Georges Braque (1882-1963)

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Georges Braque (1882-1963)
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signed and numbered 'G.Braque 4/6' (along the right edge) and inscribed 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Height: 17 3/4 in. (45 cm.)
Conceived in 1939 and cast in bronze in 1956

Conrad D. Furrer, Zurich, and thence by descent to the present owner.

S. Fumet, Sculptures de Braque, Paris, 1951, no. 4 (the plaster illustrated).
Exh. cat., D. Vallier, Georges Braque, Basel, 1968, no. 65 (another cast illustrated).
R. Cogniat, Braque, Paris, 1970, p. 74 (another cast illustrated).
P. Descargues & M. Carrà, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Braque, 1908-1929, Paris, 1973, no. S7, p. 108 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Fondation Maeght (ed.), George Braque, Saint Paul, 1980, no. 158 (another cast illustrated p. 190).

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