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Hespéris
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Georges Braque (1882-1963)
Hespéris
signed and numbered 'G.Braque 4/6' (along the right edge) and inscribed 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 17 3/4 in. (45 cm.)
Conceived in 1939 and cast in bronze in 1956
Hespéris
signed and numbered 'G.Braque 4/6' (along the right edge) and inscribed 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 17 3/4 in. (45 cm.)
Conceived in 1939 and cast in bronze in 1956
Provenance
Conrad D. Furrer, Zurich, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
S. Fumet, Sculptures de Braque, Paris, 1951, no. 4 (the plaster illustrated).
Exh. cat., D. Vallier, Georges Braque, Basel, 1968, no. 65 (another cast illustrated).
R. Cogniat, Braque, Paris, 1970, p. 74 (another cast illustrated).
P. Descargues & M. Carrà, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Braque, 1908-1929, Paris, 1973, no. S7, p. 108 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Fondation Maeght (ed.), George Braque, Saint Paul, 1980, no. 158 (another cast illustrated p. 190).
Exh. cat., D. Vallier, Georges Braque, Basel, 1968, no. 65 (another cast illustrated).
R. Cogniat, Braque, Paris, 1970, p. 74 (another cast illustrated).
P. Descargues & M. Carrà, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Braque, 1908-1929, Paris, 1973, no. S7, p. 108 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Fondation Maeght (ed.), George Braque, Saint Paul, 1980, no. 158 (another cast illustrated p. 190).
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