Reputed for its eclecticism, the Carré Rive Gauche has been a real Parisian institution for over 30 years. Although the story of this district no longer needs telling, that of its galleries is being written every day, unfolding with the successive finds and discoveries of the art dealers… This year, from 15 to 18 May 2014, the antique dealers and gallery owners of the Carré Rive Gauche share with you their latest discoveries. Every piece presented tells a story, sometimes even recounting an entire episode of history. Whether through its provenance, or some poignant or unusual anecdote, all these objects recall a memory from our own past while revealing theirs to us.

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1/ VERONIQUE GIRARD Furniture, art objects, curiosities 7, rue des Saints-Pères – 01 42 61 55 79 Extraordinary, moving, personal knife of the Marquise de Pompadour The handle is a small lamb's foot with the hoof in gold, engraved "Pierre Garnier", the ferrule in gold and silver bears the arms of the Marquise, and the steel blade is encrusted with a plaque on which is engraved "Marquise de Ponpadour (note the "n" instead of an "m"). Il est intéressant de remarquer que Pierre Garnier, grand ébéniste marqueteur était le fournisseur de la Marquise et de son frère le Marquis de Marigny. Length of the knife : 23 cm

2/ GALERIE JEAN-PIERRE GROS Furniture, art objects, curiosities 6 bis, rue des Saints-Pères – 01 42 61 28 15 Attr. Jean-Baptiste CORNEILLE (1649-1695) Episode in the Life of Alexander Alexander refusing the water offered by his soldiers Oil on canvas Dimensions: H. 304 cm ; W. 431 cm Provenance : Collection of King Louis Philippe ; collection of the Marquis de Courtilloles and his descendants This painting, rediscovered, shows Alexander the Great on a campaign during which water was cruelly lacking. Alexander refuses a goblet held out for him to drink from, preferring to give precedence to those companions in arms who are suffering more than himself.

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4/ GILLES LINOSSIER Furniture, art objects, curiosities 11, quai Voltaire - 01 53 29 00 18 Trunk with marquetry by Charles Boulle, epoch of Louis XIV, around 1700 Dimensions : H. 36 cm ; W. 61 cm ; D. 38 cm As of the late 16th century, drawing inspiration from Moorish craftsmen and antique decoration, Italians encrusted their furnishings in copper, tin, ivory, mother-of-pearl, and tortoiseshell to create dazzling, sumptuous ornaments. Marquetry with tin and then copper appeared in France around the middle of the 17th century. Cardinal Mazarin in particular encouraged this new practice that was to be brought to excellence by the famous André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) in the early 18th century. This travel chest quite alone expresses the beauty and elegance of this unique technique. The twin of this trunk is exhibited in the prestigious Schell Collection Museum in Vienna, Austria.

3/ GALERIE PLA Furniture, art objects, curiosities 18, rue de Beaune – 01 47 70 33 90 Exceptional solid silver model of the famous English battleship, H.M.S. VICTORY, which was put into service in 1778 and saw action in the American War of Independence, the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic wars.

Enlivened by numerous figures, this model illustrates the famous scene of the Battle of Trafalgar where Admiral Nelson, in 1805, was mortally wounded by a bullet shot by a crew member of the French ship Redoutable. Commissioned from the renowned Italian jeweller Fasano by an English Ambassador living in Turin, around 1920. Weight : 40 kg Dimensions : W. 215 cm ; D. 40 cm ; H. 162 cm

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5/ GALERIE ALTERO Furniture, art objects, curiosities 21, quai Voltaire – 01 42 61 19 90 Ruby Glass Noble bohemian picnic set 18th century Dimensions : H. 38 cm ; W. 26 ; D. 15 cm Numerous stories abound concerning the fabrication of the red glass known as "Ruby glass". According to Bavarian legends, only witches, alchemists, and magicians were privy to the secrets of producing this ruby red glass. This mystery was lost and only resurfaced in the 17th century.

6/ FRANCOIS HAYEM Furniture, art objects, curiosities 3, rue du Bac – 01 42 61 25 60 Chair in crystal cut by the Osler factory in around 1880 Dimensions : H. 105 cm ; W. 50 cm Crystal furniture was greatly appreciated in Indian Palaces, and so is to be found in the collection of the Maharana Sajjan Singh, begun in 1877 and exhibited in the Crystal Gallery, City Palace, Udaipur.

