Lot 249
  • 249

Georges Braque

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Georges Braque
  • GIROUETTE
  • signed G Braque (lower right)
  • gouache and pencil on paper
  • image size: 19 by 34.5cm., 7 1/2 by 13 5/8 in.
  • sheet size: 31.5 by 47.5cm., 12 3/8 by 18 5/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Méchiche, Paris
Private Collection (acquired from the above circa 1982)

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on cream laid paper. There is a 3cm. scratch near the centre of the right edge visible in the catalogue illustration, a 6cm. scratch with associated inpainting to the upper centre of the composition and a minor 1cm. scratch at the right of the centre upper edge. Apart from a 3cm. flattened crease at the upper right corner and some minor surface dirt, this work is in good condition. Colours: The paper tone is much brighter and the blues are much warmer in the original.
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