ID 1163993
Lot 115 | VICTOR BRAUNER (1903-1966)
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
Sphère de la naissance II
signed and dated 'VICTOR BRAUNER 20.7.1943' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 5⁄8 x 21 ¼ in. (65 x 54 cm.)
Painted on 20 July 1943
Provenance
Galleria Gissi, Turin.
Galerie de l’Ile de France, Paris, by 1972.
Anonymous sale, Breraarte, Milan, 12 March 1987, lot 283.
Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in June 1989.
Exhibited
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Der Surrealismus 1922-1942, March - May 1972; this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, June - Septembre 1972, no. 40 (illustrated).
Turin, Gissi Galleria d'Arte, Protagonisti del XX secolo, December 1973 - January 1974, no. 5 (illustrated).
Monaco, Le Point, Victor Brauner, June - July 1979 (illustrated).
Nassau, County Museum of Art, Surrealism, January - April 1995, p. 6 (illustrated).
Further Details
Samy Kinge has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Victor Brauner (1903 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Europe, Romania |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Victor Brauner (1903 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Europe, Romania |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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