Live Auction 2438Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Georges Braque (1882-1963)
Lot 128 Property from the Estate of Andrée Lavigne Trudeau, Quebec

Georges Braque (1882-1963)

Carte de voeux (A)

Closed5 May 2011

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Georges Braque (1882-1963)
Carte de voeux (A)
signed, inscribed and dated 'G Braque Mes bons voeux pour 1958.' (throughout)
watercolor and brush and India ink over pencil on paper
3¾ x 5 7/8 in. (9.5 x 15 cm.)
Painted in 1958

Grace Elliott Trudeau, Montreal (gift from the artist, 1958).
Andrée Lavigne and Elliott Trudeau, Quebec (by descent from the above).

Specialist note

Grace Elliott Trudeau had often visited her brother, Gordon Elliott, a landscape architect who lived in Varengeville, France, and was a neighbor and friend of Braque. Her eldest son, Pierre Elliott Trudeau was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1984.