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Théière noire et deux citrons

Creator: Georges Braque
Offered by: bernard jacobson gallery

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Georges Braque
Théière noire et deux citrons
1948

Oil on panel
31.5 x 49 cms (12 3/8 x 19 1/4 ins)

Signed lower left G Braque (recto)

About
From 1945 up to the artist’s death in 1963, Braque produced some of his greatest paintings, masterly piecing together all the knowledge he’d accumulated throughout his life. Having relieved the trauma of the Great War through World War II, the sorrow and grief brought about by the events inevitably translated into his work. Paintings realised during this time often depicted ordinary subject matter and exuded a feeling of gravitas and depth to them, unparalleled to Braque’s earlier, more playful cubist works.

As seen in Théière noire et deux citrons (1948), the dark tones of a feeble teapot echo the dim palettes of other still lives of the same time, while the lemons, often portrayed in bright and lively yellows, here lost all their saturation even against the off-white cloth framing the composition.

By the time this painting was finished in 1948, Braque had become a renowned artist, on both a national and global scale. Though he was a solitary figure and spent most of his time in the studio, he did inspire many great modern artists, who realised that if they wanted to see Braque, they would have to make the effort to visit him in his home in Paris or Varengeville. Amongst them was the Russian painter Nicolas de Staël, who would sit on the wall in front of Braque’s Parisian home and wait for the Frenchman to come out to talk, or if he was lucky, be invited up to the studio. It was the depth and compositions, the balance between objects and space, that would engage the minds of great artists like de Staël or Joan Miró.

Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris

Literature
Maeght Editeur (Nicole Mangin), Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Georges Braque, Peintures 1948- 1957, Paris, 1959, pl. 4 (illustrated)

Exhibited
Saint Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Georges Braque, July - September 1980

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Picasso, Braque, Mondrian, Leger, June 1981

Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Braque en Europe, 14th May - 1st September 1982, no. 69; this exhibition then travelled to Strasbourg, Musée d'Art Moderne, 11th September - 28th November 1982

London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Some of the artists I have worked for, 10th September - 5th October 2019

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1920-1949
Creation Date:	1948
Styles / Movements:	Cubism
Incollect Reference #:	584462

Dimensions

W.	19.29 in;	H.	12.4 in;
W.	49 cm;	H.	31.5 cm;

Message from Seller:

Bernard Jacobson Gallery, founded in 1969, specializes in modern British, American, and international art, showcasing paintings, sculpture, and prints by renowned artists. For inquiries, contact +44 207 734 3431 or constance@jacobsongallery.com.