Braises

Details

Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
Braises
signed and dated '16.I.46 VICTOR BRAUNER.' (lower left); dated ’16.I.46’ (lower right)
encaustic, oil and India ink on paper laid down on Masonite
12 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (32.6 x 34.7 cm.)
Executed on 16 January 1946

Provenance

Riccardo & Magda Jucker, Milan.
Galleria del Milione, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

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.

‘I am obliged to recreate in myself (…) extravagant poetic situations to find the motive of my painting, if I want to look for it…’ – Victor Brauner

Ref: (Brauner, quoted in D. Semin, Victor Brauner, Paris, 1990, p. 173).

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