Artcurial controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2023
Reportedly mishandled sale involving Laurent de La Hyre's Narcissus
Reports described a problematic auction of Laurent de La Hyre's Narcissus, valued in reporting at approximately one million dollars. The buyer reportedly questioned the painting's origins after purchase, including its connection with an anonymous London sale in 1929.
2012
Imperial Chinese seal provenance dispute
The proposed auction of an imperial Chinese seal prompted protests from China and the Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in Europe. Critics believed the seal had been looted from Beijing's Old Summer Palace by Franco-British troops in 1860. Artcurial rejected that provenance interpretation and stated that its expertise did not identify the object as originating from the Old Summer Palace.