Details
GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963)
Le moulin à café
signed 'G. Braque' (lower left)
oil and sand on canvas
34 5/8 x 42 in. (87.8 x 106.8 cm.)
Painted in 1942
Provenance
Aimé Maeght, Paris.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc, by whom acquired from the above in July 1950.
Lee A. Ault, New York, by whom acquired from the above in January 1951, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, New York, 13 November 1996, lot 58.
Klaus J. Jacobs Collection, Zurich.
Anonymous sale, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 1 December 2017, lot 331.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Zervos, Cahiers d'Art, 1940-1944, Paris, 1944, p. 101 (illustrated).
S. Fumet, Braque, Paris, 1945, pl.1 (illustrated; dated 1943).
M. Gieure, G. Braque, Paris, 1956, no. 107, p. 102 (illustrated; dated 1942-1943).
'Country Dressing - Softly Now', in Vogue, June 1956, p. 93 (illustrated).
J. Russell, Braque, London, 1959, no. 62, p. 125 (illustrated; dated 1942-1943).
Galerie Maeght (ed.), Catalogue de l’œuvre de Georges Braque Peintures 1942-1947, Paris, 1960, no. 8 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Georges Braque October - November 1945, no. 6 (with incorrect dimensions).
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich, Georges Braque Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso September - October 1946, no. 19, p. 6.
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Braque, June 1947, no. 21.
Avignon, Palais des Papes, Exposition de peintures et sculptures contemporaines, June - September 1947, no. 20, p. 10 (dated '1943').
Toronto, The Art Gallery of Toronto, Contemporary Paintings from Great Britain, The United States and France, November - December 1949, no. 164, p. 21.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Georges Braque An American Tribute, The Late Years (1940-63) and the Sculpture, April - May 1964, no. 6 (illustrated).
Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, The Avant Garde of France, the 1940s and 1950s, June - September 1994, pp. 13, 35 & 41 (illustrated fig. III, p. 35).
Special Notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Details
GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963)
Le moulin à café
signed 'G. Braque' (lower left)
oil and sand on canvas
34 5/8 x 42 in. (87.8 x 106.8 cm.)
Painted in 1942
Provenance
Aimé Maeght, Paris.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc, by whom acquired from the above in July 1950.
Lee A. Ault, New York, by whom acquired from the above in January 1951, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, New York, 13 November 1996, lot 58.
Klaus J. Jacobs Collection, Zurich.
Anonymous sale, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 1 December 2017, lot 331.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Zervos, Cahiers d'Art, 1940-1944, Paris, 1944, p. 101 (illustrated).
S. Fumet, Braque, Paris, 1945, pl.1 (illustrated; dated 1943).
M. Gieure, G. Braque, Paris, 1956, no. 107, p. 102 (illustrated; dated 1942-1943).
'Country Dressing - Softly Now', in Vogue, June 1956, p. 93 (illustrated).
J. Russell, Braque, London, 1959, no. 62, p. 125 (illustrated; dated 1942-1943).
Galerie Maeght (ed.), Catalogue de l’œuvre de Georges Braque Peintures 1942-1947, Paris, 1960, no. 8 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Georges Braque October - November 1945, no. 6 (with incorrect dimensions).
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich, Georges Braque Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso September - October 1946, no. 19, p. 6.
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Braque, June 1947, no. 21.
Avignon, Palais des Papes, Exposition de peintures et sculptures contemporaines, June - September 1947, no. 20, p. 10 (dated '1943').
Toronto, The Art Gallery of Toronto, Contemporary Paintings from Great Britain, The United States and France, November - December 1949, no. 164, p. 21.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Georges Braque An American Tribute, The Late Years (1940-63) and the Sculpture, April - May 1964, no. 6 (illustrated).
Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, The Avant Garde of France, the 1940s and 1950s, June - September 1994, pp. 13, 35 & 41 (illustrated fig. III, p. 35).
Special Notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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