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GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963)

Lot 5
17.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1492543
Lot 5 | GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963)
Estimate value
$ 7 000 000 – 10 000 000
GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963)
La Ciotat
signed 'G Braque' (lower left)
oil on canvas
19 3/8 x 23 5/8 in. (49.2 x 60 cm.)
Painted in summer 1907




Provenance

Galerie Pierre, Paris (acquired from the artist, 24 September 1937).
Louis Foght, Copenhagen (acquired from the above, February 1938); Estate sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 6 July 1960, lot 165.
Matthiesen Gallery, London (acquired at the above sale).
Lady Aline Elisabeth Yvonne Berlin (née de Gunzbourg), Paris and London; sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 7 July 1971, lot 21.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.



Literature

H. Rostrup, "Franske Malerier i en Anonym Dansk Privatsamling" in Aarstiderne, vol. 4, no. 3, June 1945, p. 71 (illustrated in color).
A.M.E. Van Eijk van Voorthuijsen, ed., World Collectors Annuary, Voorburg, 1972, vol. XXIII, p. 64.
J. Flam, “The Gallery: 'Wild Beasts' and Their Landscape” in The Wall Street Journal, no. 18, 20 November 1990, p. 20.
R. Thomson, "Young Man's Painting" in The Times Literary Supplement, no. 4604, 28 June 1991, p. 16.
V. Serrano, ed., Georges Braque et le paysage: De l'Estaque à Varengeville, 1906-1963, exh. cat., Musée Cantini, Marseille, 2006, p. 165 (illustrated in color, fig. 123).



Exhibited

(possibly) Paris, Galerie Pierre, Georges Braque: Paysages de l'époque fauve, February 1938.
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Fransk Kunst: Maleri og Skulptur fra det 19. og 20. Aarhundrede, July-October 1945, p. 8, no. 38.
Copenhagen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Levende Farver, September 1950, no. 28.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Georges Braque, October-December 1963, p. 32, no. 10 (illustrated, fig. 9).
University Park, The Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art, Paintings and Sculptures from Central Pennsylvania Collectors, April-June 1984, p. 9, no. 47 (illustrated, p. 32).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and London, The Royal Academy of Arts, The Fauve Landscape, October 1990-September 1991, pp. 270 and 274 (illustrated in color, p. 274, pl. 286).
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