Lot Essay
This work is an extensively hand-coloured trial proof of the tailpiece for Braque's Cahier de Georges Braque from 1947 (D. Vallier, Braque, The Complete Graphics, Catalogue Raisonné, London 1982, p. 82).
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Le cygne
Details
Georges Braque (1882-1963)
Le cygne
signed 'G. Braque' (lower right)
gouache over lithograph
10 x 9in. (25.5 x 23cm.)
Executed in 1947
Le cygne
signed 'G. Braque' (lower right)
gouache over lithograph
10 x 9in. (25.5 x 23cm.)
Executed in 1947
Provenance
Anon. Sale, Christie's New York, 6 November 1996, Lot 87 ($6,000).
Literature
Maeght (ed.), Cahier de Georges Braque 1916-1947, Paris 1947 (illustrated).