Georges Braque, The Penguin Modern Painters

John Richardson: A Scholar Collects
Georges Braque
1882 - 1963
The Penguin Modern Painters

Collage, gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper
8 3/4 by 7 1/8 in. (22.2 by 18.1 cm)
Framed: 14 3/4 by 13 3/4 in. (37.5 by 34.9 cm)
Executed in 1957.

Condition Report:
Executed on cream wove paper. The sheet has been taped to a window mat at the center of the top edge of its verso. The collage elements are stable. The left and bottom edges are very lightly deckled and the right and top edges are cut. A single artist's pinhole to the upper right corner, and a second artist's pinhole toward the upper left corner. Two flattened creases extend across the upper left corner, the larger of which measures 3 inches. Additional flattened handling creases across the lower left and lower right corners.The sheet is very lightly time struck. Some minor scattered spots of staining. This work is in good condition.

Provenance:
A gift from the artist