Les Soleils Artist: Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963)

1943

Modern and Contemporary Art

Not on view
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

12 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (31.12 × 26.04 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Paul Mellon, B.A. 1929, L.H.D.H. 1967

Accession Number

2014.60.3

Culture

French

Period

20th century

Classification

Paintings

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Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
The artist; Theodore Ahrenberg (1912–1989), Stockholm. H. Surger, New York. Ian Woodner (1903–1990), New York, by 1959; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 15, 1959, lot 41; sold to “Geo Friedland” April 15, 1959 [see note 1]. Rachel “Bunny” Mellon (née Lambert, 1910–2014) and Paul Mellon (1907–1999), Upperville, Va., by 1998 [see note 2]; bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1998

Note 1: Sotheby’s sale records, “Rose’s Cards,” courtesy Sotheby’s, New York, March 2023 (copy in file)

Note 2: The painting was bequeathed by Paul Mellon to the Gallery in 1998, with Rachel Mellon retaining lifetime interest.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 35
Object copyright
© Georges Braque / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Nature

Subject

flowers (plants) sunflowers

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