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December Palm Beach Collections
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- Sale 814
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Dec 1 | 11:00 AM EST
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| Palm Beach
Sale 814
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| Palm Beach
Estimate$4,000 – $6,000
Jean-Baptiste Gourdin (1723-1781)
Born to a family of furniture makers, Jean-Baptiste Gourdin was the eldest son of Jean Gourdin (called Père Gourdin) and the brother of Michel Gourdin. He was apprenticed to the sculptor Toussaint Foliot, from 1736 to 1741 and worked again in his father's workshop from 1741 to 1746. Privileged by his training acquired with these two masters, he was admitted to the community of carpenters in 1747, when he had not yet finished his apprenticeship. In 1746 he married Marie-Françoise Ferret, daughter of the master carpenter Claude Ferret. When the latter died, Jean-Baptiste Gourdin inherited his shop, also located rue de Cléry. He opened his own workshop there and hired apprentices, eventually buying the whole house in 1761 under the name Nom de Jesus, near that of his father. Gourdin's clientele was more eclectic than that of his father, consisting of many European financiers, and notably the Prince de Soubise, Duke of Rohan, and Marquis de Bellevaux; the most well-known client by far was undoubtedly Dauphine Marie-Antoinette.
Examples by Gourdin are in the collections of Windsor Castle, Louvre, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Donna Tribby is a senior specialist in the Southeast region at Hindman.
Ms. Tribby joined the firm in 2013 and has handled notable auctions and collections such as those of Phillip and Mary Hullitar and the Kennedy Winter White House. She uses her extensive experience on daily basis to evaluate property from large collections and estates across all categories. She has over 38 years of experience in the art world, previously serving as Vice President of the Catalogue and Appraisal department at Sloan & Company Fine Art Auctioneers and Director of a major Palm Beach gallery. After her tenure as director, she went on to open Waddington & Tribby Fine Art in Boca Raton and West Palm Beach.
Jon King is a senior specialist in the Southeast region at Hindman.
Mr. King began his career in the early 1980s at Sotheby’s in Los Angeles and New York. Mr. King later ventured into the world of auction house management. He first oversaw a staff of 60 as Executive Vice President, Director of the Butterfield Los Angeles gallery and became a founding Vice President and Director of Bonhams, New York when the British firm opened their doors in September of 2003. After a decade directing the New York operation, he went on to spearhead business in both New York and Florida as Vice President and Director of Business Development for Bonhams. Mr. King had the pleasure of securing and overseeing such collections as the estates of Lauren Bacall, Truman Capote, Aimee de Heeren, Liberace, Kalef Alaton, Michael Taylor, Burton Bettingen, among others, as well as having the distinction of working with the PBS Antiques Roadshow and HGTV’s Appraise It!.
