Lot #373: GEORGES BRAQUE - Mandoline et fruits - Oil on paper

 

Artist: Georges Braque (French, 1882 - 1963).
Title: "Mandoline et fruits".
Medium: Oil on paper.
Date: Composed c1914.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 3/16 x 11 3/16 in. (233 x 284 mm). Image size: 4 3/16 x 6 3/8 in. (106 x 162 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed lower right, recto; collector, gallery, and notary (?) ink stamps, verso. Painted on elaborately embossed blue wove paper with floral and scroll motifs. Very good to fine condition; remains of paint on recto, upper right edge; uneven top edge, the sheet undoubtedly removed from a sketchbook. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: [email protected] for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): It is difficult to find works comparable to our example that have sold at auction. A small oil, “Verre et palette,” oil on canvas, 9 1/2” x 6 1/4”, 1939, sold for $215,000 including premium at Christie’s New York, 05/13/2016, lot #1210. [30287-2-175000]