Artwork overview
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Medium
collage of black paper and imitation wood-grain paper with charcoal and white chalk on white paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
Overall (approximate): 62.1 x 46.9 cm (24 7/16 x 18 7/16 in.)
support: 45.2 x 50.4 cm (17 13/16 x 19 13/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1982.55.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Maria Cuttoli, Paris, until 1970; Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1970; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1978
Aspects of Twentieth-Century Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978-1979, no. 18, repro.
1986
Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist
2001
A Century of Drawing. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 24.
2007
Modernism: Designing a New World 1914-1939. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 March 2007 - 29 July 2007.
2013
Over, Under, Next. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, 18 April 2013 - 8 September 2013.
2016
In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.
Bibliography
1983
Monod-Fontaine, I./Carmean, E.A. BRAQUE, THE PAPIERS COLLES, DC: 1983, 24.
1992
National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, D.C., 1992: 325, repro.
1995
La Petite Encyclopédie de l'Art. Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1995: p. 160.
2001
A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 24.
Inscriptions
lower right: G Braque
Watermarks
JCA France INGRES
Wikidata ID
Q64571651