Histoires extraordinaires de l'art à l'Hôtel Drouot. De Vermeer à Louise Bourgeois. Occident or even of all time

or even of all time

the book offers several levels of approach depending on each person's desire: • An initiation through dialogues and vocabulary

Ninety years later

At the turn of the century

Histoires extraordinaires de l'art à l'Hôtel Drouot. De Vermeer à Louise Bourgeois. Occident or even of all timeWe often forget that in the 19th century and up until the Second World War, Paris was the global epicenter of artistic life. The beating heart of the art trade was located at the Htel Drouot and its various annexes, an Aladdin's cave of ancient and modern creation. and a place of unusual social mixing. Contemporary paintings were sold there, including those by Degas, Picasso, and Picabia. Old masters were rescued from oblivion, as was the case with