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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
VICTOR BRAUNER (1903-1966)
Le poète assassiné
Details
VICTOR BRAUNER (1903-1966)
Le poète assassiné
signed and dated 'VICTOR BRAUNER 8.IV.946' (lower right)
oil and encaustic on panel
25 3⁄8 x 19 ½ in. (64.5 x 49.5 cm.)
Painted in 1946
Le poète assassiné
signed and dated 'VICTOR BRAUNER 8.IV.946' (lower right)
oil and encaustic on panel
25 3⁄8 x 19 ½ in. (64.5 x 49.5 cm.)
Painted in 1946
Provenance
Julien Levy Gallery, New York, by 1947.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired in the late 1970s - early 1980s, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired in the late 1970s - early 1980s, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
ART News, vol. XLVI, no. 3, New York, May 1947, p. 45 (illustrated).
D. Semin, Victor Brauner, Paris, 1990, p. 309 (illustrated p. 146; with incorrect dimensions and dated '1956').
D. Semin, Victor Brauner, Paris, 1990, p. 309 (illustrated p. 146; with incorrect dimensions and dated '1956').
Exhibited
New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Victor Brauner, April 1947, no. 10 (titled ‘Nouveau Temps’).
Further Details
Samy Kinge has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Brought to you by
Ottavia Marchitelli
Senior Specialist, Head of The Art of The Surreal Sale