Contemporary + Modern: Art & Design
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Lot 75
GEORGES BRAQUE "La Lierre" (1952 Embellished Litho)
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Georges Braque
(French, 1882-1963)
La Lierre (Ivy), 1952
Color lithograph on paper, hand-embellished in oils and graphite
16" x 10 3/4" (sight)
Hand-painted oil and hand-drawn graphite embellishments to the image. Signed only in the plate. "Edition of 120" noted in pencil to the bottom of the sheet beside an Esther Gentle 1952 copyright stamp (matted outside of the sight). Esther Gentle published an American edition of La Lierre (edition size of 120), separate from Maeght Editeurs' French edition of the image (edition size of 400). Presented behind plexiglass in a maple frame that measures 24 1/2" x 18 1/2".
Provenance: From the collection of a Fortune 500 company, acquired from the Lawrence Gallery (Kansas City).
Fair to good, with notable uneven toning along the left side of the sheet inside the mat sight.
(French, 1882-1963)
La Lierre (Ivy), 1952
Color lithograph on paper, hand-embellished in oils and graphite
16" x 10 3/4" (sight)
Hand-painted oil and hand-drawn graphite embellishments to the image. Signed only in the plate. "Edition of 120" noted in pencil to the bottom of the sheet beside an Esther Gentle 1952 copyright stamp (matted outside of the sight). Esther Gentle published an American edition of La Lierre (edition size of 120), separate from Maeght Editeurs' French edition of the image (edition size of 400). Presented behind plexiglass in a maple frame that measures 24 1/2" x 18 1/2".
Provenance: From the collection of a Fortune 500 company, acquired from the Lawrence Gallery (Kansas City).