Lot Essay
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Cosmogonie d'un visage
Details
Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
Cosmogonie d'un visage
signed and dated 'Victor Brauner II.1961' (lower right); titled 'Cosmogonie d'un visage' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21¼in. (65 x 54cm.)
Painted in 1961
Cosmogonie d'un visage
signed and dated 'Victor Brauner II.1961' (lower right); titled 'Cosmogonie d'un visage' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21¼in. (65 x 54cm.)
Painted in 1961
Provenance
Galerie Iolas, Paris, by 1964.
Galerie Beyeler, Basle.
Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 3 July 1979, lot 89.
Galerie Arditti, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 9 November 1994, lot 330.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galerie Beyeler, Basle.
Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 3 July 1979, lot 89.
Galerie Arditti, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 9 November 1994, lot 330.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Iolas, Victor Brauner, March 1964, no. 25.
Basle, Galerie Beyeler, Surrealismus, Oct. 1995-March 1996, no. 13 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 76).
Basle, Galerie Beyeler, Surrealismus, Oct. 1995-March 1996, no. 13 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 76).
Special notice
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