Lot Essay
On a handwritten note on the stretcher, Prof. Aldo Masciotta states that, having acquired the present work directly through Aimé Maeght in 1955, the artist then kindly dedicated it to him.
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Le char verni
Details
Georges Braque (1882-1963)
Le char verni
signed and inscribed 'Pour le Prof. Aldo Masciotta G Braque' (lower left); signed 'G Braque' (on the reverse)
oil and brush and ink on paper laid down on canvas
12 5/8 x 16½ in. (32 x 42 cm.)
Painted in 1954
Le char verni
signed and inscribed 'Pour le Prof. Aldo Masciotta G Braque' (lower left); signed 'G Braque' (on the reverse)
oil and brush and ink on paper laid down on canvas
12 5/8 x 16½ in. (32 x 42 cm.)
Painted in 1954
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Prof. Aldo Masciotta, Turin, by whom acquired from the above in 1955.
Galleria Annunciata, Milan, by 1957.
Prof. Aldo Masciotta, Turin, by whom acquired from the above in 1955.
Galleria Annunciata, Milan, by 1957.
Literature
'Les derniers collages de Braque', in XXe Siècle , January 1956, p. 18 (illustrated).
N. Manguin, Maeght (ed.), Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Georges Braque, Peintures 1948-1957, Paris, 1959, p. 79 (illustrated; described as 'Non signé. Non daté' [see note below]).
N. Manguin, Maeght (ed.), Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Georges Braque, Peintures 1948-1957, Paris, 1959, p. 79 (illustrated; described as 'Non signé. Non daté' [see note below]).
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