-century and modern painting. This first rate collection focuses on landscapes and still lifes, themes conducive to working with matter and color. Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), Paysage du Jura, c 1875, mounted oil on canvas,…

  Apr 1, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  Mementoes of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette Garner Right Royal Results

  Royal memorabilia of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and little Louis XVII always fetch high prices, as these relics of a bygone age enjoy a real niche market. Joseph-Siffred Duplessis and his studio (1725-1802), Portrait of the Dauphine of France, Marie-Antoinette of Habsburg-Lorraine (1755-1793) , oil on canvas, 74 x 56.5 cm/29.1 x 22 in (detail). Neuilly-sur-Seine,…

  Mar 26, 25