Lot #2713: GEORGES BRAQUE - La palette du peintre - Pencil drawing on paper

Artist: Georges Braque (French, 1882 - 1963).
Title: "La palette du peintre".
Medium: Pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1961.
Dimensions: Overall size: 5 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (143 x 159 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, center right; dated in pencil, center left. Drawn on cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition. 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. [30554-2-2000]