Category: Fine Art

1664 Press Releases

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  Édouard-Louis Dubufe, the portrait of a noble "élégante"

  In a sale dedicated to the Second Empire, this canvas (145 x 90 cm) painted in 1847 should not leave anyone indifferent. Estimated at €5,000/7,000, Portrait d'une élégante, possibly Lucile Ursule Lemachois (1817-1849), wife of Levavasseur, is magnified by an exuberant stuccoed and gilded wooden frame with neo-rocaille decoration… In…

  Jul 9, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Culture

  T is for Toile de Jouy

  Closely linked with the 18th century, it bears the indelible imprint of the Jouy-en-Josas factory. But the name covers a broad range of painted calicoes and an equally huge collection of colorful motifs. Indoor jacket decorated with Indian flowers and butterflies, woodblock-printed and glazed in six colors on a tobacco…

  Jul 3, 25

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  People

  David Nahmad: The Man with 4,500 Paintings

  At age 78, the patriarch of the famous dynasty of dealers still has a remarkable memory for numbers. He looks back at the early beginnings of his modern art collection, now considered one of the most important in the world. © Melvyn Bourret At Giverny, you present 57 works from a…

  Jul 1, 25

• AuctionDaily

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  Auction Industry, Press Release

  SJ Auctioneers Collectibles Auction – Silverware, Jewelry, Scarves, Toys & Fine Decor | July 20

  SJ Auctionioneers will host a fabulous auction on July 20th The auction is now open for bidding https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/378496_collectibles-silverware-fine-jewerly-scarves The Auction consists of approx 250 rare lots including estate silver featuring the following  brands: Buccellti Tiffany Marx Swarovski Lalique Herend  Hermes Ferragamo Gucci SJ Auctioneers has earned the record of providing collectors with rare to…

  Jun 26, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Culture

  “Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry” on Show at Chantilly: A Unique Opportunity

  The illuminations in this celebrated manuscript shaped the vision of an ideal Middle Ages in the collective imagination. This legendary, revolutionary treasure is being presented at Chantilly’s Musée Condé in what is held as a once-in-a-lifetime event. Limbourg brothers (active c. 1402-1416), July. “Harvest and Sheep-Shearing”, between 1411 and 1416, calendar…

  Jun 25, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  The Collection of a Celebrity Hairdresser with a Passion for Picabia

  Eighteen works by Francis Picabia making their debut in the market tell of the friendship between Gérard Lenoir and Olga Mohler Picabia, and of a love at first sight for the elusive paintings of an extraordinary artist. Francis Picabia (1879-1953), Transparency, Apollo, oil on board and pencil on paper, with an intaglio…

  Jun 20, 25

• La Gazette Drouot

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  Auction Industry

  A Painting by Chu-Teh-chun from 1984 Never Before Seen on the Art Market

  Acquired from the artist's studio in 1985, this large canvas epitomizes Chu Teh-chun's mature period, when his depictions of nature reveal their most beautiful flights of color. Chu Teh-chun (1920-2014) Irisation saturation 1, 1984, oil on canvas signed, dated and titled, 103 x 84 cm/40.55 x 33 in.Estimate: €80,000/120,000 The tumultuous beauty…

  Jun 17, 25

• 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

• AuctionDaily

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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

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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

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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

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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