PIERRE BERGE FROM ONE HOME TO ANOTHER Collection - At Sotheby s France

Proceeds To Benefit Two Foundations

Responsible Author: Ruby BIRD & Yasmina BEDDOU (Journalists/Directors) | PARIS, 10/30/2018, 08:22 Time

USPA NEWS - From 29 to 31 October 2018, Sotheby's France, which has a New Exhibition Space, is hosting an Important Event in the Art Market Calendar. Sotheby's and Pierre Bergé & Associés are conducting the Sale of the Contents of Pierre Bergé Last Residences. The Sale of this Unique Collection of Works chosen by Pierre Bergé, many of which were acquired with Yves Saint Laurent, offer almost 1,000 Lots reflecting the Diverse Passions of this Refined Man and of the People with whom he shared his Life. While a Small Selection of Highlights from Pierre Bergé's Collection was unveiled this Summer, now for the First Time, the Full Scope of "Pierre Bergé : D'une Demeure à l'Autre" is revealed.

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MARGUERITE YOURCENAR - PORTRAIT INTIME. French-American Lesbian Activist Writer

By ACHMY HALLEY - Flammarion Editions

Responsible Author: Ruby BIRD & Yasmina BEDDOU (Journalists/Directors) | PARIS - LILLE, 10/27/2018, 08:56 Time

USPA NEWS - In 1981, Six Years before her Death, Marguerite Yourcenar became the First Woman ever inducted into the Académie Française, and that Weighty Honor has been hanging around the Neck of her Reputation ever since. Marguerite Yourcenar was born Marguerite de Crayencour in Brussels in 1903. She lost her Mother at Birth, her Native Belgium at the Age of Six, and was forced to flee her Adopted France at Twelve.

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