Gazette Drouot INTERNATIONAL NUMBER 3 MAY 2011 FINE ART AND EUROPEAN FURNITURE FRIDAY 6 MAY 3 PM - CLARIDGE’S - LONDON RARE TABLE DE SALON in dark wood and black lacquer, of serpentine form, japanese lacquer. Fine ornementation of engraved gilt bronzes Stamped B.V.R.B., Bernard II Van Risen Burgh ( ? – 1765) Louis XV period H 26.8, W 21.7, D 14 inches Enquiries: Bid online Maître Nathalie Vermot +33 (0) 1 42 46 43 94
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[email protected] www.europauction.com CONTENTS EVENT . 11 EXHIBITIONS . 96 Highlights at Drouot-Montaigne Caillebotte, Perriand… UPCOMING . 25 MUSEUM . 98 Lyonel Feininger… François Morellet RESULTS . 31 MEETING . 102 Weiller, Gourdon, Chirée collections… Marc Restellini INTERVIEW TRENDS . 76 THE IMAGINARY . 106 Dasson, Linke… Diego Velázquez DESIGN . 92 COLLECTIONS . 110 Michel Boyer The Barnes Foundation THE MAGAZINE EDITORIAL What's an ideal world ? A world where the future looks as promising as the past has been opulent, and the present delightful… Well, take the art market. These past months have been particularly rich in million- plus bids, with results to make the most astute investors green with envy, in spite of the recession. Examples include the sale of the Château de Gourdon collections at the Palais de Tokyo. These Art Deco and UAM masterpieces had been freshly acquired by Laurent Negro for his château in the South of France, and not for trifling sums either! The overall result may not have attained the wildest dreams of the auction house, but it was still a resounding success.