Live Auction 16931The Art Of The Surreal Evening Sale
Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
Lot 119

Victor Brauner (1903-1966)

Braises

Closed27 February 2019

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GBP 175,000

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Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
Braises
signed and dated '16.I.46 VICTOR BRAUNER.' (lower left); dated ’16.I.46’ (lower right)
encaustic, oil and India ink on paper laid down on Masonite
12 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (32.6 x 34.7 cm.)
Executed on 16 January 1946

Riccardo & Magda Jucker, Milan.
Galleria del Milione, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

Samy Kinge has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

‘I am obliged to recreate in myself (…) extravagant poetic situations to find the motive of my painting, if I want to look for it…’ – Victor Brauner

Ref: (Brauner, quoted in D. Semin, Victor Brauner, Paris, 1990, p. 173).