GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963)

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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
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
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)
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)