7/ GALERIE WANECQ Furniture, art objects, curiosities 12, rue des Saints-Pères - 01 42 60 83 64

“Love and Fidelity” clock from the epoch of Louis XVI Burnished gilt bronze, circa 1785

Clock face signed Kinable

Original gilding, great finesse of engraving

Base in cherry red marble

Dimensions: H. 45.5 cm; W. 45 cm; D. 10 cm

In the 18th century, allegory was used profusely in the decorative arts as a means of fulfilling the neoclassical imperative to “please and instruct”. Beyond the aesthetic aspect of the object, some message was almost always to be found. And the message is barely hidden on this clock whose face, beneath a winged putto evoking Love, is supported by two stretched out dogs symbolising Fidelity.

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8/ GALERIE SAINT MARTIN Furniture, art objects, curiosities 5 and 11, rue des Saints-Pères - 01 42 60 83 65 "Toupie hollandaise" spinning top game Dimensions : L. 159.5 cm ; W. 76.5 cm ; H. 83 cm France, circa 1880 Wood - Bronze - Brass Provenance : former Terrail collection (of the Tour d’Argent) These game tables took their name from the Dutch East India Company. Up to the end of the 18th century, the Dutch spinning top game was greatly prized by sailors of the famous company. The example presented here is especially rare and zesty: during the "Belle Epoque", this game table occupied the antechamber of a Parisian brothel... The table is in walnut wood and veneer. The playing area is delineated by a rim elegantly bedecked with balusters. Six bronzes show a set of particularly short-skirted female figures overlooking the playing area. A spinning top launched with the greatest vigour must reach them after having knocked down as many as possible of the skittles spread out along the way.

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10/ DENIS DERVIEUX Furniture, art objects, curiosities 25, rue de Beaune - 01 40 15 99 20 Trunk in studded leather bearing the arms of the Marquise de Pompadour (three towers surrounded by flowery scrolls and crowned with a fleur-de-lis, an allusion to her royal connections). The arms flanked by the letters C and B refer to the Chateau de Bellevue, built in Meudon in 1750. Dimensions : W. 109 cm ; H. 58 cm ; D. 59 cm

9/ GALERIE ATLANTE, DIDIER-JEAN NENERT Furniture, art objects, curiosities 38, rue de Lille – 01 42 61 55 79 Alcove bench seat by Emilio Terry Circa 1940 Dimensions : W. 177 cm Provenance : collection of Charles de Beistegui - Chateau de Groussay The seat rests on small cutaway legs camouflaged by finely crafted drapery trimmings. Its front angles are slightly concave. Embellished with cushions and small bolsters adorned with pompoms, it is covered in shimmering burnished gold coloured silk. Emilio Terry, both neo-classical and baroque, was an architect, draughtsman, decorator, and landscaper. He launched what was to become known as the "Louis XVII style", to which this alcove seat refers, that is, furnishing and architecture of an imaginary style freely inspired by historical examples, especially by creators such as Palladio or Claude Nicolas Ledoux. It was from the 1950s that Terry undertook to extend and decorate the Chateau de Groussay, in Montfort-l'Amaury (Yvelines). He decorated every room and designed the furniture

