Modern Art and African Art
🖼️ A Dialogue Between Modern Art and Tribal Art
🗓 Friday, April 18 – Paris, Drouot, Room 7
Don't miss our upcoming auction “A Dialogue Between Modern Art and Tribal Art”, on Friday, April 18 in Paris, at Drouot, Room 7.
✨ The sale will give pride of place to modern and contemporary art, featuring an exceptional collection of 10 paintings by Claude Venard, all from the same collector.
This remarkable ensemble resonates with the current retrospective dedicated to Claude Venard at the Jean Couty Museum in Lyon.
Among the highlights, the poetic painting “Les pédaleurs du ciel” (“Sky Pedalers”) is sure to captivate.
📌 Also on view:
– A beautiful group of drawings and gouaches by Luigi Loir
– An orientalist collection featuring a work by Jean Gaston Mantel
– Works on paper by Pierre Soulages and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, opening the sale
🎨 Followed by works from:
– Jules Perahim
– Pierre Ambrogiani
– Jean-Claude Farhi
– Igor Mitoraj
– Paul Wunderlich
– Jean Lambert-Rucki
– François Stahly
– Jorge Borras
🐆 In the classical repertoire, two panthers by André Vincent Becquerel will frame a magpie sculpture by the Martel brothers.
Not to be missed: a major piece by Joseph Bernard, dated 1912, whose grace will appeal to seasoned collectors.
🔥 Ceramic highlight: works by Pierre Bayle and the Cloutier brothers.
🌍 In resonance with modern art, the sale will conclude with a striking selection of tribal art pieces – masks, statues, ritual objects – mostly from a renowned Parisian collection.
📍 Join us for the auction on Friday, April 18 at 2 p.m., Room 7 at Drouot, or follow live via Drouot Live if you can’t attend in person.
🎨 The viewing will take place on Wednesday, April 16 and Thursday, April 17, and will include a special conference exploring connections between modern art and tribal art, with a dedicated focus on Claude Venard.
✨ We look forward to seeing you for an inspiring auction!
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