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Pierre Bergian
Bibliothèque of Madeleine Castaing, Lèves, France

2020

$6,500
£4,963.32
€5,948.10
CA$9,357.25
A$9,647.85
CHF 5,439.71
MX$123,486
NOK 62,719.14
SEK 65,600.54
DKK 44,477.36

About the Item

A five-bedroom, pale blue-and-turquoise country house located an hour and a half southwest of Paris, Maison de Lèves served as a lifelong laboratory for France’s maîtresse of interiors, Madeleine Castaing (1894-1992). In it, she developed the effortless theatricality of le style Castaing, with many of the hallmarks seen here: robin’s egg blue, neoclassical furniture, and wall-to-wall leopard-spot carpeting. Castaing, who spent decades nurturing artists like Soutine, famously drew upon the fevered descriptions of rooms in the works of Proust, Zola, and Balzac. Pierre Bergian (Bruges, Belgium, b. 1965) explores the essence of space, depicting architectural interiors with an expressive line that renders them out of time. Bergian lives and works in Bruges, where he continues to be fascinated by the many historic, abandoned buildings there. The artist studied art history and archaeology at the University of Ghent and has exhibited internationally, including at Purdy Hicks Gallery, London; Galerie Laurent de Puybaudet, Paris; Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam; and Gerald Bland, New York. His work is conserved in the permanent collection of the British Museum.
  • Creator:
    Pierre Bergian (Belgian)
  • Creation Year:
    2020
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.82 in (30 cm)Width: 13.39 in (34 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 1038-191stDibs: LU47638464432

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