89 - Attributed to Thamine TADAMA-GROENEVELD (1871–1938)

Attributed to Thamine TADAMA-GROENEVELD (1871–1938) Egmond-sur-Mer Oil on canvas 65.5 x 102 cm Barely legible signature mark in the lower left corner Bears the handwritten inscription “La foire à Egmond-sur-Mer” on the reverse Bears an old label on the frame reading “TM Tadema Groeneveld 1871–1930” Building an art collection is a demanding endeavor that engages the eye as much as it does knowledge, curiosity as much as discernment. Far from being a mere accumulation, collecting involves a process of selection, patiently developed through discoveries, encounters, and personal affinities. The private Parisian collection presented in this catalog bears witness precisely to this rigor. Bringing together works by Auguste Pointelin, Victor Brauner, Pierre Tal-Coat, André Masson, Otto Dix, Jean Fautrier, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, George Grosz, André Lhote, Fernand Léger, Léopold Survage, and Charles Lapicque, this collection offers a particularly fascinating journey through 20th-century modern art. The diversity of the artists represented does not obscure the coherence of a vision that has focused on major figures, many of whom played a decisive role in the major aesthetic developments of the 20th century. From the renewal of pictorial language to the boldness of the avant-garde, from Cubist explorations to Surrealist experiments, from expressions of German modernity to the unique paths of abstraction, the works brought together here trace a sensitive and erudite map of their time. Also noteworthy is the prominence given to drawing, with several sketches offering insight into the artists’ freedom of gesture and creative thought. The presence of diverse techniques and artistic sensibilities thus underscores an interest that extends beyond the most iconic works to encompass a wide range of artistic expressions. There is, in this collection, something that goes beyond a mere gathering of prestigious names: the assertion of a taste, the expression of an ever-awake curiosity, and, above all, a certain conception of the collection as a personal endeavor and an object to be passed on. This is also what makes it so compelling today, offering art lovers the opportunity to continue, in turn, the story of these works and to give them a new place in their homes.