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FORMER COLLECTION OF Paul-Louis Weiller

Albert Cuyp : Woman Milking a Cow, oil on canvas, 94 x 120cm, signed est. €600,000-800,000

Highly important silver tureen by Ignaz Joseph Würth, from the second Saxe-Teschen service. 1779-1781. Est. : € 150,000 - 200,000

Imperial Jade long wei gong vase adorned with a poem by Commode with cipher of Catherine II of Russia with Emperor Qianlong H. : 22,5 cm Estimate on request solid silver mounts Est. €500,000-700,000

GROS & DELETTREZ AUCTIONS 22, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris Tel. : + 33 (0)1 47 70 83 04 5, 6, 7 & 8 April 2011 Fax : + 33 (0)1 45 23 01 64 [email protected] VIEWING www.gros-delettrez.com Agrément n°2002-033 2, 3, 4 April 2011 Browse catalogue : st www.gros-delettrez.com HÔTEL DROUOT (1 Floor) Online bidding available 9 rue Drouot - 75009 Paris CONTENTS

UPCOMING ...... 7 EXHIBITIONS ...... 52 America in stone… Piet Mondrian : the road to abstraction

INTERVIEW RESULTS ...... 18 THE IMAGINARY ...... 54 Drouot results for 2010… Lucas Cranach the Elder

TRENDS ...... 32 MUSEUM ...... 58 The new art Eldorado? Women in Orient seen by Christian Lacroix

EVENT ...... 36 MEETING ...... 62 Paris, capital of drawing At the Art Institute of Chicago

DESIGN ...... 48 FRENCH LUXURY ...... 70 Christian Ghion, an experimental alchemist Cartier the noble THE MAGAZINE EDITORIAL

Because the world today is only a mouse-click away, information is increasingly rapid, and our societies, living life in the fast lane, are constantly seeking to telescope time… Because the art market learned very early on to integrate the new rules of globa- lisation. Because French 18th century furniture, Rodin bronzes and contemporary paintings sell equally well in Miami, Shanghai or Doha. Because Paris and the Hôtel Drouot are more than ever at the heart of modern times and international trading. Because keeping up to date in real time has now become the privilege of all people all over the world. Because there is no work of art that cannot be shared, we have decided to create this international Olivier Lange Web version of La Gazette Drouot, the leading magazine devoted EDITORIAL DIRECTOR to auctions and the latest cultural news, especially for you. Each month, you will find the very best of the art market, exclusive interviews, reports on the latest trends, and much more. A digital issue in English, accessible for free on the Internet, iPads and tablet PCs, and which can be viewed in its full screen format on www.gazette-drouot.com/en

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PAULLOUIS WEILLER COLLECTION The sale of the former Paul-Louis Weiller 4 collection at Drouot looks set to be the event of the season. There is a whole list of impressive provenances for the furniture, pictures and objets d'art brought together by this former captain of industry turned collector, patron and academician…

AUCTION HOUSE GROS & DELETTREZ SVV 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 April 2011 - Drouot Richelieu - Paris - France

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913,064 The "Claude Monet", French market Basquiat exhibition at the Grand-Palais, On 25 January, in a first reading, in his study attracted 913 064 visitors. the Assemblée Nationale To date, this is the best- adopted the private bill on the attended painting exhibition deregulation of voluntary ever in France. furniture sales at auction, a reform linked to the transposition into French law of the European Directive on

services, known as the of Jean-Michel Estate Basquiat© 2011, The 2011 Paris © Lizzie Himmel © Adagp, "Bolkenstein directive". The next stage ? The reduction of VAT on 352,000 Messerschmidt imports and the reform of the As for the number of visitors who "droit de suite" (the right of an exhibition came to see the works of Jean- artist to a percentage of the As part of its 18th century Michel Basquiat, brought together price of his picture each time it season, the Musée du Louvre on the picture rails of the Musée is sold by an auctioneer or art is presenting for the first time d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, dealer): two specifically French the works of the German this came to 352 000. A record features… sculptor Franz Xaver number of visitors since the Messerschmidt (1736-1783). museum was reopened in 2006. An occasion to admire the fascinating work of this artist, who oscillated between academism and crazy originality. With his celebrated Everyone at Maastricht "character heads", the sculptor Where can you find the latest art treasures ? succeeded in expressing the In Maastricht, of course. A major event in the passions of the human soul in calendar, this year the fair once again brings stone. Musée du Louvre, until together a whole host of musts. The very rare 25 April. mini-site.louvre.fr/ items include a fragment of an Egyptian water clock at the Galerie Harmakhis de Bruxelles W (€150,000) and one of the few self-portraits by Bernard Bellotto at Otto Naumann (€8.2M), not forgetting the "Portrait of a man with arms akimbo" by Rembrandt, also on offer in the New "The ill-tempered man", 1771-1783, York gallery ($47 M). For its 24th event, the fair is lead and tin alloy, 38.7 x 23 x 23 cm. also hosting an exhibition of works on loan from Paris, Musée du Louvre. the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Maastricht, © 2011, Musée du Louvre/ Pierre Philibert 18 to 27 March. http://www.tefaf.com W

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America in Stone the Law Collection

ollowing the Eugène Pépin sale in 1985 and the Gérard Geiger in 2005, the dispersion of the H. Law collection has strengthened Large Teotihuacan funerary mask, Central Mexico, A.D.450-650, Greenish-grey serpentine, shiny, patina, Paris’ reputation as a strongpoint for pre- H. 21 cm - L. 20,5 cm. Estimate: €100,000 - €120,000. F Columbian art. This is a speciality that is not over-represented on the art markets, which explains the success of these sales. We remember the Geiger sale, which cleared €6.18 M. Geiger and Law were two collectors with the same passion for Mesoamerican culture, especially works originating from the state of Guerrero, renowned for its pre-classic stone sculp- tures of a modernity that cannot fail to evoke the purity of Cycladic works! The two men were also good friends. Together, they helped with the publication of major studies by Carlo Gay, dedicated to the Mezcala and Chontal cultures. Indeed, during the sale, interested parties will be able to admire some 200 specimens of these stone figures produced over 2 millennia ago. Our collector – an industrialist from Geneva – spent twenty five years building up his “t