Victor Brauner
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© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Figure
Figure
ArtistRomanian, 1903–1966
CultureRomanian
Titles
  • Figure
Date1948
MediumPen and ink on off-white wove paper
Dimensionsimage/sheet: 9 5/8 × 6 11/16 inches (24.5 × 17 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Vaughn Foundation Fund
Object number2022.301
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist, 1948; possibly Harold Stephenson (1929-2018)1; Vaughn Foundation, by 1987; on long-term loan at MFAH, 1987-2022; given to MFAH, 2022.

1. Artist Harold Stevenson (1929-2018) arrived in New York City in 1949; there, Stevenson gained representation with the Hugo Gallery, and through director Alexander Iolas he established connections with Surrealists including Rene Magritte and Max Ernst. Stevenson moved to Paris a decade later and divided the rest of his career between that city, New York, and his native Oklahoma.

Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Bottom left corner, inscribed in ink: VB./4.I.1948
Verso: Top left corner, inscribed in red: V.
Verso: Bottom left corner, inscribed in graphite: No. 18

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Catalogue raisonnéNone

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