“According to Dostoevsky’s formula, ‘Beauty will save the world.’ Far from expressing mere aesthetic pleasure, Russian art opens up to the revelation of a spirit, an inspiration where Byzantium and Northern forms intersect. Through these styles, joy and sadness are expressed, and in the abyss of despair, the vision of a paradise both near and distant is discovered.”
— François Rault
Aguttes auction house was, starting from 2006 and for several years, the leading auction house in France for the market of 20th-century Russian painters. It achieved numerous world records, such as in 2008 when Lado Gudiasvili’s Cabaret Scene was sold for 868,000 euros, in 2009 when Vasili Shukhaev’s Portrait of Daria Kamenka fetched 800,000 euros, and in 2012 when Véra Rockline’s View of Tiflis was sold for 363,000 euros.
Our buyers are seeking high-quality art objects, such as exquisite silverware or works bearing the following signatures: Sérébriakova, Lakovleff, Korovine, Benois, Bakst, École de Paris, as well as historical memorabilia and emigration archives.
Good to know: our Russian Art department organizes two auctions per year in Paris or online.
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More than 14 specialized departments
Large and agile organization for the management of "top lots" and particular collections
More than 60% of buyers are foreign
More than 150 lots sold at more than 100 000€ in 2022
4 annual auctions by specialty