Orientalist Paintings

An Invitation to Travel!

The Orientalist Department headed by Olivier Berman confirmed its dynamic development in 2010 to become European continental leader in the field, only two years after its launch.

There were excellent results and vigorous demand for works by Jacques Majorelle, Jean-Gaston Mantel, Edy Legrand, Georges Washington, Alexander Iacovleff, Felix Ziem and Fabius Brest.

Under the gavel of François Tajan, the sale of Orientalist Pictures held on 9 June 2011 brought a total €3,516,680, with no fewer than four world records: two for Jacques Majorelle, and one each for Edouard Edy Legrand and Alexandre Roubtzoff.

The fast-growing Orientalist Department is now set to pursue its expansion with one of the most important specialist auctions to be staged by any firm in recent years.

To reply to increasing demand, we are already preparing our next sale, to take place in December 2011, and which will include a major section devoted to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

Whether you are an experienced collector or new enthusiast, our department is at your service to assist you with any questions you may have concerning the purchase, sale or valuing of works in your collection - free of charge and in strictest confidence.
 

Some recent prices

José Cruz Herrera (1890-1972)
José Cruz Herrera (1890-1972)
Les fiancées
Oil on canvas
73 x 100 cm
471 434 €, 8 June 2010
World record for the artist at auction
Jacques Majorelle La Kasbah rouge, 192
Jacques Majorelle (1886–1962)
La Kasbah rouge (Freija), 1924
Oil on canvas
100 x 80 cm
1 315 818 €, 9 June 2011
World record for the artist at auction
Lucien Levy-Dhurmer (1865–1963) - Beautés de Marrakech, circa 1930
Lucien Levy-Dhurmer (1865–1963)
Beautés de Marrakech, circa 1930
Pastel sur papier
61 x 85 cm
297 900 €, 18 December 2011
Jean-Gaston Mantel (1914-1995)
Jean-Gaston Mantel (1914-1995)
L’Aouache, 1972
Oil on canvas
81,5 x 65 cm
62 500 €, 1st December 2010
Edouard-Léon-Louis Edy-Legrand (1892-1970)
Edouard-Léon-Louis Edy-Legrand (1892-1970)
La Tikka, l’heure du thé
Oil on paper
97 x 129 cm
378 494 €, 9 June 2011
World record for the artist at auction
Lucien Levy-Dhurmer 1855-1953
Lucien Levy-Dhurmer (1855-1953)
Portrait d’une berbère marocaine
Pastel on paper
49 x 46 cm
50 106 €, 2 December 2009
>Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962)
Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962)
Les Kasbahs de l’Atlas
portfolio of 30 plates published by Lucien Vogiel / Jules Maynial, 1930
29 000 €, 9 June 2011
World record for Majorelle’s Les Kasbahs de l’Atlas at auction
>Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962)
Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962)
Fatima, Marrakech, circa 1934
Distemper & mixed media with gold & silver highlights on cardboard
94,5 x 68 cm
359 900 €, 9 June 2011
José Cruz Herrera (1890-1972)
José Cruz Herrera (1890-1972)
Beautés marocaines
Oil on canvas
73 x 92 cm
124 458 €, 9 June 2011
Eugène Girardet 1853-1907
Eugène Girardet (1853-1907)
La récolte des dattes, circa 1890
Oil on canvas
54 x 74,5 cm
74 890 €, 8 December 2008
Victor Huguet 1835-1902
Victor Huguet (1835-1902)
Halte de Bicharis dans le désert de Lybie, 1861
Oil on canvas
110 x 196 cm
159 156 €, 8 December 2008
World record for the artist at auction
Etienne Dinet (1861-1929). Les prisonniers du cheikh
Etienne Dinet (1861-1929)
Les prisonniers du cheikh
Oil on canvas
49,5 x 69 cm
153 000 €, 18 December 2011
