Lakes Region Mental Health Center – Mental Health Art Auction
Auction Ends: May 31, 2023 11:59 PM EDT

Art

"Femme Sous Emprise" (Woman Under Pressure) by Phillipe Bertho

Item Number
2
Estimated Value
3500 USD
Opening Bid
1800 USD

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Item Description

Phillipe Bertho

Femme Sous Emprise (Woman Under Pressure), #104/185, 2005

Hand-signed serigraph on gesso, 27 × 45 in.

Image Rights: Martin Lawrence Galleries

Reserve: $1,800 | Estimated Value (Current): $2,000-$3,500

Martin Lawrence Galleries. Valued in 2008 at $1,000-$2,000.

About the artist: Philippe Bertho is classically trained at an art school in Reims, France in the early 1990s. There, he spent considerable time studying trompe l’oeil painting (“to fool the eye”) is a technique used by artists to create the illusion of a 3rd dimension on a flat surface. 

Bertho’s artwork garnered accolades at the Regards sur les Arts salon show in 1995, at which time he was well on his way to developing his own unique style of trompe l’oeil painting. The style that he developed cast a new look on everyday objects, transporting the viewer into an imaginative and rich world.

Item Special Note

From the Estate of Jonathan V. Guloyan