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STATUE MUMUYE

Lot 68
11.03.2021 14:00UTC +01:00
Classic
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€ 6 250
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 500573
Lot 68 | STATUE MUMUYE
Estimate value
€ 4 000 – 6 000
La collection Mireille et James Lévy est une célébration des formes gracieuses et poétiques. Les Lévy ont affiné leur préférence et leur goût pour l'art à travers une combinaison de longs voyages, d'expositions d’art et d’architecture ainsi qu'un instinct singulier tiré de leurs racines égyptiennes.

Comme de nombreuses collections à succès, les peintures et sculptures acquises par Mireille et James Lévy défient toute catégorisation stricte. Connaisseurs au vrai sens du terme, le couple a recherché des objets avec lesquels ils ont tissé un lien très personnel, les exposant avec finesse et fierté dans leurs maisons situées à Lausanne, Manhattan et Longboat Key. Ne se laissant pas décourager par les classifications académiques, leur objectif fut de « collectionner les pionniers du style et du temps. Il va sans dire que nous devons trouver les œuvres esthétiquement agréables », a déclaré le couple (cf. Architectural Digesten mars 1987), « mais ce qui nous intéresse le plus, c'est que ces artistes sont les témoins de leur époque. »

La juxtaposition entre le formel et l'expressif, entre la couleur et la forme, est ce qui donne vie à la collection des Lévy. Leur collection d'art couvre les œuvres de nombreux artistes parmi les plus connus du XXe siècle, des formes Dadaïstes inspirées de Jean (Hans) Arp aux représentations modernistes du corps humain de Barbara Hepworth et de Henry Moore.

Tout en constituant leur remarquable collection, le couple eut aussi le désir de partager leur amour de l'art avec un public plus large. Ils firent don d'œuvres de leur collection à la fois à de grandes collections muséales internationales et à des institutions européennes moins connues. Du Metropolitan Museum of Art à New York au Musée cantonal des Beaux-arts à Lausanne, la générosité des Lévy a transformé les collections de ces institutions. Aujourd'hui, leur générosité se poursuit, car le produit de la vente de ces œuvres perpétuera leur héritage philanthropique extraordinaire. De nombreuses institutions aux États-Unis, en Suisse et en Israël, notamment des hôpitaux, des centres de recherche médicale, des musées et des agences de réinsertion de réfugiés juifs ont reçu des dons du vivant des Lévy. Ils continueront à le faire, par l'intermédiaire de la Fondation Mireille et James Lévy qui est actuellement le principal bénéficiaire de leur succession commune.

The Collection of Mireille and James Lévy is a celebration of graceful and poetic forms. The Lévys’refined their preference and palate for art through a combination of extensive travels, exposure to art and architecture and distinguished instinct drawn from their Egyptian roots.

Like many successful collections, the paintings and sculptures acquired by Mireille and James Lévy defy strict categorization. Connoisseurs in the true sense of the word, the couple sought out objects with which they formed a very personal connection, displaying them with finesse and pride in their exquisite homes in Lausanne, Manhattan and Longboat Key. Undeterred by academic classifications, their premise was of “collecting pioneers of style and time. It goes without saying that we must find the works aesthetically pleasing, ”the couple told Architectural Digest in March 1987, “but what most interests us is that these artists are witnesses to their time.”

The juxtaposition between the formal and expressive, and between color and form, is what breathes life into the Lévys’collection. Their art collection spans the work of many of the twentieth century’s best-known artists, from the Dada inspired forms of Jean (Hans) Arp to the Modernist renderings of the human body by Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore.

Masterpieces of their collection have been offered for sale in New York in early December 2020 and are continuing now in Paris, London and New York in many auctions during this year.

While building their remarkable collection, the couple also had a desire to share their love of art with a wider audience. They donated works from their art collection both to major international museum collections and lesser known European institutions; from The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, to the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, the Lévys’generosity was transformational to these institutions’collections. Now, their largesse continues, as the proceeds from the sale of these works will continue their legacy of extraordinary philanthropy. Many institutions in the United States, Switzerland and Israel, including hospitals, medical research centers, museums and resettlement agencies for Jewish refugees have received donations during the Lévys’lifetime, and will continue to do so now, through the Foundation Mireille and James Lévy, the primary beneficiary of their joint estate.Mireille and James Lévy, photographed at a social event.
Hauteur : 87 cm. (341/4 in.)
Medium:Wood
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