GALERIE LAURENTIN

Antoine Laurentin comes from a family of collectors and was a collector himself long before turning his passion into the art dealing business. Antoine Laurentin opened his first gallery in 1991 rue Sainte-Anne in Paris.

Since 2004, the gallery is located 23 quai Voltaire, and in 2013 opened a second space in Brussels located street Ernest Allard.  Galerie Laurentin is specialised in modern art, and holds monographic exhibitions with documented publications. The gallery takes part in the major fairs of the current art market, such as TEFAF Maastricht, Salon du Dessin (Paris), Art Brussels and Fine Arts La Biennale Paris, which give an international visibility to the artists and the gallery.

Provenance

• Galerie Argos, Nantes
• Madame Jeanne Charles
• Madame Andrée Pierson

Reference No. 489 thesis by Marcel – André Stalter
Certificate of authenticity from Dominique Fautrier No. M.A. 1934-01 dated 13/02/2025

This work created in 1934 dates from Fautrier’s figurative period spanning from the 1920s to the early 1930s, during which he addressed four themes: nudes, objects, faces, and landscapes incorporating flowers.

In this watercolor and gouache, Fautrier paints sunflower heads tightly arranged in a bouquet. Depicting them from above and painting them in blue and green makes the subject not necessarily readable at first glance. However, one is immediately struck by the delicacy of the brushwork and the vibrant colors.

This work was acquired from Galerie Argos, an important modern art gallery in Nantes, from Jeanne Charles Bourgeat, a gallery owner and friend of the family.