Georges Braque
Canal Saint-Martin

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Artist Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963)French, 1882–1963

CultureFrench

Titles

Canal Saint-Martin

Date1906

PlaceParis, France

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions19 3/4 × 24 inches (50.2 × 61 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck

Object number98.271

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

223 Beck Galleries

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Department

European Art, Beck Collection

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Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePurchased from the artist by Daniel-Henri Kahnweiler, c. 1909; [Sale, Second Kahnweiler Sale, Paris, Hotel Drouôt, November 17 and 18, 1921, lot 25]; Dr. Koch, Frankfurt; Eric A. Alport (1903-1972), Oxford, 1925; [Sale, Important Impressionist and Modern Drawings, Paintings, and Sculpture,Christie’s, London, June 28, 1968, lot 52]; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Houston, 1968; gift to MFAH from Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck, 1998.
Exhibition History“Braque, Paintings and Drawings from Collections in England with Lithographs," Institute of Contemporary Arts Gallery, London, 1954, no. 2.

"Georges Braque," Tate Gallery, London; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1956, no. 6.

"Georges Braque," Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1963, no. 6.

"U.S. Loan Exhibition," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1971–1973.

"Fauve—Color," The University of Texas Art Museum, Austin, January 23–February 20, 1972, cat. no. I.

"The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1974.

"The Fauve Landscape: Matisse, Derain, Braque, and Their Circle, 1904-1908," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 4–December 30, 1990; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 19–May 5, 1991; Royal Academy of Arts, London, June 10–September 1. 1991. (LN:90.4).

“Georges Braque: A Retrospective,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 13–May 11, 2014.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

signed on verso: "G. Braque"

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