Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963)
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Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963)

Profil et feuille

Details
Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963)
Profil et feuille
signed with the initials 'G.B.' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on squared paper
8 5/8 x 6 ¾ in. (21.8 x 17.2 cm.)
Provenance
A gift from the artist to Fleur Cowles.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

Quentin Laurens, the holder of the Droit Moral, has kindly confirmed that this work is registered in his archives.

Fleur Cowles first met Braque in Paris whilst she was the editor of LOOK magazine and it was the start of an intimate friendship that lasted for the rest of the artist's life. Fleur recalled of the artist 'This painter has a special place in art history but equally so in my mind. We had become good friends before he died and one of his gifts hangs over our bed in London, keeping those wonderful memories alive' (F. Cowles, 'George Braque and I', in Christie's International Magazine, July 2000).

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