La Couronnée

Details

Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
La Couronnée
signed and dated 'VICTOR BRAUNER 23.5.1945' (lower left); signed, dated and indistinctly inscribed 'LA COURONNÉE VICTOR BRAUNER 23.5.1945' (on the reverse)
oil and wax with black ink on board
10 5/8 x 8 5/8 (27 x 22 cm.)
Executed on 23 May 1945

Provenance

Oliver Jennings, New York.
Private collection, London, by 1985.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 November 1989, lot 214.
Galerie Le Point, Monte Carlo, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

D. Semin, Victor Brauner, Paris, 1990, p. 308 (illustrated p. 130).

Exhibited

Lugano, Villa Malpensata, Victor Brauner: Miti, presagi, simboli, opere dal 1929 al 1965, March - May 1985, p. 33 (illustrated).

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.

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Lot Essay

Samy Kinge has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

'You will like my painting… because each drawing, each painting is an adventure, a departure toward the unknown…’ - Victor Brauner

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