Elena Martínez-Jacquet reflects on the few hours she had the privilege to spend with Natacha and Michel Lequesne in Paris in 2013, discovering the collection and the collecting philosophy of the couple.

Memories of a conversation with Natacha and Michel Lequesne by Elena Martínez-Jacquet

From Post-War Paintings to African and Oceanic Art

An early collector, Michel Lequesne gathered some of the greatest examples of French post-war abstraction.

Post-War Abstraction

Highlights from The Michel Lequesne Collection

African and Oceanic Art

Outsider Art and Tribal Sculpture

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Sotheby’s is delighted to unveil the beautiful Michel Lequesne collection, which will be auctioned in Paris on June 5.&nbsp; Michel Lequesne began collecting in the 1950s and always bought directly from the artists or through historic French galleries such as the Galerie Daniel Cordier and the Galerie Pierre, as well as from renowned African art dealers such as Galerie Kamer or Bernard Dulon. Throughout his life, he gathered the best examples of post-war abstraction and tribal art. His collection illustrates the perfect dialogue between post-war painting and African and Oceanic aesthetic, comprising a beautiful Barbe by Jean Dubuffet and an important 1954 Riopelle oil on canvas, alongside an extraordinary Bamana Figure and a unique Batoufam Kingdom Portrait Figure of the King Toukam. This collection bears witness to the curiosity and erudition of a passionate collector with a truly confident eye.

La Collection Michel Lequesne