Maison Hélie

Details

Yuri Annenkov (1889-1974)
Maison Hélie
signed 'G. Annenkoff.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 ¼ x 31 ¾ in. (53.5 x 80.7 cm.)

Provenance

with ABA Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

The signage in the present painting links Maison Hélie with the Clos du Postillon, the retail outlet for the winery Vins du Postillon, founded by Gabriel Gerbaud in 1862 in Narbonne and specialised in Corbières wines.
Gerbaud’s successor, Antoine Combastet (1892-1982), moved the company to Ivry-sur-Seine, rue Paul Vaillant-Couturier, in a suburb of Paris. At the beginning of the First World War, the company became the first winery in France to switch from selling their wine in barrels to labelled bottles, contributing to an unprecedented growth in sales.

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