Property from Architect Otto Frankild's Collection
Roger Edgar Gillet
Untitled
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December 3, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
Lot Details
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Property from Architect Otto Frankild's Collection
Roger Edgar Gillet
1924 - 2004
Untitled
signed and dated 56 (lower right)
oil on canvas
130,5 x 89 cm; 51 ⅜ x 35 in.
Executed in 1956.
This work has been authenticated by Marion Gillet Guigon, representative of the R.E. Gillet estate. A certificate of authenticity can be issued by the estate at the buyer’s expense.
Galerie de France, Paris
Collection Ahrenberg
Private Collection, Denmark (acquired from the above in 1963)
Thence by descent to the present owner
From the early 1950s onwards, Roger-Edgar Gillet (1924–2004) was very much in evidence in Parisian galleries, championed by critics Michel Tapié and Charles Estienne. In 1955, the Catherwood Prize enabled him to travel to the United States and discover its great museums. Upon his return, he joined the Galerie de France, and Théo and Ulla Ahrenberg, great Swedish collectors, purchased gouaches and five paintings from him, including this one.
From 1964 onwards, Roger-Edgar Gillet evolved towards expressive figuration, which the dealer Jean Pollak (Galerie Ariel) exhibited in France and internationally. Today, the Nathalie Obadia (Paris/Brussels), Rodolphe Janssen (Brussels) and Petzel Gallery (New York) galleries represent this artist, who will be exhibited in 2026 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes and the Musée Estrine in Saint Rémy de Provence.
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