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Artprice by Artmarket: The Gagosian's Grand Projects for the Late Simon Hantaï (1922-2008)
Since his death in 2008, several galleries have exhibited Simon Hantaï's work in London and New York , and his prices have already increased considerably. However the Gagosian Gallery still sees enormous potential in Hantaï's market.
The first auction of an important Simon Hantaï work outside France dates back to 2017 when Sotheby's New York sold his (1962) for $3,252,500 . It was his third best auction result and confirmed the market's growing interest as it represented six times the amount fetched at Aguttes in Paris in June 2008 ($540,000) for the same canvas.
However... that New York sale was exceptional: nearly 90% of Simon Hantaï's auction turnover is hammered in France with his works primarily changing hands in Paris rather than New York , London or Hong Kong . This, of course, explains the potential that the major international galleries – and especially the Gagosian – see in managing Hantaï's succession.
In fact, Simon Hantaï's work has received relatively little exposure outside France , partly due to the artist himself, who after his exhibition at the Venice Biennale in 1982, decided to 'withdraw' from the Art Market. He did not show his work again until 1998, after much patient persuasion from his friend and gallerist Jean Fournier.
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At auction, Simon Hantaï's 'best' canvases are those created when he started using his folding technique, particularly the series (1960-1962). The value of large formats (2m²) from this period currently ranges from $2 to $5 million . Canvases from the three series (1967-1968), (1969-1971) and (1973-1975) usually sell for close to a million dollars, although the smaller works (less than 50cm²) are still fetching less than $100,000 on average.
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As of the late 1990s, Simon Hantaï himself donated many works – representative of the major periods in his artistic career – to the Pompidou Center and the Ville de Paris . Several other French museums, including the Fabre Museum in Montpellier and the CAPC in Bordeaux , have also integrated his work into their collections.
The MoMA and the National Gallery of Art in Washington both have a painting by Simon Hantaï, but in general his works are absent from major Anglo-Saxon collections. The primary role of the Gagosian Gallery will be to present this Franco-Hungarian artist outside Europe , and especially outside France , where his works have been regularly exhibited and have received plenty of attention from art historians and philosophers.
In (Conversation with Hantaï) published in 1998, Georges Didi-Huberman was moved to make the following touching observation which somehow captures the mystery of his painting: " " .
The exhibition Gagosian Gallery
From 13 Octobre 2019 until 14 March 2020 :
https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2019/simon-hantai-les-noirs-du-blanc-les-blancs-du-noir/
Simon Hantaï's Archives : simonhantai.org
Galerie Jean Fournier : www.galerie-jeanfournier.com
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