Direct from the Faubourg St. Honoré, Paris, Martin du Louvre is bringing must-see pieces from their highly curated collection to Palm Beach for an exclusive exhibit at The Silver Fund, February 7th through the 15th. Specializing in twentieth century classic moderns of the international schools, with a particular focus on sculpture, Martin du Louvre is known for presenting rare works from private collections as opposed to opting for the obvious, the readily available and the easily accessible.
Among the works which will be offered are two sculptures by Auguste Rodin: The Hand of a Pianist, and the Caryatid of the Girl with an Upturned Nose. The former belonged to the flamboyant writer, playwright and friend of Rodin, Sacha Guitry. Rodin presented his model of the Caryatid as a gift to the Ambassador of Mexico to France.
The Hand of a Pianist
Auguste Rodin
At the behest of the interior decorator, Jean-Michel Frank, the Giacometti brothers, Alberto and Diego collaborated on the creation of The Mask of Medusa. Both the mask and Diego's much admired Ostrich will be highlights of the show
Diego Giacometti
Ostrich, circa 1937
Lost-wax bronze cast
Michael James, owner of The Silver Fund Palm Beach is particularly excited about the upcoming exhibit of Martin de Louvre-- "Martin de Louvre embraced the Palm Beach market as a pioneer exhibitor during the early days of the Palm Beach Fine Art Fair, when it was held 'under a tent'." "It may have been a 'tent site', but it certainly drew savvy and sophisticated art connoisseurs, " says David Le Louarn, principal of the gallery. "The Palm Beach audience clearly appreciated the works Martin du Louvre represents, and we're thrilled to offer them a more intimate oportunity to revisit with them," says Michael James of the Silver Fund.
The Op-artist, Victor Vasarely will be represented by Four Compositions, produced as prototypes for Aubusson by their needlepoint atelier, Tabard.
Victor Vasarely
Atelier Tabard (Aubusson): A Color Prototype in Needlepoint for a Tapestry by Vasarely, circa 1966
Needlepoint, blocked and mounted on a stretcher
Two rare carpets by Picasso will be shown: Landscape and Still Life. Woven by for the artist by the ateliers of Marie Cuttoli, they document the protean artist's fascination with the decorative arts.
To View more highlights of the exhibit including 'The Flayed Horse by Théodore Géricault, Bartholdi's Liberty Enlightening the World (Lady Liberty), German Nazarene painter, Philipp Veit's self portrait and Jean Marais' Water-bearer'
About Martin du Louvre
Martin du Louvre, founded in 1994, is a member of the Syndicat National des Antiquaires since inception and regularly lends works for exhibition. In the last four years alone, Martin du Louvre has contributed to shows at the Musée du Mans, the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, the Mjellby Konstmuseum, Halmstad, Sweden, the Biennale and the Museo Fortuny of Venice. This fall, the gallery will be lending an important sculpture by Picasso to the Pushkin Museum, Moscow for a Dora Maar/ Picasso retrospective.
Accepted at TEFAF Basel in the very first year of operations, the Martin du Louvre sold major works there to the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Angers and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Metz. The gallery has also sold important works to the Orsay Museum, The Musées des Beaux-Arts in Metz, Bordeaux, and Strasbourg, the Staatliche Kunstmuseum, Karlsruhe, the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, the Chicago Art Institute, the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Musée du Louvre.
The gallery has been cited in some of the world's most prestigious publications, and some of the shows presented by Martin du Louvre have been singled out by the New York Times. A highly anticipated monography and catalogue raisonné on the Art Déco sculptor, Marcel Renard with Emmanuel Bréon, curator emeritus of the Musée des Années Trente in Boulogne Billancourt and present curator-in-chief of the Cité d'Architecture au Palais Chaillot, located at the Trocadéro, Paris is presently at publishing.
Izdrojevicz Lipa
La Joie de Vivre, 1932
Lost-wax bronze cast