Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
Lion, Lumière, Liberté
signed and dated ‘*VICTOR BRAUNER* 9*9*1945*’ (lower right)
encaustic painting on board
22 3/8 x 30 1/4 in. (56.8 x 77 cm.)
Executed on 9 September 1945
Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
Lion, Lumière, Liberté
signed and dated ‘*VICTOR BRAUNER* 9*9*1945*’ (lower right)
encaustic painting on board
22 3/8 x 30 1/4 in. (56.8 x 77 cm.)
Executed on 9 September 1945
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York.
Galerie Jacques Benador, Geneva.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1973.
Paris, Galerie Cahiers d’art, Victor Brauner, 1947.
New York, Hugo Gallery, Victor Brauner, April 1949.
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