Gazette Drouot - C apencheres

UPCOMING AUCTIONS THE MAGAZINE
Paul Delvaux (1897-1994), "Le Voyage légendaire", 1974, oil on canvas laid on panel, 131.2 x 444 cm. Estimate: €1/1.5M.
tion required the assistance of Liège-born artists Art,
Flaush, Huymans and Denis. In this vast composition,
the painter included his usual favourite themes:
desirable nude women, idyllic landscapes, trains,
railway stations and so on. Here he immortalised
Chaudfontaine station, refurbished during the 19th
century, with its famous metal awnings, which can
be seen on the right of the painting. Estimated at
€1/1.5M, this huge oil on canvas is the star of a Paris
sale taking place on 10 December at Drouot. The
Gros & Delettrez auction house is also dispersing
works from a private collection. Alongside paintings
by Félix Labisse, one of which carries the Nellens
collection label, there will be two large sculptures by
Niki de Saint Phalle: "L'oiseau", with a base by Jean
Tinguely (€120,000/180,000) and "Adam et Eve et le
serpent" (€200,000/300,000). The quintessential
charm of the New Realists is also associated with the
name of the Nellens family, notably Roger, the son,
who commissioned "Le Dragon", the famous multicoloured
playhouse, by Niki de Saint-Phalle.
Stéphanie Perris-Delmas
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