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Tournesols
Details
Georges Braque (1882-1963)
Tournesols
signed 'G Braque' (upper right)
oil on canvas
17 7/8 x 15 1/8 in. (45.4 x 38.4 cm.)
Painted in 1943
Tournesols
signed 'G Braque' (upper right)
oil on canvas
17 7/8 x 15 1/8 in. (45.4 x 38.4 cm.)
Painted in 1943
Provenance
(probably) Jacqueline Delubac, Paris.
Harry Tenenbaum, St. Louis.
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1952.
Harry Tenenbaum, St. Louis.
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1952.
Literature
Cahiers d'art, 1940-1944, p. 109.
S. Fumet, Braque, Paris, 1945, pl. 21 (illustrated).
S. Fumet, Braque, Paris, 1948, no. 53 (illustrated).
F. Laufer, Braque, Bern, 1954, pl. 37 (illustrated).
M. Gieure, Georges Braque, Paris, 1956, p. 115 (illustrated).
Galerie Maeght, ed., Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Georges Braque, Peintures 1942-1947, Paris, 1960, p. 64 (illustrated).
M. Valsecchi, L'opera completa di Braque, 1908-1929, Milan, 1971, p. 106, no. 454 (illustrated, p. 105; titled Girasoli).
S. Fumet, Braque, Paris, 1945, pl. 21 (illustrated).
S. Fumet, Braque, Paris, 1948, no. 53 (illustrated).
F. Laufer, Braque, Bern, 1954, pl. 37 (illustrated).
M. Gieure, Georges Braque, Paris, 1956, p. 115 (illustrated).
Galerie Maeght, ed., Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Georges Braque, Peintures 1942-1947, Paris, 1960, p. 64 (illustrated).
M. Valsecchi, L'opera completa di Braque, 1908-1929, Milan, 1971, p. 106, no. 454 (illustrated, p. 105; titled Girasoli).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Braque, June 1947, no. 29.
City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis Collects: An Exhibition Selected from Private Collections, April-May 1952, no. 13.
City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis Collects: An Exhibition Selected from Private Collections, April-May 1952, no. 13.
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Please note the medium is oil on canvas laid down on canvas.