Bidspirit auctions | Aurora & Athena Auction Oct 17

Aurora & Athena, Oct 17. 26 lots, estimates 150 - 20000 €.


Aurora & Athena -

Modern Masters: 20th Century Art brings together twenty-six works that trace the century from the Lyon school of Théodore Lévigne to the Paris of the 1970s, with the Himalayas, Prague, Shanghai, Johannesburg and Antananarivo along the way. At its heart are five works of museum weight: a surrealist panel by Bridget Tichenor, a Himalayan tempera by Nicholas Roerich, a night-time still life of roses by Konstantin Korovin from his Paris years, a 1974 township street by Gerard Sekoto and Jan Zrzavý’s ‘Městečko’ of 1947, signed and inscribed by the artist.


Around them the sale gathers the painters of the École de Paris and the French provinces — Jules Cavaillès, Willem Van Hasselt, Georges Berger, Henry d’Anty, Marcel Cramoysan — a flower piece attributed to Pan Yuliang, a signed Miró lithograph published by Maeght in 1958, and views of Venice, Saint-Tropez, Cordes-sur-Ciel and the Antananarivo flower market. Works on paper by Édouard Collin, Pierre Ernest Kohl and a gladiator engraving attributed to Giorgio de Chirico complete the catalogue.


The sale is held live online on 17 October 2026 at 17:00 CEST. Every lot is offered with a condition summary; a detailed condition report is available on request.




Lots in this catalog (26)