Max Boullé
Mountain Cottage
About the SessionSpanning 4 centuries of global art history, The International Sale, presents 127 exceptional lots by artists from 27 countries across five continents. The auction highlights masterworks ranging from 17th century European paintings to post-2000 editions by contemporary artist's such as Mr Brainwash (lot 51), Jim Dine (lots 83-86), Isaac Julien (lot 108), Jeff Koons (45), and Lucas Samaras (lot 107 and 110). The sale is anchored by important pieces from Georg Baselitz, Erik Laubscher, Shirin Neshat, and a newly repatriated 1935 portrait by Irma Stern.
The auction's diversity is driven by rare museum-quality highlights, led by Irma Stern's Two Women (lot 31), which returns to South Africa after decades in a Berlin private collection. It is joined by Erik Laubscher's rare recto-verso painting Young Family / Construction (lot 48), an Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat photographic portrait linked to her award-winning Turbulent installation (lot 66), and a uniquely hand-coloured linocut by German master Georg Baselitz titled Das Pferd, Im Wald und auf der Heide Series (The Horse, in the Forest and on the Heath Series) (lot 72).
LOT 20
Max Boullé
Mountain Cottage
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About this Item
signed and dated '63
Notes
Max Boullé, born in Curepipe in 1899, was an accomplished painter and architect. After attending Saint-Joseph College in Curepipe, he moved to Paris in 1920, where he attended workshops at the Académie Ranson. It was there that he discovered Neo-Traditionalism and Art Deco.
In 1924, Boullé returned to Mauritius and pursued a dual career as a painter and architect. To further his architectural training, Boullé joined the firm Hall-Genève-Langlois. Boullé's use of materials and embrace of both Neo-Traditionalism and Art Deco contributed to the development of a new aesthetic in the country. At the same time, Boullé continued to practise art, drawing inspiration from his surroundings for his landscape paintings and placing particular emphasis on the depiction of light in his compositions. He participated in numerous exhibitions before his death on May 18, 1965.
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