Brooch 'Prucris', 1960s – Georges Braque (1882 Argenteuil - 1963 Paris)

Georges Braque (1882 Argenteuil - 1963 Paris)
Brooch 'Prucris', 1960s

750 yellow gold, amber-colored to greenish enamel.
37.07 grams. 37 x 50 mm.
Manufactured by Heger de Löwenfeld, copy 3 of 75.
Stamped: Eagle's head, BIJOUX DE BRAQUE, HEGER DE LOWENFELD, 12 BR, 3/75, workshop mark in diamond shape by Jean-Thierry Bondt.

With exhibition booklet 'Bijoux de Braque'. The brooch was acquired from the Stuttgart-based Galerie Valentien at the Cologne Art Fair in 1972 and has been in private German ownership ever since. In addition to individual pieces, Braque selected a number of motifs for production in small editions. He set an upper limit of 75 pieces, although the number of actual works usually ranged between 5 and 20.

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Estimate: 5,000 € - 7,000 €

178C - Art Jewelry & Jewels
02. July 2025 at 5:00 PM CEST

Literature:

Cf. Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Jewelry by contemporary painters and sculptors, Didier Ltd, London 2017, p. 31, no. 14.

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