D'APRÈS GEORGES BRAQUE,

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D'APRÈS GEORGES BRAQUE,
REALISED BY THE BARON OF LÖWENFELD Neo Glaucos, 1971 Fish sculpture composed of 50 kg of gold sheathed amethyst, adorned with a 100k emerald eye. Made after the Glaucos gouache signed by Georges Braque in 1963. Unique piece. Signed and dated. Fish sculpture composed of 50 kg of gold sheathed amethyst, adorned with a 100k emerald eye. Made from Glaucos gouache signed by Georges Braque in 1963. Unique piece. Signed and dated. H_50 cm L_140 cm Bibliography : "Les Métamorphoses de Braque" Editions France Art Center Paris 1989, Page : 97 (for the sculptures) Exhibitions : - Petit Palais - Geneva - 1971 - Parrainage de S.A.R the Queen Marie José of Italy - Grand Palais - Paris - 1972 - Château d'Artigny - Montbazon - 1977 - Sponsorship of Mr Méry, Mayor and the Marquise de Saint Cricq. - 1977 - Several official presentations in New York : - "Barba Negra" Official welcome at the Port of the Continental Edison by the Honourable Paul O'Dwyer, City Council President - Hotel Plazza - Sponsorship of S. A.A.I Princess Shirazee Parvaz of Iran - First Women's Bank, to the benefit of "Save Our Seas" - Musée des Beaux Arts de Nancy - 1972/73 - Musée de Saint Dié des Vosges - 1973 - Ludwigmuseum - Koblenz - 2003 - Museo Fondazione Luciana Matalon - Milan - 2005 At the end of his life, Braque wanted to give a third dimension to his painting. He approached Heger de Löwenfeld, a true aristocrat and master lapidary, to create pieces that would become, for Malraux, "Braque's Apotheosis". Their collaboration began in 1961. Glaucos 1er is a work created by Baron de Löwenfeld in 1963 and stolen in Nîmes in 1970. In 1971, to avenge Glaucos, Löwenfeld works again to create Glaucos II, the exact replica of his older brother who will be found the following year in Saint Denis. The spectacular sculpture consists of fifty kilos of amethyst, sheathed in solid gold and adorned with a 100
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