GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963) & ÉMAILLERIE DE L'ABBAYE SAINT-MA - Lot 31

GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963) & ÉMAILLERIE DE L'ABBAYE SAINT-MARTIN DE LIGUGÉ (VIENNE) Thème Marin, single piece, circa 1950-1951 Circular dish. Patinated copper and champlevé enamels. Minor restorations. Signature (autograph) G. BRAQUE, in enamel on the back of the marli, bears two printed labels on the reverse, one from Émaux de Ligugé - (La Vienne) France with the handwritten words Émail champlevé de Braque - Le Thème marin, the other from O'Hanna Gallery - 13 Carlos Place, London W 1 - June September 1960 with the handwritten words Title: Thème marin by G. BRAQUE (b. 1881) - (Abbaye de Ligugé) - Catalogue no. 65. Diameter : 31.5 cm Provenance : - Jacques and Eugénie O'Hana Collection, London. Purchased by Mr. Jacques O'Hana from the Abbaye Saint-Martin de Ligugé in 1958. - Impressionist & Modern Pictures - Christie's sale, London, June 23, 1997. The work presented under number 193 in the catalog. - Private collection, New York. -M. X., France. Exhibition of our work : - Émaux de Ligugé - Galerie de France, Paris, April 13 to May 5, 1951. Our work presented at this event (no. 24). - Émaux de Ligugé / Emaille-Arbeiten von Ligugé - Citadelle Centre Culturel Français, Mainz, 1956. Our work possibly presented at this event (no. 35). - Summer Exhibition - Paintings and Sculpture of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - O'Hana Gallery, London, June to September 1960. Our work shown at this exhibition (no. 65). Bibliography of our work: - Jean Cassou (preface) - Émaux de Ligugé - Catalogue of the exhibition held at Galerie de France, Paris (April 13 - May 5, 1951). Our work referenced under number 24 of the catalog. - Émaux de Ligugé / Emaille-Arbeiten von Ligugé - Catalogue of the 1956 exhibition at the Citadelle Centre Culturel Français, Mainz, Éditions des Services culturels de l'Ambassade de France, Mainz, 1956. Our work possibly referenced under catalog no. 35. - Summer Exhibition - Paintings and Sculpture of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - Catalogue of the exhibition held at O'Hana Gallery, London, June-September 1960. Our work reproduced and referenced under catalog no. 65. Bibliography and related works: - Cahier de Georges Braque, 1917-1947 - Maeght Éditeur, Paris, 1948. The decor in our work can be compared with the motif reproduced on page 7. - Christian Zervos - Georges Braque, Nouvelles sculptures et plaques gravées - Éditions Albert Morancé, Paris, 1960. The decoration of our work to be compared with a polychrome ceramic dish dated 1939 and referenced under catalog number I. - Dora Vallier - Braque, l'œuvre gravé- Catalogue raisonné - Éditions Flammarion, Paris, 1982. The decoration in our work can be compared with the motif reproduced on page 83 of the preparatory work for Braque's Cahier. - Raphaël de Cuttoli and Héger de Loewenfeld - Métamorphoses de Braque- Gouaches, bijoux, sculptures, livres d'art, lithographies - Éditions France Art Center, Paris, 1989. The decoration of our work to be compared with the gouache reproduced on page 18.