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French record for Germain<br />

AUCTION RESULTS THE MAGAZINE<br />

Germain studio<br />

Proceeds from the sale of<br />

Jacques Germain’s studio in<br />

Paris on 15 October last went to<br />

the Ligue nationale française<br />

contre le cancer (The French<br />

National League against<br />

Cancer). A roaring success, the<br />

auction consisted of 675 items<br />

divided into 200 lots, which all<br />

found a bidder for a total of<br />

€373,941 (Mathias, Baron -<br />

Ribeyre & Associés, Farrando -<br />

Lemoine auction house / Mr.<br />

Chanoit). A world record for the<br />

artist was even obtained at<br />

€68,156 for a 1957 oil on canvas,<br />

"G 57 - Juin-24". The 21 oil paintings<br />

up for auction totalled<br />

€247,840. It is worth noting that<br />

Jacques Germain is one of the<br />

figures of the Lyrical Abstraction<br />

movement alongside<br />

Georges Mathieu and his group.<br />

Sylvain Alliod<br />

N° 19 I GAZETTE DROUOT INTERNATIONAL<br />

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