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Georges Braque
La Caisse Verte, 1952Oil and sand on canvas
34 1/2 x 42 inches
88 x 106.5 cm
Framed: 41 1/2 x 49 inches
105.4 x 124.5 cmTitle: (The Green Crate) https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5615590As he himself explained, 'I am far more concerned about being in tune with nature than copying it' (quoted in Georges Braque: Notebook 1917-1947, trans. B....Title: (The Green Crate)
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5615590As he himself explained, "I am far more concerned about being in tune with nature than copying it" (quoted in Georges Braque: Notebook 1917-1947, trans. B. Frechtman, New York, 1958, n.p.).Provenance
Aimé Maeght, 1952, ParisRichard K. Weill, St. Louis
Harriet Harris-Jonas, circa 1960, New York
Private Collection, by descent from the above, United States
Sale: Christie’s New York, 7 November 2012, lot 40
Private Collection, Monaco
Exhibitions
1952 Paris, Galerie Maeght, Braque, June-July, n. 8, illustrated
1964 New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Georges Braque, an American Tribute. The Late Years (1940-1963) and The Sculpture, April-May, n. 17, illustrated
2026 San Francisco, CA, Berggruen Gallery, Defining the Century: Modern Visionaries from Picasso to Calder, September 10 – October 22, 2026
Literature
1959 N. S. Mangin, Catalogue de l’oeuvre de Georges Braque: Peintures 1948-1957. Paris, Galerie Maeght, ed., p. 43, 44, illustrated
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