Thanks to a Mad Auction, the Melon Started From Chardin Finally Enters the Kimbell – La Tribune De l'Art

The Kimbell Art Museum, acting through a merchant, had been the lucky winner of Chardin's Strawberry Basket in the Artcurial sale of 23/3/22. The sale had been very publicized, as its result since it was a record for a painting by Chardin: 24,4 million euros. But finally, the export certificate had not been granted and the American museum, which had long sought to acquire a still life of the French painter, had been deprived of this purchase, th…