A White Glove Sale and Preemptions for Toshio Bando
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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 canvas, 61 x 45 cm./24 x 17.7 in.Sold for: €98,800 Never before had such a large number of works by Toshio Bando come up at auction. With 121 lots, the sale felt like a positive retrospective. It was above all a reflection of the passion of Jacques Boutersky, who owned
