Laura Gascoigne

Roving revolutionary

Albert Marquet<br /> Connaught Brown, 2 Albemarle Street, W1, until 26 June

issue 29 May 2010

Albert Marquet
Connaught Brown, 2 Albemarle Street, W1, until 26 June

Amid the usual hype about the record price achieved by an Andy Warhol self-portrait at Sotheby’s New York on 12 May, another artist’s record passed unnoticed. At the Impressionist & Modern Art sale the week before, Albert Marquet’s ‘Le Pavillon Bleu’ fetched $1.5

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