PRIMARDECO FALL AUCTION: PRESTIGIOUS AUCTION IN BÉZIERS ON NOVEMBER 7: Decorative arts ranging from the Napoleon III period to Art Deco, objets d'art, jewelry, paintings, sculptures, and furniture During the first “Automnales” held at the Théâtre des Variétés, a“Nénuphar”desk by Louis Majorelle—made of mahogany veneer and gilded bronze in the shape of water lily leaves—stood out; it was a variation of the piece from the Gillon Crowet collection housed at the Royal Museums of Brussels. Expect to pay €15,000–20,000 for this piece, as well as for a landscape painted by Francisco Iturrino,*Jardin à Malaga*(see *Gazette*No. 38, page 138). Next,expect to pay 6,000–9,000 € for*Seated Woman*,painted in 1929 by Jean Crotti. Let’s conclude with a complete set of the original four-year run of the magazine*Les Maîtres de l’affiche*—48 folio issues from December 1896 to November 1900— including, notably, four plates by Toulouse-Lautrec and six by Mucha, out of a total of 192 color lithographic plates and 14 plates offered to subscribers (€5,000–8,000). Vedere di più Scopri di più
