VICTOR BRAUNER (1903-1966)
05.03.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1548253
Lot 102 | VICTOR BRAUNER (1903-1966)
Estimate value
200000GBP £ 200 000 – 300 000
Le poète assassiné
signed and dated 'VICTOR BRAUNER 8.IV.946' (lower right)
oil and encaustic on panel
25 3/8 x 19 ½ in. (64.5 x 49.5 cm.)
Painted in 1946
Provenance
Julien Levy Gallery, New York, by 1947.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired in the late 1970s - early 1980s, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
ART News, vol. XLVI, no. 3, New York, May 1947, p. 45 (illustrated).
D. Semin, Victor Brauner, Paris, 1990, p. 309 (illustrated p. 146; with incorrect dimensions and dated '1956').
Exhibited
New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Victor Brauner, April 1947, no. 10 (titled ‘Nouveau Temps’).
Further Details
Samy Kinge has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Victor Brauner (1903 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Victor Brauner (1903 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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