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Georges Braque (1882-1963)
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FLORIDA COLLECTION
Georges Braque (1882-1963)

Hymen

Price realised USD 131,250
Estimate
USD 60,000 – USD 80,000
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Georges Braque (1882-1963)

Hymen

Price realised USD 131,250
Price realised USD 131,250
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Georges Braque (1882-1963)
Hymen
signed and numbered 'G. Braque 5/6' (on the right side); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back); numbered four times '5/6' (on interior elements)
bronze with black patina
Height: 29 ¾ in. (75.7 cm.)
Conceived circa 1939; this bronze version cast in 1963
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, July 1967.
Literature
S. Fumet, Georges Braque, Paris, 1951, p. 35 (chalk version illustrated).
S. Fumet, Georges Braque, Paris, 1965, p. 220 (another cast illustrated, pl. 128).
R. Cogniat, Braque, Paris, 1977, p. 75 (another cast illustrated).
M. Valsecchi and M. Carrà, L'opera completa di Braque: dalla scomposizione cubista al recupero dell'oggetto, 1908-1929, Milan, 1971, p. 108, no. S 8 (another cast illustrated).

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