Piguet
Citadelle de Calvi
huile sur isorel
Catalogue period : 2023-11-22 — 2023-12-06
Published result : 4500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Olivier Debré
Born : 1920Died : 1999Documented citizenships : France
For Olivier Debré, abstraction linked to landscape takes the form of “fervent abstraction”: painting symbolises the emotion felt in front of the landscape. In 1953, he abandons figure-signs in favour of landscape-signs, a shift that marks an important stage in his work.
The discovery of Guernica, shown in the Spanish Pavilion at the Paris International Exhibition, is a shock for him in June 1937. Between 1940 and 1943, he joins his father and brother in the Maquis resistance. In 1946, in his studio in Cachan, he paints La Vérité et la Justice poursuivant le crime, a canvas eight metres long. His first solo exhibition takes place in 1949 at the Galerie Bing in Paris.
Documented works from the following years include large paintings intended for public spaces: in 1965, two canvases for the Lycée Cordouan in Royan, one measuring 1.8 × 8.8 metres, the other 1.8 × 15 metres. For the French Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal, he creates Signe d’homme, a painting measuring 5 × 2.5 metres. From 1980 to 1985, he directs the mural-painting studio at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris.
His work also includes a body of prints, 170 copies of which he donates to the Bibliothèque nationale de France. In 1995, a retrospective of his work is presented at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris.
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Documented auction references
8auction references
6auction houses
7documented results with prices
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Kornfeld · Dobiaschofsky · Piguet · Genève Enchères · Germann
References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.
Works recorded at auction
Piguet
Svanøy
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Svanøy
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2023-09-06 — 2023-09-20
Published result : 7000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000–8000
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Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Lot 52
Petite nature morte, 1959
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Petite nature morte, 1959
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2023-06-21
Published result : 74216 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 30000–50000
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Dobiaschofsky · Lot 470
"Tache violette du soir au jardin".
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
"Tache violette du soir au jardin".
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2022-11-04
Published result : 37000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 26000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Kornfeld · Lot 563
Tache vive brune des hautes montagnes
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Tache vive brune des hautes montagnes
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2022-06-16
Published result : 10000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 12500
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Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Lot 133
Abstract Composition, 1969
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Composition abstraite, 1969
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2019-06-19
Published result : 5105 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Genève Enchères · Lot 76
Jardin fleuri vert foncé
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Jardin fleuri vert foncé
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 14000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 10000–15000
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Germann
Bleu signe personnage, 1960-1961
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Bleu signe personnage, 1960-1961
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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