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11/ GALERIE DELESALLE-HOURTON Mobilier, objets d’art, curiosité 16, rue des Saints-Pères - 06 87 81 77 22 Rare patinated, gilded and bronze carved spring Candlestick from the Empire period. Dimensions : H. 40.3 cm ; L. 20.2 cm ; P. 9.1 cm In 1806, the Girard Brothers, inventors of the spring candlestick, presented this invention at the "Society of Encouragement for the National Industry". This invention was considered at the time as an new economical system. Its main advantage is that the candle wrapped in a tube of tin, burns without spilling tallow and without the need of a nose. The spring rises as it consumes. Executed by the bronze-maker Claude Galle (1759-1815), located 9 rue Vivienne in Paris who was a major bronze-maker of Napoleon I period, we can recognize its main qualities : a rich gilding, an elegant carving and fine forms . 12/ GABRIELLE LAROCHE Furniture, art objects, curiosities 12, rue de Beaune and 25, rue de Lille - 01 42 97 59 18 Rare wedding cabinet of the Renaissance epoch Richly sculpted with decoration representing the four seasons Red walnut wood - Toulouse, around 1580 Dimensions : H. 183 cm This rare Renaissance cabinet is most richly adorned on the doors and drawers with sculpted relief representations of the four seasons. Accentuating a ternary rhythm like the lower part, the upper part opens onto two sculpted doors on which can be seen, on the right, Spring, a woman crowned with foliage, holding a basket overflowing with flowers and wearing necklaces and bracelets on each arm. In light of all these symbols, it can be supposed that this piece of furniture was a wedding gift for an unknown couple.

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13/ GALERIE MARTEL-GREINER 20th Century Arts and Design 6, rue de Beaune - 01 42 60 24 61 François STAHLY (1911-2006) The Angel II Circa 1970 Oak, unique piece Height : 290 cm This angel has seen numerous artists pass before him, witness of an entire epoch, the 1970s, when the Spanish village of Cadaques was an important place of artistic encounters and exchange. François Stahly had set up his atelier in Cadaques and spent his summers there with Parvine Curie. He placed the sculpture at the heart of the traditional house that they transformed together. Cadaques rendered homage to the artist by installing one of his works in the village, along a promenade overlooking the sea.

14/ GALERIE CAROLE DECOMBE 20th Century Arts and Design 30, rue de Lille - 01 40 20 00 12 ZEUGMA Exhibition from 15 May to 30 June 2014 Opening in the presence of the artists on 15 May from 6 p.m. Guéridon Polka Emmanuel Levet Stenne and Isabelle Sicart Ceramic and lacquered metal Dimensions : Ø 52 cm ; H. 55 cm What happens when four creators with exceptional know-how in the decorative arts of the 21st century bring their talents together to accomplish a unique work? The answer is to be discovered in the exhibition ZEUGMA presented by the Carole Decombe gallery, showing the result of this unprecedented collaboration between designer Emmanuel Levet Stenne, Reese Studio (decoration), and ceramist Isabelle Sicart. "Zeugma" is a word of Greek origin meaning "harnessing" and designating a rhetorical figure poetically associating dissimilar ideas. Thus the exhibition is aimed at bringing together art and design in the way of a crossing of sources of inspiration at once organic and cosmic, ancient and contemporary, in short, the meeting point between diverse horizons. Other than the work conceived and created collectively, there can be seen furnishings, lamps, and objects created individually, in pairs, and by three.

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Esther de Beaucé 20th Century Arts and Design 16, rue des Saints-Pères - 01 42 61 37 82 Françoise PETROVITCH Janus Ring With lightness and gravity, the works of Françoise Pétrovitch speak to us of the small things in life. In parallel with these intimate accounts, is developed, without seeming to be, a hybrid and terrifying bestiary. For her first piece of jewellery and first collaboration with the MiniMasterpiece gallery, Françoise Pétrovitch has designed a jewel-sculpture, a "Janus" ring, giving her own interpretation of the famous two-faced Roman divinity, with this idea of passage, between world of shadow and of light. The "Janus" ring is an interlacing of several stories: the great historical account alluded to through the artistic universe of a contemporary artist, the story of a painter and sculptor coming out of her habitual "comfort zone" to take on the theme of artistic jewellery, and also the story of collaboration between an artist and a publisher/gallery owner to bring forth a new object of desire... the "Janus" ring.

16/ GALERIE DIANE DE POLIGNAC 20th Century Arts and Design 16, rue de Lille - 01 83 98 98 53 Paul JENKINS exhibition from 3 February to 3 May 2014 Paul JENKINS (1923-2012) Phenomena Veronica Acrylic on canvas, 1968 Dimensions : H. 161 ; W. 97cm Having been trained from 1948 at the famous Art Students League of New York, where he met Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman, Paul Jenkins is a fundamental artistic figure associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement. Through the technique of controlled paint-pouring, which prompted him to pour the colour from the can itself directly onto the canvas, he was fully part of the post-war wave of Action Painting, between spontaneity and mastery of the artistic gesture. His works have been collected throughout the world: at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, the Stelelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Tate Gallery in London, the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, the Albertina in Vienna, the MoMa, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the San Francisco Museum of Art, as well as in renowned private collections and foundations such as the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.

