PARIS, Nov 27 \u2014 A previously unknown work by French impressionist painter Auguste Renoir of his toddler son Jean sold for \u20ac1.8 million (RM8.5 million) at a Paris auction on Tuesday, the Drouot auction house told AFP.<\/p>\n
The oil painting \u2014 L\u2019enfant et ses jouets \u2014 Gabrielle et le fils de l\u2019artiste, Jean\u00a0(The Child and His Toys \u2014 Gabrielle and the son\u2019s artist, Jean) \u2014 had never been exhibited or sold before.<\/p>\n
It belonged to Jean\u2019s godmother Jeanne Baudot, a friend and student of Renoir\u2019s, who passed the painting on to her inheritors.<\/p>\n
Believed to have been painted between 1890 and 1895, it features the artist\u2019s second son, who went on to become an Oscar-winning filmmaker, shown sitting with his nanny.<\/p>\n
Pascal Perrin, an art historian and Renoir expert, lauded the \u201cexceptional condition of the work, which has undergone no restoration\u201d while presenting the canvas.<\/p>\n
Renoir\u2019s son Jean, born in 1894, went on to receive a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975, several years before he died aged 84.<\/p>\n
His works include 1930s classic La Grande Illusion, following two French prisoners of war trying to escape German captivity during World War I.<\/p>\n
The painting had been valued at \u20ac1-\u20ac1.5 million and was acquired by an \u201cinternational buyer\u201d, Drouot said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The high-end art market has dipped in recent years, but lately, record-breaking sales have indicated a revival in demand.<\/p>\n
A self-portrait by celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for US$54.66 million (RM225 million) in New York last week, a record for a painting by a woman, two nights after a Gustav Klimt canvas fetched US$236.4 million \u2014 the second-most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. \u2014 AFP<\/p>\n
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