Two years ago, Mock started framing art stored in drawers and landed himself with a 100,000 pound framing bill - the resulting art, however is expected to fetch more than 2 million pounds.
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Irish Art
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Hanover Gallery Art Heritage
Erica Brausen founded the hugely influential Hanover Art Gallery in Mayfair which gave Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud their first one-man shows. Brausen challenged conventional thinking - a woman in a male dominated art market with a former Chanel model lesbian lover.
Next month, a series of sales at Sotheby's will sell about 240 lots from Jean-Yves Mock, who worked with her for 17 years.
Mock joined the Hanover in 1956 and bought Magritte's Le Corps Bleu for 5,000 pounds in the mid-'60s. Brausen left him another another Magritte expected to reach 400,000 pounds.
Two years ago, Mock started framing art stored in drawers and landed himself with a 100,000 pound framing bill - the resulting art, however is expected to fetch more than 2 million pounds.
For the full story - click the title
Irish Art
Two years ago, Mock started framing art stored in drawers and landed himself with a 100,000 pound framing bill - the resulting art, however is expected to fetch more than 2 million pounds.
For the full story - click the title
Irish Art
