Portrait d’Eleonor Gordon, par Gilbert Stuart.
Un joli portrait de femme, entourage de François de Troy.
François-Xavier Fabre dialogue avec Gilbert Jackson.
prédilection. Et comment ne pas le comprendre quand on voit le ravissant visage de Miss Eleonor Gordon peint par Gilbert Stuart ? Ou la belle prestance de la marquise de Worcester et de cet homme en pied, les deux signés Gilbert Jackson ? On l’aura compris, le XX e siècle avait très peu droit de cité dans cet élégant décor, c’est à peine si un paravent de Jean-Michel Frank avait pu s’y glisser... Une entorse qu’on accepte volontiers. • www.christies.com En ligne du 16 au 29 octobre
the heartstrings, but we have to move forward, imagine new adventures.” The contents of this noble edifice will therefore be sold this month by Christie’s. 160 lots including chests of drawers, one stamped by Louis Delaitre and Pierre Migeon and another attributed to Etienne Doirat, a pair of Jean Gourdin armchairs, another stamped by Nicolas Heurtaut, and a neoclassical gilded wood table. There are also numerous paintings in perfect harmony with this furniture, but with a nuance. Alongside French masters, Robert Couturier associated many Anglo-
Saxon portraits, for which he also has a predilection. Easy to understand when we see the lovely face of Miss Eleonor Gordon painted by Gilbert Stuart, or the elegance of the Marchioness of Worcester and this standing man, both painted by Gilbert Jackson? While it’s clear that the 20 th century was more or less banished from Robert Couturier’s elegant décor, a Jean-Michel Frank screen somehow slipped through the net… A little bending of the rules that we can’t really object to. • www.christies.com Online from the 16 th and 29 th October
Tête monumentale en marbre représentant Faustine l’Ancienne.
Au-dessus d’un lit de repos Régence, la marquise de Worcester par Gilbert Jackson.
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