Georges BRAQUE (1992-1963)

Antiboree, Gold and Enamel Brooch, 1963

18ct gold textured brooch (model 4) with a bird flying right against clouds and decorated with dark blue enamel.

Marks: inscribed on the reverse, BIJOUX DE BRAQUE, ANTIBOREE, ER 5/75, LP2564, and stamped, OR 750 © and with French 18ct gold hallmarks

Dimensions: L. 6 cm; H. 3.5 cm

Literature: R. de Cuttoli and H. de Löwenfeld, Metamorphoses de Braque. Gouaches, bijoux, sculptures, lives d'art, lithographies, Paris 1989, p. 19 (original gouache and gold brooch with blue enamel); Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Jewelry by Contemporary Painters and Sculptors @50: 1967-2017. Didier Ltd, London 2017, pp. 32-33