Victor Brauner Lot n° 10

BRAUNER, VICTOR 1903 Piatra Neamt/ Romania - 1966 Paris Title: "Outil Spirituel III". Date: 1959. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 100 x 81cm. Notation: Signed and dated lower right: VICTOR BRAUNER. II. 1959. Titled verso centre: outil spirituel (illegible). Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame. Enclosed with the work is a certificate from Samy Kinge, Paris, dated 30 January 2004. The work will be included in the catalogue raisonné currently being prepared. Provenance: - Galleria d'Arte Maggiore, Bologna (stamp) - Galleria Alexander Iolas, Milan (label) - Galleria Iolas-Galatea, Rome (label) - Private collection - Gallery d'Art Monte Carlo (G.A.M.) - Private collection Germany Exhibitions: - Biennale, Venice 1966 (label) Literature: - Barilli, Renato: I Surrealismi, Edizioni Galleria Marescalchi, Bologna 1983, p. 68, ill. - Brauner was a member of the important Parisian Surrealist group around Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti and Andre Breton - The attractive late work shows a turning away from the Surrealist style and towards simplified forms of his fantasy beings and creatures - The painting was shown at the 1966 Venice Biennale - The National Museum in Timisoara (Romania), this year's Capital of Culture, dedicated a first retrospective to Victor Brauner in spring 2023 with numerous loans from the Centre Pompidou - Works by the artist are in important public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice. Explanations to the Catalogue Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.