In Paris the art market in August, calm reigns, but in provincial French cities, especially the resort does sell works of art

hotel "Martinez" in Cannes, where every year on 15 August, the Art Auction
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Traditionally August - dead auction season. Paris at this time is almost empty, because a huge portion of its residents leaving to rest on the coast. Several French auction houses have found a way to make this an annual mass migration by following their clients to warm to spend a relatively large by the standards of the August auction.

Auction house Artcurial, conducting trades in nearly forty years, in 2006 opened a branch in Deauville. The company Dassault group, which owns Artcurial, has acquired a stake at home Arqana, engaged in trade thoroughbred horses. Dovilskoe department auction was in addition to this business. In August, the Deauville is also conducting a bidding company Ventes de Deauville, one of the largest traders in the world of horses, and this event attracts very wealthy people who do not mind spending some money on works of art. Artcurial first auction at Deauville on 15 August of the current year and brought 575,000 euros (within the estimate). The highest price auction were 53 700 euros, paid for work done in oil on canvas painting "Adam and Eve," the Greek artist Alecos Fassianosa (Alecos Fassianos).

in Cannes at this time also held the sale of works of art. Jean-Pierre Bes (Jean-Pierre Besch), owner of auction house Besch Cannes Auctions, twenty years in the same time - August 15 - organizes trading in local hotel "Martinez". "At this time in Cannes, is full of people, and most other auction houses do not work" - he explained. Top-lot trades of the past became the canvas by French artist Felix Winter (Felix Ziem) «View of San Giorgio", for which could fetch 64,700 euros estimeyte 50-60 thousand. Among other successful work was the work of Bernard Buffet (Bernard Buffet), sold for 58,600 euros (estimate 50 000), and several paintings, gone under the hammer for about $ 30 000 .

August 16 in the coastal town of Sibur spent auction art and antiques auction house Cuvreau. top lot was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1932 work "musher. Bidar Beach" by Louis Benjamin Flute ( Louis Benjamin Floutier), who wrote beach and market scenes Biarritz and the surrounding area. The work has brought 60 000 euros, slightly exceeding the estimate of 50-55 thousand. This landscape is close to the record Flute in 2010, when his other job at an auction Claude Aguttes at Drouot earned 62 500 euros.

Prepared Estrova Maria, AI

Source: artinvestment.ru