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17/ GALERIE JEAN-MARC LELOUCH 20th Century Arts and Design 11, quai Voltaire - 01 40 13 94 03 "Osselet" end table Made in bronze, 3 patinas: polished bronze, black, or silver, 50 copies of each Dimensions : H. 50 cm ; W. 46 ; D. 18 cm The "osselets" (game of jacks) that were played with in the school yard… and that are reinvented with pleasure for the home.

18/ GALERIE PHILIPPE GUEGAN 20th Century Arts and Design 12, rue de l’Université – 06 60 15 87 49 Paul HUGUES (1891 - 1972) View from the landing of the Egyptian staircase at the Louvre Gouache on paper, Paris, 1946 Stamp of the atelier on the back Dimensions : H.31 cm ; W.48 cm This gouache by Paul Hugues describes the return of works of art to French museums at the end of the Second World War, after more than seven years of chaotic and uncertain displacement. On roaming through the rooms of the Louvre and other European museums, we often forget the peril that menaced works of art in national collections in the course of the last world conflict, and the strange secret journeys they had to undergo during the war in order to escape the destruction to be feared through bombing and fires, as well as pillaging by the Nazi authorities. While the people were to suffer from the war, measures were taken, as of the Munich crisis in 1938, to ensure that the treasures of the patrimony would not be destined to disappear, by designating secret warehouses in the rural areas of the centre and west of France, located far from any strategic point in order to escape the threat of bombing.

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19/ GALERIE TIAGO Archaeology and civilisations 36, rue de l’Université – 01 42 92 09 12 Travel cabinet Ebony and ivory Spain – late 17th century Dimensions : H. 55 cm ; W. 115 cm ; D. 32 cm Intended for the safekeeping of private, military or liturgical documents while on the move, this type of furniture has existed at all epochs. Already present in some Egyptian tombs, it was to contain personal or religious objects destined to accompany the deceased in the beyond. In the Middle Ages, drawers were added to enable easier access to the contents. The 16th and 17th centuries saw it adorned with precious elements: silver, tortoiseshell, tin, gold, marquetry of precious wood, ivory, and sumptuous interior decoration. This cabinet may have belonged to a Spanish conquistador and travelled to Mexico. Or did it remain calmly in Spain conserving the precious belongings and letters of a Dona awaiting the return of her husband gone to discover the world?

20/ GALERIE CHENEL Archaeology and civilisations 3, quai Voltaire – 01 42 97 44 09 FUSION exhibition from 15 May to 19 July 2014 Monopodium consisting of the leg and protome of a lion Roman work, 2nd century A.D. Marble Dimensions : H. 93 cm This interesting monopodium, because of its various prestigious owners, also has its own story to tell. Acquired by the founder of Christie’s auction house, James Christie (1773-1831) for Charles Blundell (1761-1837) of Ince Blundell Hall, Lancashire, it was subsequently bequeathed to John Gladstone, Fasque House collection, Scotland.

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21/ GERARD LEVY Archaeology and civilisations 17, rue de Beaune - 01 42 61 26 55 Medical Doll China, 18th century Ivory with blonde patina Dimensions : W. 10 cm Precious ivory statuette, usually kept in a leather pouch, which accompanied the doctor. Thus, when he was at the bedside of a woman patient, she was able to indicate, in all modesty, where her ailment was located (as women never showed themselves naked in front of a man, even a doctor).

