LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and sand on canvas

Measurements:

51.18 in. (130.00 cm.) (height) by 51.18 in. (130.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'G Braque' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Cincinnati, The Contemporary Arts Center, Homage to Georges Braque, September-October 1962 (illustrated in color). The Art Institute of Chicago, Braque: The Great Years, October-December 1972, pp. 22 and 103, no. 36 (illustrated, p. 103 and pl. 16).

Literature:

C. Zervos, Cahiers d'Art, Paris, 1956-1957, p. 242 (illustrated). A. Verdet, "Braque le Solitaire," in XXe Siècle, December 1958, p. 11 (illustrated). Galerie Maeght, ed., Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Georges Braque: Peintures 1948-1957, Paris, 1961, p. 80 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Aimé Maeght, Paris. Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York. Acquired from the above by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney F. Brody, 7 November 1955.