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11 and March 12, Sotheby's in partnership with SVV Artcurial auction
dispersed in three vacations, the collection of Felix Marcilhac, figure of
the art market, antiques dealer and recognized and undisputed expert in
Art Deco.
Collected over the past 40 years and consisting of works of the greatest
artists and creators
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From 1954 to 1958, Ingo Maurer studied the graphic arts in Munich. He
went to work a few years in New York and California before founding
his studio Design M in Munich in 1963 and devote himself to the design
of light units.
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In November 2012, the magazine Art Absolument dedicated Sera as one
of the 101 best contemporary artists in France over the last ten years.
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Sunday, February 9 SVV Guillaume Le Floc'h, assisted by our Cabinet
of
expertise for furniture and works of art, will auction old masters,
modern and contemporary paintings, furniture and works of art from the
XVII, XVIII and nineteenth centuries as well as ceramics.
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The blacksmith turned designer ...
Jean Prouvé began his career as a steelworker but quickly reveals an
incredible talents of architect and furniture designer.
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Back on the secret and unusual artist which was recently celebrated in
a retrospective at the Gianadda foundation in Switzerland.
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Martin Parr was born in England in 1952 in a London wealthy family.
Dive as a teenager by a passion for photography, he studied the subject
in Manchester in the 1970s before joining the prestigious Magnum
agency in 1994.
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The legend says that it was after a challenge from his son that Roy
Lichtenstein performs his first painting in 1961 after a drawing of
Mickey. A challenge that will take him far more than he could have
imagined...
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After 40 years of absence, Georges Braque is finally celebrated in Paris
To mark the 50th anniversary of his death and for four months, the
Grand Palais ambitious retrospective of the artist who transformed
painting of the twentieth century with its innovative vision of landscape
and still life.
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Zao Wou-Ki, one of the greatest French-Chinese painters of the second
half of the twentieth century, died a few weeks ago at the age of 92.
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From £200 to £120 000, the prices of his works are vary wide. Major
player in the Figuration Libre of the 1980s, Combas is always an artist
popular of the French contemporary art market.
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The design is popular! This is the right time to sell. Do not hesitate to ask
us about the value of your items. Online valuations are free.
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Icon design, the Transat is still very popular. It is said that one of its first editions has been sold for more than one million.
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Pierre Guariche is a French designer of the 50s, from the "younger
generation" emerging after the Second World War. First designer and
integrator, it will be one of the founders of the ARP, then after artistic
director of the Belgian firm Meurop, he turned to his dream: the interior
design.
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Whether reading an auction catalogue an art magazine or by discussing with an artist, your attention has been drawn by these three words "resale right" forming an enigmatic expression for the uninitiated.
Before going further, let's say it is a tax on the resale of a work of art that is paid to the artist.
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On June 27 and 28, Christie's London organized the largest auction of
European postwar and contemporary art with a total of £148,283,125.
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The contemporary artist Steven Marc exposes currently in the gallery Alexandre Lazarew, a disconcerting work. His portraits show us the power in its various aspects, and its effects on the human thirst for supremacy.
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Auctions of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art took place in New York as usual in May. The auction house Sotheby's realized a flawless result, smashing several world records for many artists and won the palm with the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction to date.
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Following the Manet retrospective in 2010 and Monet in 2011, the Musée d'Orsay associated with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston presents Edgar Degas (1834-1917). The bias of this exhibition is not to make us rediscover the works of Degas, whose last retrospective was in 1988, but to present a new angle
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Ergonomic, economic, aesthetic, practical ... These are the qualities that
can be attributed to the chair named RAR (Rocking Arm Chair Rod
Base) by Charles and Ray Eames. Emblematic of Design, it crossed the
decades without a wrinkle and always wins a huge market success.
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