22/ MYRNA MYERS Archaeology and civilisations 11, rue de Beaune - 01 42 61 11 08 Blue and white pouring vessel in the form of a longevity fish, Hatcher Collection, China, Transition period, 17th century. Thirty one years ago, Captain Michael Hatcher discovered a Chinese junk that had gone down in the meridional China Sea around 1650 and on which were found some 23,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain. China was then going through one of the most troubled periods in its history. One of the effects of the fall of the Ming dynasty was the loss of official control over the production of porcelain. Potters were freed from the constraints of the court and were able to come up with new designs and shapes to satisfy the desires of the educated middle-class clientele that represented a new market. It was in this junk that was first discovered this kendi with pouring spout encompassed by a broad disk together with rare snow scenes. We can note the speed and vitality of the brushwork and the gradations of blue creating poetic effects. These pieces show a purely Chinese sensibility despite their destination.

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23/ GALERIE ALAIN BOVIS Archaeology and civilisations 8, rue de Beaune – 01 56 24 09 25 Pecking bird mask, Dogon, Mali Wood with sheen from use Dimensions : H. 52 cm Dated from the 18th century Provenance : Arman collection This mask representing a pecking bird beneath the statuette of a kneeling woman constitutes a major work of Dogon sculpture. Dating from the 18th century, it is one of the oldest masks known to this day. Coming from the collection of artist Armand Arman, it features on the cover of the publication of the famous exhibition that took place in New York in 1980, "Fragments of the Sublime". Arman described this work as follows: "Just like the Venus de Milo, this female beauty retains her grace”.

24/ GALERIE SISMANN Archaeology and civilisations 7, rue de Beaune - 01 42 97 47 71 Pair of Caryatids Burnished gilded wood Venice, mid 17th century Provenance : Collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé Dimensions : H. 204 cm Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in 1983 acquired the "Chateau Gabriel", great neo-Gothic house built in 1874 overlooking the bay of Deauville on the heights of Bénerville-sur-Mer. Before being left uninhabited for many years, this property had belonged to publisher Gaston Gallimard, who regularly played host there to Marcel Proust while on holiday near Cabourg. Wanting to bring this house back to life, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé entrusted decorator Jacques Grangework with arrangement of the interior. This work, both flamboyant and intimate, was in accord with the vocation of this house dedicated to study and rest. The Chateau Gabriel was to be sold in 2008 following the death of Yves Saint Laurent. Among the rich and opulent furnishings, alongside a selection of unusual and original objects, these two caryatids decorated the entrance hall.

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25/ CRISTINA ORTEGA Archaeology and civilisations 23, rue de Beaune – 01 42 61 09 57 Large silk scroll in its lacquer box China, Hong Kong, 1882 Signed by Chong Woo Hong Kong, who was a silversmith and a dealer of luxury export goods Dimensions : L. 125 cm ; L. 25 cm This large cream silk scroll, lined with pink silk has two carved ivory finials. The scroll is presented in an amazing large lacquer box painted in different shades of gold. The inner part of the cover has a silk painted lining depicting court scene. The scroll has high quality multicolor and gold embroidery of blossoming flowers. In the center a text in the honor of Sir John Pope Hennessy, eighth Governor of Hong Kong. During his tenure, Hennessy realized that the Chinese people, who were treated as second-class citizens up to that time, had developed an increasingly important influence on the Hong Kong economy. With that in mind, he lifted the ban that forbade Chinese people from buying lands, constructing buildings, and operate businesses in the Central District. This caused a development boom in the Central District. Also, he allowed Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong to naturalize as British subjects. He appointed the first Chinese member, Ng Choy, (who would later become the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China) to the Legislative Council. Also, during his rule, he established the first Grant-in-Aid system in education area. This is a very important point for the educational history of Hong Kong. Soon after arriving in Hong Kong, in April 1877, Hennessy set out to implement the "separate system" in Victoria Goal, meaning separate cells for prisoners, during the night if not also during the day.

