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Poisson
Details
Georges Braque (1882-1963)
Poisson
bronze with brown patina
Length: 14 in. (35.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1942; this bronze version cast by 1949
Poisson
bronze with brown patina
Length: 14 in. (35.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1942; this bronze version cast by 1949
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris.
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (by 1949).
William W. Crocker, San Francisco.
Gertrude Bernoudy, St. Louis.
Private collection, Los Angeles (1994).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (by 1949).
William W. Crocker, San Francisco.
Gertrude Bernoudy, St. Louis.
Private collection, Los Angeles (1994).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
S. Fumet, Sculptures de Braque, Paris, 1951, no. 32 (another cast illustrated).
M. Gieure, G. Braque, Paris, 1956, p. 73 (another cast illustrated).
M. Gieure, G. Braque, Paris, 1956, p. 73 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Sculpture, September-October 1949, no. 7 (illustrated).
New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Sculpture by Painters, November-December 1951, no. 9.
New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Sculpture by Painters, November-December 1951, no. 9.
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