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Nu allongé
Details
GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963)
Nu allongé
signed and indistinctly dated 'G Braque 26' (lower right)
oil and sand on canvas
10 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (27.4 x 40.5 cm.)
Painted in 1926
Nu allongé
signed and indistinctly dated 'G Braque 26' (lower right)
oil and sand on canvas
10 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (27.4 x 40.5 cm.)
Painted in 1926
Provenance
(Possibly) Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris.
(Probably) Georges Bernheim, Paris, by 1936 (titled 'Femme nue dans un paysage' and dated '1925').
Stephen Silagy Gallery, New York.
H. Putzel, San Francisco, Los Angeles & New York, by 1938.
Ladislas Szecsi, New York, by 1940.
Carter C. Higgins, Worcester, Massachussetts, by 1948.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 6 April 1967, lot 40.
Perls Gallery, New York.
Fuji Art, Tokyo.
Gallery Umeda, Osaka, by whom acquired from the above in April 1973.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in May 1973.
(Probably) Georges Bernheim, Paris, by 1936 (titled 'Femme nue dans un paysage' and dated '1925').
Stephen Silagy Gallery, New York.
H. Putzel, San Francisco, Los Angeles & New York, by 1938.
Ladislas Szecsi, New York, by 1940.
Carter C. Higgins, Worcester, Massachussetts, by 1948.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 6 April 1967, lot 40.
Perls Gallery, New York.
Fuji Art, Tokyo.
Gallery Umeda, Osaka, by whom acquired from the above in April 1973.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in May 1973.
Literature
Galerie Maeght (ed.), Catalogue de l'œuvre de Georges Braque, Peintures 1924-1927, Zurich, 1968, no. 74 (illustrated).
P. Descargues & M. Carrà, Tout l'œuvre peint de Braque, 1908-1929, Paris, 1973, no. 295, p. 100 (illustrated p. 99).
P. Descargues & M. Carrà, Tout l'œuvre peint de Braque, 1908-1929, Paris, 1973, no. 295, p. 100 (illustrated p. 99).
Exhibited
(Probably) Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Georges Braque, November - December 1936, no. 21.
San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture by Mateo Hernandez Hung with Putzel Paintings and Prints belonging to Szecsi and Goriani, August 1938.
New York, Julien Levy Gallery, 1939.
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, 1939.
Northampton, Smith College Museum of Art, 1939.
San Francisco, Museum of Art, Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture by Mateo Hernandez Hung with Putzel Paintings and Prints Belonging to Szecsi and Goriany, August 1938.
Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Twentieth Century Art in New England, May - June 1948.
San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture by Mateo Hernandez Hung with Putzel Paintings and Prints belonging to Szecsi and Goriani, August 1938.
New York, Julien Levy Gallery, 1939.
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, 1939.
Northampton, Smith College Museum of Art, 1939.
San Francisco, Museum of Art, Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture by Mateo Hernandez Hung with Putzel Paintings and Prints Belonging to Szecsi and Goriany, August 1938.
Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Twentieth Century Art in New England, May - June 1948.
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