Marcel Cosson’s Au Foyer, 21in x 2ft 2in (54 x 65cm), featuring ballerinas and two elderly gents in morning dress made €9000 (£5810) at the same sale; André Lanskoy’s 1963 Vol du Papillon Bleu, 2ft 5in x 3ft (73 x 92cm), was up on hopes at €20,000 (£12,900); and Les Terres Cuites (1964), 2ft 5in x 21in (73 x 54cm), the only one of five works by Louis Toffoli to sell over estimate, made €9500 (£6130). A Vlaminck Rue de Village, 20 x 2ft (50 x 61cm), topped the sale on €64,000 (£41,300).
A primitive makeover for Raphael
La Guérison de l’Epiléptique, 3ft x 2ft 4in (91 x 70cm), pictured right, by André Bauchand (c.1927), based on Raphael’s Transfiguration, sold on low-estimate for €3800 (£2450) at Blanchet (17.94% buyer’s premium) on May 15, partly reflecting the indifferent condition of its paintwork.
