{"id":27480,"date":"2025-04-04T17:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/?p=27480"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:02:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:02:41","slug":"robert-bouchet-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/en\/2025\/04\/04\/robert-bouchet-1958\/","title":{"rendered":"Une rare guitare de Robert Bouchet \u00e0 la vente le 15 novembre 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Le 15 novembre prochain, une rare guitare de Robert Bouchet sera pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e \u00e0 la vente \u00e0 Vichy Ench\u00e8res. Fabriqu\u00e9e en 1958, elle appartient \u00e0 la deuxi\u00e8me \u00e9poque du luthier, celle que les sp\u00e9cialistes qualifient de p\u00e9riode de la maturit\u00e9, marqu\u00e9e par des choix esth\u00e9tiques affirm\u00e9s et des \u00e9volutions constructives d\u00e9cisives. Cette guitare porte l\u2019\u00e9tiquette et la marque au fer du luthier et refl\u00e8te le soin particulier que Bouchet r\u00e9servait \u00e0 ses meilleurs instruments.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Vente du 14 novembre 2025<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Vente du 15 novembre 2025<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Une figure discr\u00e8te, un maitre incontest\u00e9<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Robert Bouchet, 1954, photo issue du site savageclassical<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Robert Bouchet occupe une place singuli\u00e8re dans l\u2019histoire de la guitare du XXe si\u00e8cle. Peintre de formation, luthier autodidacte, il a red\u00e9fini la facture fran\u00e7aise \u00e0 partir des ann\u00e9es 1950. Professeur de dessin install\u00e9 \u00e0 la Cit\u00e9 Montmartre aux Artistes, il d\u00e9couvre la guitare par curiosit\u00e9, avant de se lancer, en 1946, dans la fabrication de son premier instrument. Les musiciens seront tout de suite s\u00e9duits par cette guitare, m\u00ealant talent, finesse, qualit\u00e9 des mat\u00e9riaux et sobri\u00e9t\u00e9 ornementale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au fil des ann\u00e9es, Bouchet d\u00e9veloppe une facture personnelle, nourrie par l\u2019observation des guitares de Torres. Sa production, volontairement limit\u00e9e – moins de six guitares par an – s\u2019adresse \u00e0 une poign\u00e9e de musiciens et de collectionneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retrouvez plus d\u2019informations sur la biographie de Bouchet en consultant notre article :<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robert Bouchet et le renouveau de la guitare classique dans les ann\u00e9es 1950<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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1958 \u2013 une guitare de la pleine maturit\u00e9<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Guitare classique de Robert BOUCHET au mill\u00e9sime de 1958
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L\u2019instrument pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 \u00e0 la vente Vichy Ench\u00e8res du 15 novembre 2025 a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9 \u00e0 Paris en 1958. Il s\u2019agit d\u2019un mod\u00e8le construit au moment o\u00f9 Bouchet entre dans ce que l\u2019on nomme aujourd\u2019hui sa seconde p\u00e9riode – celle de la maturit\u00e9. \u00c0 partir de 1957, le luthier modifie en profondeur sa structure de table d\u2019harmonie. Il abandonne le barrage \u00e0 sept brins de type Torres, pour un barrage en \u00e9ventail \u00e0 cinq brins, auquel il ajoute une innovation majeure : une barre d\u2019\u00e2me, plac\u00e9e sous le chevalet, perpendiculaire au fil de bois, pens\u00e9e pour renforcer la stabilit\u00e9 de la table et affiner l\u2019acoustique de l\u2019instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ce syst\u00e8me permet de renforcer la zone des aigus sans alourdir la table – on obtient alors une sonorit\u00e9 plus \u00e9quilibr\u00e9e, un sustain plus long, des attaques plus franches. Ces qualit\u00e9s, tr\u00e8s recherch\u00e9es par les interpr\u00e8tes, ont contribu\u00e9 au succ\u00e8s des guitares Bouchet aupr\u00e8s des plus grands noms, tels que Julian Bream, Alexandre Lagoya et Ida Presti, qui enregistr\u00e8rent avec des instruments tr\u00e8s proches de celui ici pr\u00e9sent\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u00c9l\u00e9gance formelle et rigueur artisanale<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Comme toujours chez Bouchet, la construction r\u00e9pond \u00e0 des choix r\u00e9fl\u00e9chis : son bois r\u00e9put\u00e9 pour ses qualit\u00e9s intrins\u00e8ques et sa beaut\u00e9 sombre, une t\u00eate au dessin \u00e9pur\u00e9, une rosace finement d\u00e9cor\u00e9e, le tout magnifi\u00e9 par un vernis l\u00e9ger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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L\u2019instrument est vendu avec son \u00e9tui d\u2019origine et pr\u00e9sente de l\u00e9g\u00e8res traces d\u2019usage – autant de signes d\u2019une vie musicale bien remplie. Comme toutes les guitares de Bouchet, elle offre le t\u00e9moignage d\u2019un long travail de recherches, o\u00f9 chaque d\u00e9tail est pens\u00e9 et annot\u00e9 dans ses c\u00e9l\u00e8bres cahiers d\u2019atelier, aujourd\u2019hui conserv\u00e9s au Mus\u00e9e de la Musique.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Guitare classique de Robert BOUCHET au mill\u00e9sime de 1958
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Guitare classique de Robert BOUCHET au mill\u00e9sime de 1958
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Guitare classique de Robert BOUCHET au mill\u00e9sime de 1958
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Robert Bouchet, Cahier d’atelier, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique, Paris, photo Richard Lambert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Une guitare d\u2019atelier, un mod\u00e8le de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Bouchet utilisait le montage espagnol, il travaillait sur un plateau d\u2019assemblage qu\u2019il avait con\u00e7u lui-m\u00eame, avec des vo\u00fbtes distinctes pour la table et le fond. Il chauffait et striait les surfaces avant collage, utilisait un m\u00e9lange de colle d\u2019os et de colle de nerf, pr\u00e9parait ses propres outils, y compris une scie circulaire miniature fabriqu\u00e9e pour les filets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Il collait le chevalet avant de vernir, une d\u00e9marche inhabituelle mais r\u00e9v\u00e9latrice de sa m\u00e9thode enti\u00e8rement tourn\u00e9e vers la qualit\u00e9 finale du son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En refusant toute ornementation superflue, Bouchet a cr\u00e9\u00e9 un style reconnaissable entre tous, une guitare aux lignes pures, aux proportions justes, au dessin ma\u00eetris\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Guitare classique de Robert BOUCHET au mill\u00e9sime de 1958 \nInstrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 10 mai 2025\n\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Guitare classique de Robert BOUCHET au mill\u00e9sime de 1958
