ID 829399
Lot 41 | GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963)
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
Verre et huîtres
signed and dated 'G Braque 39' (lower left)
oil on canvas
14 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (38 x 46 cm.)
Painted in 1939
Provenance
Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Paris, by 1939.
Aline Barnsdall, Los Angeles, by 1946, and thence by descent.
M. Knoedler & Co, New York, acquired from the above in 1952.
François Reichenbach, Paris, acquired from the above on 27 February 1954.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.
Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New York, acquired from the above on 9 June 1955.
Walter Bareiss, Zurich, acquired from the above on 19 September 1956.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 June 1961, lot 112.
Acquired at the above sale.
Literature
H. Kramer, 'Month in review', in Arts, vol. 30, no. 1, October 1955, pp. 48, 50 (illustrated p. 50, titled 'Oysters, Lemon and Glass').
Galerie Maeght, ed., Catalogue de l’œuvre de Georges Braque, Peintures 1936-1941, Paris, 1961, p. 71 (illustrated p. 70).
D. Sutton, 'A Statesman's Collection', in Apollo, June 1969, London, p. 466 (illustrated pl. VIII, p. 465, titled 'Nature morte avec huîtres').
R. D. Thorpe, Eden. The Life and Times of Anthony Eden First Earl of Avon, 1897-1977, London 2011 (titled 'Nature morte avec huîtres').
Exhibited
New York, Paul Rosenberg Gallery, Braque, October 1955, no. 13 (titled 'Oysters and Glass').
Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Lord Avon, January – March 1966, p. 2 (titled 'Nature morte avec huîtres'; with incorrect dimensions).
Artist: | Georges Braque (1882 - 1963) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
Art style: | Cubism |
Genre: | Still life |
Place of origin: | Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Georges Braque (1882 - 1963) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
Art style: | Cubism |
Genre: | Still life |
Place of origin: | Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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