French art the American way
The American collector Rodica Seward, owner of Tajan, France’s best-known private auction house, has a missionary passion for modern French art. She talks to Louise Nicholson.
Louise Nicholson, Monday, 25th August 2008
Figures
Portrait by Derry Moore.
1 20th-century art and design in an exhibition in Tajan’s Paris showroom
2 Déesse de la Forêt by Wang Keping (b. 1949), 2002. Singed wood, ht 125 cm
3 Rodica Seward. Behind her is a painting by François Rouan (b. 1943). Photo: © Derry Moore
4 Tajan’s showroom at 37 rue des Mathurins, Paris. A former bank, it was built in 1925
5 A conference room at Tajan, with a table designed by Rodica Seward. Among the paintings hanging here are works by young Romanian artists in Mrs Seward’s private collection. Photo: © Jessica Chaney
6 Mademoiselle Colombe as Venus by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806). Oil on canvas, 57.1 x 47 cm. Sold at Tajan, Paris, on 19 December 2007 for €507,640
7 Limestreet, a bronze by Anthony Caro, in front of an untitled painting by Marc Desgrandchamps. Photo: © Derry Moore
8 L’accordée du village by Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). Oil on canvas, 60.1 x 84.5cm. Sold at Tajan, Paris, on 20 June 2007 for €402,251
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