Victor Brauner

Galerie Iolas, Milan, Genève, Paris
Collection particulière, Europe
Acquis auprès du précédent par le propriétaire actuel

Paris, Alexandre Iolas, Victor Brauner, Peintures 1963/64, 1965, no. 19, reproduit dans le catalogue
Vienne, Museum des XX, Viktor Brauner, 1965, no. 58, reproduit dans le catalogue
Hanovre, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Victor Brauner, 1965, no. 177, reproduit dans le catalogue p. 77
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Victor Brauner, 1965-66, no. 175, reproduit dans le catalogue
New York, Alexandre Iolas Gallery, Victor Brauner, 1971, reproduit dans le catalogue
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Victor Brauner, 1972, no. 181, reproduit dans le catalogue
New York, The Surrealism of Dream-maker: Victor Brauner, Marcel Jean and Kurt Seligmann, 1984-85,

Didier Semin, Victor Brauner, Paris, 1990, reproduit p. 199

The canvas is unlined. There are a few thin webs of craquelure to the lower part of the oblong beige/brown shape on the bird's torso. There is no evidence of retouching under UV light. There are traces of newspaper ink transfer to the figure's left hand (visible in the catalogue illustration) which are part of the artistic process. Apart from some minor frame rubbing along the extreme edges, this work is in very good original condition. Please note that the colours in the original are brighter and more blue than the catalogue illustration suggest.
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signed 'VICTOR BRAUNER' and dated '1964' (lower right); titled 'RÊVERIE', signed 'VICTOR BRAUNER' and dated '1964' (on the reverse); oil on canvas. Painted in 1964.

"Plongé dans un état de rêverie devant les objets familiers, je me trouve transformé dans cette dimension onirique ainsi que tout ce qui m'entoure, et dans un autre espace et dans un autre endroit. L'univers de mon évidence, qui m'était si certain, se modifie et tout est d'une nouvelle signification."
Victor Brauner (extrait du catalogue de l'exposition Victor Brauner, Peintures 1963/64 à la galerie Iolas à Paris en 1965)