Acrylic on canvas

Signature on the back

30 x 40 x 1.6 cm.

12 x 15 x 0.6 inch.

Unique

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The Famous French Collection

In 1921, Paul Bocuse's grandfather traded away the family name for a beautiful wife - sold it to a Russian named Borisoff, no name, no restaurant. For decades, there was no Bocuse name on any door in Lyon.

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Paul Bocuse spent his career making sure that would never happen again. He earned his third Michelin star at 39 - the youngest chef in France to do it, the first since the war.

He kept it for 55 years.

He paid to get the family name back, then put it in giant neon letters outside his restaurant. He became the first chef anyone recognized on sight, turning a profession that had always worked in anonymous kitchens into something people traveled across the world to witness.

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The name almost disappeared once. It's been impossible to miss ever since.