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GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963)

Lot 46
01.03.2022 13:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 3 800 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 717718
Lot 46 | GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963)
Estimate value
£ 3 800 000 – 5 200 000
GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963)

La terrasse au guéridon de fer

signed and dated 'G. Braque 48' (lower left)

oil and sand on canvas laid down on board

51 3⁄8 x 35 1⁄4 in. (130.5 x 89.5 cm.)

Painted in 1948







Provenance

Dr David M. & Adele R. Levy, New York, by 1957.

The Museum of Modern Art, New York (no. 227.62), gift from the above in 1962.

Harold Diamond, New York, by whom acquired from the above on 1 July 1978.

Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1978-1979.





Literature

H. Hope, Georges Braque, New York, 1949, p. 154 (illustrated in situ in the artist's studio).

‘Braque’, in Vogue, New York, April 1949, p. 141 (illustrated in situ with the artist in his studio).

C. Zervos, ed., Cahiers d’Art, vol. 26, Paris, 1951, p. 155 (illustrated; titled 'La Terrasse').

Galerie Maeght, ed., Catalogue de l’oeuvre de Georges Braque, Peintures 1948-1957, Paris, 1959, no. 1 (illustrated).

‘Art from France in the United States’, in French News, vol. 19, New York, April 1963, p. 54.

D. Cooper, Braque: The Great Years, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1972, p. 102.

A.H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1929-1967, New York, 1977, p. 604 (titled ‘Under the Awning’).

A. Legg, ed., Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, Catalogue of the Collection, January 1, 1977, New York, 1977, p. 18 (titled ‘Under the Awning’).

M. Asher, Painting and Sculpture from The Museum of Modern Art, Catalogue of Deaccessions, 1929 through 1998, New York, 1999, p. 7 (titled ‘Under the Awning’).





Exhibited

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Impressionist and Modern Paintings from Private Collections, July - September 1957.

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paintings from Private Collections, July - September 1959, no. 7, p. 1 (titled ‘Under the Awning’).

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The Mrs. Adele R. Levy Collection, A Memorial Exhibition, June - July 1961, p. 28 (illustrated p. 29; titled ‘Under the Awning’).

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Recent Acquisitions, November 1962 - January 1963 (titled ‘Under the Awning’).





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Artist:Georges Braque (1882 - 1963)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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