Lot  87 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2016

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2016

Lady in the Garden

Bernard CHAROY (French, 1931 - 2024)

1988

Oil on canvas

65 x 54 cm

Estimate

TWD 180,000-280,000

HKD 44,000-69,000

USD 5,700-8,900

Sold Price

TWD 516,000

HKD 125,243

USD 16,130


Signature

Signed lower right Bernard Charoy in French
Signed on the reverse Bernard Charoy in French
PROVENANCE:
Galerie Elegance, Taipei
Acquired from the above by the present owner's father

This work is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

+ OVERVIEW

Bernard Charoy was born on May 26th, 1931 in Nant le Grand, Lorraine region, East of France. Charoy is famous for his portraits of women. The delicate enchanting sentiment features in his poetic landscape works as well. Charoy began to work at the Montmartre Studio, where he studied painting and lithography from the local artists, painters and designers, in 1955. In the 1960s, Charoy had accepted consignments from news and magazine agencies to create attractive artwork especially for the press media. Since 1970s, Charoy’s work have been exhibited around the world, including the United States, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, France and Belgium.

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Ravenel Autumn Auction 2016

Sunday, November 20, 2016, 2:00pm