Lot 01
Étude pour Olympia
Édouard Manet · oil on canvas, 1862
Lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris
The Evening
An evening worthy
An evening worthy
of the cause it serves.
For one night each November, the Foyer of the Palais Garnier is given over to a single purpose: to raise the operating budget of every Shelter for Health house for the coming year.
Three hundred guests. A reception beneath the chandeliers. A seated dinner conducted in candlelight. A live auction of works lent — for that night only — by partner museums in Paris, Madrid, Vienna, Florence, Amsterdam, and London.
And, between the courses, a quiet performance by an artist who believes in the mission. Past editions have welcomed Yo-Yo Ma, Cecilia Bartoli, and the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet.
