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This Virgin and Child was created in Catalonia in the 14th-century. It reflects a transitional period marked by the gradual assimilation of the Gothic style into a local Romanesque tradition (M. Bertrand). Standing 109 cm tall, it is carved from wood and polychromed. Seated on a throne-like bench, Mary holds a piece of fruit in her right hand and her Son, who is seated, on one knee. She wears a crown resting on a veil and is dressed in a gown and a cloak, one panel of which falls over the front,

This unusual yet iconic collection by Paul Strand, a master of black-and-white composition, offers a overview of his career through 150 photographic prints and 80 heliogravures.Paul Strand, who died exactly fifty years ago, created a body of black-and-white work inspired by his travels and his personal life over more than six decades, establishing him as a major figure in 20th-century photography. A photographer of modernity and a politically engaged filmmaker, he navigated the last century by seeking in faces, landscapes, and human communities far more than mere subjects. Born in 1890 in New York to a family of Jewish immigrants from Central Europe, he discovered the social

PHOTOGRAPHY SPECIAL Featuring nearly 300 photographs taken in 1900–1901 by three officers of the French Corps of Engineers, these two albums combine aerial views of Beijing and Tianjin, imperial palaces, street scenes, portraits, and images of military campaigns.In 1901, three officers from the 1st French Engineer Regiment photographed Beijing and Tianjin from tethered balloons, capturing aerial views—the first ever taken in China. Their work was not limited to these images: they also photographed the imperial palaces, foreign concessions, monuments, and scenes of daily life. Two albums containing 128 and 165 prints, respectively, feature these images, most of which are reproduced in *La Chine à terre et en ballon*, a book published by Berger-Levrault in

Throughout the last century, many artists tried their hand at political cartoons for the press, a genre that gradually gained momentum. 170 of them are featured here.The collector—obviously a curious man—who assembled this collection sought to create a comprehensive overview of illustrative drawings from 20th-century popular and daily newspapers, as a reflection of French society at the time. Nearly 800 drawings— grouped here into 202 lots —feature the work of 170 artists, almost all of whom are listed in the *Dico Solo* (published by Aedis), the definitive encyclopedic reference on the history of caricature and press illustration in France. As expert Michel

Created in the 1960s at the request of his widow, Nadia, this large tapestry evokes an unfinished project by Fernand Léger for the decoration of an auditorium designed by Oscar Niemeyer in São Paulo.Women dance, surrounded by colorful, independent forms that interact with one another and by musical instruments. Here, Fernand Léger puts his stylized, dynamic, and modern style at the service of music. Several preparatory studies for this tapestry are known, notably a gouache model dated 1953–1954 and listed in the artist’s catalog raisonné. It went up for auction on December 6, 2022, in Lausanne (Dogny Auction). A composition in the spirit of the painter’s postwar creations: a cheerful and accessible

Fine jewelry will be featured at the auction conducted by Rossini at 7 Rue Drouot on Thursday, November 19 (Sancy Expertise). The gemstones will sparkle, particularly the oval-faceted rubies and pear-shaped diamonds in this pair of two-tone gold earrings. The rubies are the famous vivid “pigeon’s blood” red and come from the mines of Myanmar. They weigh 1.12 and 1.14 carats, respectively. The diamonds, weighing 5.51 and 5.01 carats, are D-color and IF-clarity. This piece of jewelry is valued at €200,