Lot 1 Dα

These three Baule panels were acquired by the present owner from a friend who lived in the Chateau of Turenne, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine department of central France. The friend’s godfather was the collector, André Lefèvre (1883–1963), a close friend of his grandfather, Mr Camille Zambaux. Lefèvre made many summer visits to the chateau, staying in the guest house of the castle, “la Poudrière”. This residence became increasingly filled with his objects and paintings. After the death of his wife, Lefèvre spent increasingly more and more time in Turenne.

A photograph shows one of the panels hanging on the wall next to a work by the painter André Beaudin. Lefèvre also had his own room in the castle, the so-called Moroccan room, full of textiles and paintings.

First and second additional images : André Lefèvre at the Chateau de Turenne, circa 1960
third additional image : interior of the Chateau de Turenne