Details
GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963)
Le Nil
signed with initials and numbered lower right GB 2/6--numbered on the reverse I/VI--bronze with gray green patina
10¾ x 12 1/8 in. (27.3 x 30.6 cm.)
Original plaster executed 1941-1942; this bronze version cast in 1950; number one or two in an edition of six
Le Nil
signed with initials and numbered lower right GB 2/6--numbered on the reverse I/VI--bronze with gray green patina
10¾ x 12 1/8 in. (27.3 x 30.6 cm.)
Original plaster executed 1941-1942; this bronze version cast in 1950; number one or two in an edition of six
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (1951)
Sydney M. Shoenberg, St. Louis (1956)
Schoenberg Foundation, St. Louis
Adler/Castillo, New York
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (1951)
Sydney M. Shoenberg, St. Louis (1956)
Schoenberg Foundation, St. Louis
Adler/Castillo, New York
Literature
R. Char, "Peintures de Georges Braque", Cahiers d'Art, , 1951, p. 142 (another cast illustrated)
S. Fumet, Sculptures de Braque, Paris, 1951, no. 14 (another cast illustrated)
S. Fumet, Sculptures de Braque, Paris, 1951, no. 14 (another cast illustrated)
Exhibited
New York, The Buccholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Sculpture by Painters, Nov.-Dec., 1951, no. 12 (illustrated on the cover)
Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery, 4000 Years of Modern Art, Feb.-April, 1953, no. 95
New York, Fine Arts Associates, Rodin to Lipchitz, Oct.-Nov., 1955, no. 6 (illustrated)
Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery, 4000 Years of Modern Art, Feb.-April, 1953, no. 95
New York, Fine Arts Associates, Rodin to Lipchitz, Oct.-Nov., 1955, no. 6 (illustrated)