ID 990386
Lot 333 | GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963)
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
Corbeille de fleurs
signed and dated 'G Braque 25' (lower right)
oil and sand on canvas
15 x 21 5/8 in. (38.2 x 55 cm.)
Painted in 1925
Provenance
Mrs Charles C. Henderson, New Orleans.
Knoedler & Co., Paris, by whom acquired from the above, December 1960.
Diane Esmond, Neuilly-sur-Seine, by whom acquired from the above, 13 July 1961.
Private collection, Paris; sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet & Co., London, 30 June 1976, lot 43.
Achim Moeller Ltd., London.
Educational Institutional collection, United States; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 9 May 1995, lot 91.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
G. Isarlov, Georges Braque, Paris, 1932, no. 369, p. 24.
Galerie Maeght (ed.), Catalogue de l'œuvre de Georges Braque, Peintures 1924-1927, Paris, 1968, no. 64 (illustrated).
M. Carrà, L'Opera completa di Braque dalla scomposizione cubista al recupero dell'oggetto 1908-1929, Milan, 1971, no. 252, p. 97 (illustrated p. 98; titled 'Cesto di fiori e spartito').
Special notice
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| Artist: | Georges Braque (1882 - 1963) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Georges Braque (1882 - 1963) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Impressionism |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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