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The Tajan auction house is pleased to share some of its results for the month of June.
20TH CENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS & DESIGN
On June 26, 2024
GILBERT POILLERAT AND ANDRÉ ARBUS
Large wrought-iron pedestal table with gold patina and circular top in devoured eglomized mirror,
underlined by an openwork belt with a motif of ovals, embellished with four rings
and resting on curved legs with deer hooves, linked by a twisted brace. Circa 1942
(Worn gilding and mirror glass)
Height 74 cm – Diameter 122 cm
8 000 / 12 000 €
118 080 € (charges included)
Marie-Cécile Michel – Director of Decorative Arts & Design
+33 1 53 30 30 58 – [email protected]
FINE JEWELLERY
On june 27, 2024
1930’S
MAGNIFICENT THREE-ROW PEARL NECKLACE WITH JEWELRY CLASP
This necklace is composed of three strands of fine pearls arranged in drops. They are held by a rectangular jewelry clasp.
It is entirely articulated around a cylinder paved with long baguette-cut diamonds and set with old-cut diamonds.
punctuated by two other cylinders of baguette-cut diamonds. Set in platinum.
French work, part of a French “poinçon de maître”.
Gross weight: 77.27 g (including clasp weight)
Necklace length: 44.5 cm (including clasp)
Dimensions of clasp: 5.7 x 2.1 cm.
350 000 / 500 000 €
473 200 € (charges included)
Victoire Winckler – Director of Jewelry & Watches
+33 1 53 30 30 66 – [email protected]
OLD MASTER PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS
On june 12, 2024
JEAN BAPTISTE CORNEILLE (PARIS, 1649-1695)
ALEXANDER MAKING HIS SOLDIERS DRINK
Canvas
Old restorations
301 x 431 cm.
300 000 / 500 000 €
472 320 € (charges included)
Thaddée Prate – Director of Old Master Paintings & Drawings
+33 1 53 30 30 47 – [email protected]
BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
On june 5, 2024
CAMUS (Albert).
L’Étranger. Complete autograph manuscript, signed and dated in fine “Avril 1940” [1944?].
In-4, 104 tabbed pages [(1) unnumbered title page, 87 pages numbered 1 to 87, with (1) unnumbered title page for Part II,
then (15) unnumbered ff.], text handwritten on recto in black ink, with small sketches.
Bound in black morocco, multiple radiations of gold and palladium fillets on the boards,
smooth spine decorated in the same way, with the title in grey box mosaic, lining and endpapers in supple grey box,
untrimmed, gilt edges with witnesses,
black half-maroquin folder with band and light cover (rubbing to the spine of the folder and a cracked upper jaw),
edged slipcase (P.-L. Martin, 1953).
500 000 / 800 000 €
656 000 € (charges included)
Alexia Taiclet – Director of Books, Manuscripts & Prints
+33 1 53 30 30 84 – [email protected]
CONTACT
Ariane de Miramon – Director of Communication & marketing
+33 1 53 30 30 68 – [email protected]