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26/ GALERIE ARTESEPIA Paintings, drawings, ancient sculptures 25, rue de Beaune – 01 42 96 29 21 Jacques Charles BONNARD (1765-1818) Valençay – The Rabbit Warren (Duke of Talleyrand's meeting place for the hunt) Circa 1807 Pair of drawings Pen, brown ink, brown and grey wash tint Dimensions : H. 26 x W. 40.2 cm (x2) Each signed with a monogram at bottom left This elegant pavilion, place of pleasure built by Talleyrand from 1805 to 1806, seems to have been inspired to him by Renard, his architect. But the death of the latter, in 1807, may well have led his successor, Bonnard, to finalise this original construction, in the style known as Italian rustic, of which there remain few examples. Now private property, this pavilion was initially part of the chateau, from which it was separated by the deviated route of the road in direction of Châteauroux. 27/ LA CREDENCE Paintings, drawings, ancient sculptures 18, rue des Saints-Pères – 01 40 20 93 31 The Pfiferrari Oil on canvas, signed "Odier Romae, 1853" Edward Alexandre Odier, pupil of J.D. INGRES Dimensions : W. 71 cm; H. 110 cm "I only noticed one popular kind of music while I was at Rome, which may be regarded as a remnant of antiquity: that of the Pifferari. These are wandering musicians who towards Christmas come down from the mountains four or five at a time, with bagpipes and pifferi (a sort of haut-bois), on which they perform sacred music before the images of the Madonna. They generally wear large brown cloth cloaks and pointed brigand hats, and there is a strange, wild air about them which is quite unique…" Extract from the Memoirs of Hector Berlioz, chapter 39.

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28/ GALERIE DELVAILLE Furniture, art objects, curiosities 15, rue de Beaune - 01 42 61 23 88 The Anecdote Albert GUILLAUME (1873-1942) Oil on panel, signed at bottom right Dimensions : H. 66 cm ; W. 54 cm Albert Guillaume was the most famous caricaturist of the Belle Epoque. Artist of paintings and drawings, he described with humour and sarcasm the portrait of Parisian high society. Here, Albert Guillaume portrays an evening social gathering featuring five characters. In the atmosphere of a smoking room, one takes pleasure in telling an amusing story in front of an attentive audience. The characters, true caricatures, leave us to imagine their quirks. Although the narrator's look is turned towards the three men, he seems intent on pleasing the pretty young woman sitting on the sofa in the foreground. Beyond the anecdote, the artist provides us with a photographic image of the worldly salons of this Belle Epoque, period of nonstop pomp and amusement, when time was given over to pleasure and leisure.

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30/ GALERIE DUMONTEIL Modern and contemporary paintings, drawings, sculptures 38, rue de l’Université – 01 42 61 23 38 Georges-Lucien GUYOT (1885-1973) Seated lioness, head to left Bronze, signed, Fonte Susse Dimensions : L. 90 cm ; W. 40 cm ; D. 40 cm Having privileged access to the Paris Jardin des Plantes and its exotic residents, Georges-Lucien Guyot drew inspiration from them, observing their character as well as their physique. One of his favourite subjects, a lioness, was accustomed to his presence. During the artist's frequent visits, she would approach him, extending her snout for him to caress and purring like a domestic cat. "In love" with the Master, she imposed herself as model for want of becoming his muse, and got into the habit of posing so elegantly that he ended up making this portrait of her. We can find in this all the artist's tender affection for the animal, and all the animal's boundless trust in the Master. Guyot who affirmed loud and clear : "You must never cheat" transcribed into this sculpture all the sincerity of his art.

29/ GALERIE DES MODERNES Modern and contemporary paintings, drawings, sculptures 2, rue des Saints-Pères - 01 83 97 22 57 Jean FAUTRIER (1898 - 1964) Pear and grapes, around 1928-1929 Oil on canvas Dimensions : H. 55 ; W. 46 cm This painting comes from the collection of the famous art dealer Paul Guillaume, whose Déodat stamp it bears on the back of the canvas. Jean Fautrier, supported in his early years by Jeanne Castel and Paul Guillaume, is thought of as a precursor of Informal Art. Paul Guillaume was one of the greatest dealers and collectors of 20th century modern art. In his Parisian gallery, he exhibited Soutine, Modigliani, and Fautrier, and was one of the first to present African Art. His personal collection, one of the biggest in Europe, was modified after his death in 1934 by his wife Domenica, remaried to the architect Jean Walter. Purchased by the state between 1959 and 1963, subject to usufruct, the Walter-Guillaume Collection includes 16 works by Cézanne, 23 by Renoir, 5 by Modigliani, 12 by Picasso, 10 by Matisse, 27 by Derain, and 22 by Soutin. This remarkable collection only came to be permanently housed within the walls of the Orangerie Museum in the Tuileries gardens after the death of Domenica in 1977, and is today one of the jewels in its crown.

