Lot 61: Norman Dreo (b. 1970) - Journey to Louvre I and II (Diptych)

Name: Norman Dreo (b. 1970) - Journey to Louvre I and II (Diptych)
Brand: Leon Gallery
SKU: 5a64650be2
Price: 800000 PHP

Est: ₱800,000 PHP - ₱1,040,000 PHPSold:

Leon GalleryMakati City, PhilippinesNovember 28, 2020

Item Overview

Description

Norman Dreo (b. 1970) - Journey to Louvre I and II (Diptych)
signed and dated 2020 (lower right)
oil on canvas
Accompanied by a certificate issued by the artist
confirming the authenticity of this lot
Estimate USD : $16000-$20800
Estimate Euros : €13333.33-€17333.33

Dimensions

72” x 96” (183 cm x 244 cm)

Artist or Maker

Norman Dreo

Exhibited

Exhibited:
Art Fair Philippines 2020, J Studio Booth, The Link, Ayala
Center, Makati, February 21-23, 2020

Notes

Norman Dreo is on a mission. It began with his first mural-sized work, Studio Arts, which took the viewer from caveman caves to Luna’s Parisian Life and was followed by the monumental My Little Museum, now enshrined in the Solaire Museum.
In this latest part of his Art by the Masters Series, Dreo takes us on a expedition to the Louvre, the greatest museum on the planet. This French treasurehouse has holdings of 35,000 paintings and 10 times that number in objects and archaeological finds from the world over and from every major civilization.
It is the majesty of Journey to Louvre I and II that makes this memento so powerful. On the one hand, it captures the museum’s most massive artworks, including the Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of the Empress Josephine by Jacques-Louis David. Also featured are Paolo Veronese’s The Wedding Feast at Cana, Andrea Mantegna’s Paranassus, and Ingres’ Odalisque.
There is also a broad swathe of Leonardo da Vincis, a pictorial representation of the Louvre’s horn of plenty of these masterpieces and a reminder that Leonardo was, in fact, the subject of the museum’s last blockbuster exhibition pre-pandemic in October 2019. A Salvator Mundi, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, and Saint John the Baptist flank the unforgettable Mona Lisa, no doubt the most famous painting of all time.
The Louvre is also the world’s most-visited, holding the world record of 10.2 Million visitors in 2018. Even when its administration tried to hold down the crowds, it still topped almost 10 Million last year. It opened in 1793 but began in earnest under Napoleon in 1801. When you consider that it’s been around for more than two centuries, the Louvre is not just a repository of the greatest Western art but looms large as part of that history.
Incredible lengths have been taken to protect its greatest treasures. The Mona Lisa, for example, was transported on an ambulance to safety in the Loire Valley, its curator having almost suffocated in the sealed vehicle.
Dreo himself turns to technology to preserve the Louvre’s fabled collection: Three restorers, dressed prophetically in PPEs hover carefully and respectfully over the works. A scaffolding is a clever device that organizes the sea of wonders as well as brings the works to the scale of the curators as well as the painting’s viewers. Flasks, bottles and jars, as well as paintbrushes transmute the artists’ tools to the scientists’ expertise.
The present pandemic has forced the Louvre’s closure for the longest time in its 220-year old history, overshadowing the fears of its destruction in World War II. COVID 19 has made museums and museum-lovers all over the world take a long, hard look at the fates of these beloved institutions that can no longer be visited as they used to. As the treasure-houses of a bygone era, what happens when these treasures can no longer be viewed?
Works such as Journey to Louvre I and II become even more important as document not only of these artistic wonders but also of the experience of museum-going to behold our past.
Finally and most importantly, Dreo holds out the hope to all of us that the works will continue to live on no matter what the obstacles. (Lisa Guerrero Nakpil)

Payment & Shipping

Payment

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Shipping

Auction house will help to arrange shipment at buyer's expense.

Auction Details

THE KINGLY TREASURES AUCTION | NOVEMBER 2020

Leon Gallery

November 28, 2020, 02:00 PM PST

Eurovilla 1, Rufino corner Legazpi Streets, Legazpi Village, Makati City, PH

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Buyer's Premium

22.0%

Bidding Increments

From:	To:	Increment:
₱0	₱9,999	₱1,000
₱10,000	₱19,999	₱2,000
₱20,000	₱59,999	₱5,000
₱60,000	₱199,999	₱10,000
₱200,000	₱399,999	₱20,000
₱400,000	₱799,999	₱50,000
₱800,000	₱1,999,999	₱100,000
₱2,000,000	₱4,999,999	₱200,000
₱5,000,000	₱9,999,999	₱500,000
₱10,000,000+		₱1,000,000

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Payment

a. The balance of the invoice must be paid in full and merchandise picked up within three (3) days from the date of the sale. One week after the auction, left items may be moved to an off-site facility for pick-up. A storage fee will be charged if merchandise is left longer than two (2) weeks of One Hundred Pesos (Php 100) per lot per day. If the property is left longer than four (4) weeks, it will be considered abandoned. We are not responsible for shipping, but if packing and handling of purchased lots will be done by us, it is done at the entire risk of the purchaser. A refundable deposit may be required.

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Payments shall be wired to:

Account Name: Leon Gallery
Account Number: 2166008845
Address: G/F Corinthian Plaza, 121 Paseo de Roxas, Legazpi Village, Makati City, Philippines
Swift Code: MBTCPHMM

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