Three paintings that were recently restituted to the heirs of Gaston Lévy, one of the most notable art patrons who lived in Paris in the 1920s and ’30s will be offered at Sotheby’s London sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on Feb. 4.

Lévy (1893-1977), co-founder of the French retail chain Monoprix, was friends with many of the great artists and art dealers of his day, including Paul Signac, Bernheim-Jeune, Paul Durand-Ruel, and Ambroise Vollard.  

He assembled a significant collection of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, which he displayed in his apartment on the Avenue de Friedland in Paris, and his country home, the Château des Bouffards.