of rose flowers in a vase decorated with the lion from the province of Leon and still life of carnation flowers in a vase with silver pot on the left, a pair of oil paintings, numbered respectively 136 48 and 133 49 on the back, 87 x 75 Aguttes Group, Neuilly-sur-Seine, off Paris. This impressive bid was the highest recorded in France this year regarding Old Masters. Yepes worked in Valencia and introduced still lifes of flowers in Spain, where painters were mainly producing austere compositions. Usually Yepes is rated around $ 125,000 for 65 x 50 cm still life. |