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31/ GALERIE LAURENCE VAUCLAIR Ceramic Arts and Glass-making 24, rue de Beaune – 06 09 48 27 86 Sarreguemines factory Alexandre and Paul de Geiger, around 1880 Decorative panel : Lohengrin de Wagner Polychrome enamelled earthenware Dimensions : H. 165 cm ; W. 90 cm Panel made up of 66 fine earthenware tiles Signed at bottom right: "Sarreguemines Utzschneider et Cie” This decorative panel composed of fine white earthenware tiles was created at Sarreguemines. It no doubt represents a free interpretation of Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin. Intended for the interior ornamentation of a rich home, the panel was able to figure among the various international exhibitions in which the prestigious Sarreguemines factory participated.

32/ JM BEALU & FILS Ceramic Arts and Glass-making 3, rue du Bac – 01 45 48 46 53 Salad bowl in Nevers earthenware, known as à l’Arbre d’Amour (Tree of Love) Polychrome decoration Dated 1787 with numerous inscriptions and the name "Mathurin Rouleau. prestre" Dimensions : D. 31.5 cm This decoration was inspired by an engraving from the late 16th century that depicts in a humorous way the struggle between men and women. The men are perched on the branches of a tree, at the top of which Love sits enthroned, and the women are trying to get them to come down. The men pass their days happily, out of reach of the entreating women who, tired of this state of affairs, surround the tree, pleading with the men to come down, and bringing gifts to persuade them to be conciliating: "Pleasantly accept this snuffbox" or "The charming Isabeau offers him a fine hat". But seduction is not enough, and the most radical means consists of sawing through the tree trunk. The Tree of Love can be interpreted as suggesting that husbands are hard birds to remove from the nest, and as a way of mocking girls in search of a husband.

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33/ GALERIE CHEVALIER Textile arts 17, quai Voltaire – 01 42 60 72 68 ROLLS OF THREAD, STORIES, STORIES THAT ARE ROLLED OUT By Aurélie Mathigot Exhibition from 16 May to 28 June 2014 Opening on Thursday 15 May 2014 Hidden in the shade of a big oak, I take the sun Aurélie Mathigot Photo printed on canvas - embroidered thread - glass beading and ancient beads Dimensions : H. 92 ; W. 65 cm The embroidered photos by Aurélie Mathigot for this exhibition are extracts taken from ancient tapestries in the collection of the Chevalier gallery. "It was in looking attentively at numerous tapestries at the Chevalier gallery that I realised to what extent nature was present among them, luxuriant, delicate, and protective. And I felt the same wave of sensations as that I can have in stretching myself out on my plot of ground in the countryside, where I would like to be a tree with roots so wide and deep that no wind, no event could make it fall." Aurélie Mathigot, February 2014

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34/ QUINTESSENCE Decoration and art of living 38, rue de l’Université - 01 83 98 98 53 Dirigo Candle (Head: rosemary essence, cypress essence / Core: pine needle essence, green leaves / Base: balsam fir retinoid, cedarwood essence) This candle is the result of a union with La Chance designer furniture company, whose destiny has been linked to that of Quintessence since releasing their first pieces of furniture, presented in 2012 in Milan. A second "olfactory" union with the universe of Quintessence is the result of an offer to collaborate on the creation of an "artist candle". Together, the two companies decided to use a material that is a favourite for La Chance but a new one for Quintessence: marble. A few days later, a block of white Carrara marble and a block of black Marquina marble arrived at the studio, and the adventure was able to begin. The result is a candle-sculpture in faceted marble produced by La Chance and which is given life by the aromatic notes elaborated by the perfumer Domitille Bertier. *Dirigo: (Latin), verb: lead, order, put in line.

Archaeology and Civilisations – Ceramic Arts and Glass-making – Textile Arts – Paintings,

Drawings, Ancient Sculptures – Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures – 20th Century Arts and Design – Furniture, Art Objects, Curiosities – Decoration and Art of Living

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