Lot #2712: GEORGES BRAQUE - Instrument de musique cubiste - Pencil drawing on paper

Artist: Georges Braque (French, 1882 - 1963).
Title: "Instrument de musique cubiste".
Medium: Pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed c1918.
Dimensions: Overall size: 7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (181 x 130 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right. Drawn on cream wove paper. Good condition; upper left corner creased and with a very small tear, well away from the image; paper brittle. Provenance: The work comes from the collection of Urbano Quinto and was acquired directly from Braque in Paris in 1961. A noted Italian art historian, art dealer, and art collector, Urbano Quinto acquired works from classical artists of the 20th Century as well as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, and other Pop and Graffiti artists, often directly from the artists themselves during the 1950’s through the 1980’s. A copy of the Letter of Authenticity by Urbano Quinto pertaining to this work accompanies the lot. Comment(s): Pencil drawings by Braque are very scarce/rare. Please see the attached image of Urbano Quinto with Halston, Andy Warhol, and Bianca Jagger at Studio 54, New York City, c1977 (courtesy of and copyright © by Hasse Persson). Braque image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. [30553-2-2000]