Henri Rousseau (1875-1933). Caïd marocain et son escorte, 1924
Henri Rousseau (1875-1933)
Caïd marocain et son escorte, 1924
Oil on canvas
54,5 x 65,5 cm
40 000 €, 18 December 2011
Félix Ziem (1821-1911)
Félix Ziem (1821-1911)
Fontaine de la Sultane Mihrisah, Eaux douces d’Asie
Oil on panel
53 x 80 cm
37 714 €, 1st December 2010
Eugène Fromentin (1820-1876)
Eugène Fromentin (1820-1876)
Le départ pour la chasse à Laghouat, 1868
Oil on panel
35,5 x 26,5 cm
30 280 €, 1st December 2010
Alexandre Roubtzoff (1884-1949)
Alexandre Roubtzoff (1884-1949)
Bédouine de Tunis, 1935
Oil on canvas
98 x 75 cm
434 300 €, 8 June 2010
World record for the artist at auction
Alexandre Roubtzoff (1884-1949)
Alexandre Roubtzoff (1884-1949)
Porte cloutée, zaouïa Bakria, 1927
Watercolour & pencil on paper
65 x 49 cm
60 020 €, 9 June 2011
World record for a work on paper by the artist at auction
Léon Girardet (1856-1895)
Léon Girardet (1856-1895)
Intérieur d’une maison mauresque
Oil on canvas
73 x 59 cm
68 700 €, 8 June 2010
World record for the artist at auction
Chaïbia (1929-2004)
Chaïbia (1929-2004)
La partie, 1975
Acrylic on canvas
113 x 92 cm
16 066 €, 24 October 2009
Jilali Gharbaoui (1930-1971)
Jilali Gharbaoui (1930-1971)
Composition, 1959
Oil on canvas
64 x 92 cm
91 000 €, 9 June 2011
Farhad Moshiri (né en 1963)
Farhad Moshiri (né en 1963)
La Jarre, 2000
Oil on canvas
235 x 120 cm
25 322 €, 24 October 2009
Georges Washington 1827-1910
Georges Washington (1827-1910)
La chasse à l’antilope
Oil on canvas
73 x 92 cm
56 300 €, 1st December 2010
Rudolf Ernst (1854-1932)
Rudolf Ernst (1854-1932)
Le fumeur de narghilé
Oil on panel
35 x 26 cm
124 458 €, 9 June 2011
Germain Fabius Brest (1823-1900)
Germain Fabius Brest (1823-1900)
Scènes animées sur les bords du Bosphore : L'Aurore et le Crépuscule
Pair of Oil on canvas
36 x 60 cm (each)
124 500 €, 18 December 2011
Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962)
Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962)
Le modèle alangui, Marrakech, circa 1930-1935
Watercolour & gouache on paper
50 x 78 cm
131 893 €, 9 June 2011
Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962)
Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962)
Vue d’Anemiter
Watercolour & gouache on paper
66 x 100 cm
204 450 €, 8 June 2010
Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962). Le Souk des soieries
Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962)
Le Souk des soieries
Oil on canvas
63,5 x 79,5 cm
146 800 €, 18 December 2011
Alexandre Iacovleff (1887-1938)
Alexandre Iacovleff (1887-1938)
Les antilopes, Bahr Ouendja, 1925
Oil on canvas
37,5 x 55 cm
37 700 €, 1st December 2010
Paul Elie Dubois (1886-1949)
Paul Elie Dubois (1886-1949)
Le joueur de flûte
Oil on isorel panel
173 x 151 cm
50 100 €, 8 June 2010
Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962). Marché à Bamako,1949
Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962)
Marché à Bamako,1949
Oil on canvas
64,5 x 54,5 cm
149 200 €, 18 December 2011

Auction dates

Twice-yearly, in December and June, at the same time as our Modern Art and Art déco sales, at the Hôtel Marcel Dassault in Paris

Upcoming Auction

5 June 2012
Orientalism

€1,471,000 for Orientalism auction on 18 December 2011
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Jacques Majorelle (1886–1962)

Jacques Majorelle (1886–1962)
Bab el Khemis, zaouia Sidi Khanem, circa 1940
Oil on board
75,5 x 106 cm
397 082 €, 9 June 2011

Specialists

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