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T\u00e9moignage rare du travail de Robert Bouchet \u00e0 l\u2019aube de sa pleine maturit\u00e9, cette guitare de 1958 incarne tout ce qui fait la singularit\u00e9 de son \u0153uvre \u2013 une facture pr\u00e9cise, une esth\u00e9tique sobre, une qu\u00eate constante d\u2019\u00e9quilibre entre structure et sonorit\u00e9. Elle s\u2019adresse autant au collectionneur averti qu\u2019au musicien exigeant, soucieux d\u2019entrer en r\u00e9sonance avec l\u2019un des sommets de la lutherie fran\u00e7aise du XXe<\/sup> si\u00e8cle.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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A RARE GUITAR BY ROBERT BOUCHET FOR SALE ON 15 NOVEMBER 2025<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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On 15 November, a rare guitar by Robert Bouchet will be auctioned at Vichy Ench\u00e8res. It was made in 1958, during the maker\u2019s second period, considered his mature period by experts, and is characterized by bold aesthetics and key structural developments. This guitar bears the maker’s label and brand, and demonstrates the level of care and attention given by Bouchet to his finest instruments.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Sale on 14 November 2025<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A discreet figure, and an undisputed master<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Robert Bouchet, 1954, photo issue du site savageclassical<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Robert Bouchet occupies a unique place in the history of the 20th-century guitar making. He was a trained artist and a self-taught maker who changed the course of French guitar making from the beginning in the 1950s. He started out as an art teacher at the Cit\u00e9 Montmartre aux Artistes. A chance encounter led him to take an interest in the guitar, and he went on to make his first instrument in 1946. Musicians were immediately drawn to this guitar, which demonstrated a natural talent, featuring fine craftsmanship, quality materials and sobriety in appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, Bouchet developed a personal style, informed by his observation of Torres’s guitars. His output, which remained deliberately small \u2013 he made fewer than six guitars a year \u2013 was destined to a handful of musicians and collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find more information regarding Bouchet’s biography in our article:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A guitar from 1958, made during his mature period<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Guitare classique de Robert BOUCHET au mill\u00e9sime de 1958
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The instrument presented at the Vichy Ench\u00e8res sale on 15 November 2025, was made in Paris in 1958. It was made at a time when Bouchet was entering what is now referred to as his second, mature, period. From 1957, the maker made major changes to the construction of his fronts. He abandoned the seven-strand, Torres-style, bracing in favour of a five-strand fan bracing, to which he added a major innovation: a soundpost bar, placed under the bridge, perpendicular to the grain, designed to strengthen the front and improve the sound of the instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This system reinforced the treble range without adding weight to the front, resulting in a more balanced sound, longer sustain, and clearer note production. These qualities, which are highly sought after by musicians, contributed to the success of Bouchet guitars with some of the greatest names in music, including Julian Bream, Alexandre Lagoya and Ida Presti, all of whom recorded with instruments very similar to the one presented here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Elegant appearance and meticulous craftsmanship<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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As is customary with Bouchet, the construction of this instrument is the result thoughtful decisions, as reflected in the choice of wood, renowned for its intrinsic qualities and dark beauty, the purity of the headstock design, or the finely decorated rose, which are all enhanced by a light varnish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The instrument is sold with its original case and shows light signs of use \u2013 signs of a musical life lived to the full. As with all Bouchet guitars, it attests to extensive research by its maker, where every detail was carefully considered and noted down in his famous workshop notebooks, now preserved at the Mus\u00e9e de la Musique.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Guitare classique de Robert BOUCHET au mill\u00e9sime de 1958
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Guitare classique de Robert BOUCHET au mill\u00e9sime de 1958
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Guitare classique de Robert BOUCHET au mill\u00e9sime de 1958
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A workshop guitar, and a reference model<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Bouchet followed the Spanish construction method, using an assembly board of his own design, with different arches for the front and back. He heated and scored the surfaces before gluing, using a mixture of bone and sinew glue, and he made his own tools, including a miniature circular saw designed for the purfling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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He glued the bridge before varnishing, which is unusual, and denotes the focus of his methodology on producing the best possible sound quality for the finished instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By rejecting all superfluous ornamentation, Bouchet created a style that is instantly recognizable: a guitar with pure lines, precise proportions, and a masterful design.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Guitare classique de Robert BOUCHET au mill\u00e9sime de 1958 \nInstrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 10 mai 2025\n\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Guitare classique de Robert BOUCHET au mill\u00e9sime de 1958
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This 1958 guitar by Robert Bouchet, which is a rare example of the maker’s work dating from the beginning of his mature period, embodies everything that makes his work so unique: meticulous craftsmanship, sober aesthetics and a constant search for balance between structure and sound. It will appeal to both discerning collectors and demanding musicians, looking to experience playing one of greatest instruments produced by 20th-century French guitar making<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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