EXHIBITED:
Musum of Fine Arts, Nimes, 1970
Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, 2003
Fondazione Luciaza Matabn, Milan, 2005

ILLUSTRATED:
Bijoux Sculptures - L’art vous va si bien , Gillimard, Milan, 2008, color illustrated, p. 41
Armand Israël , Georges Braque: Sculptures , Editions des Catalogues Raisonnés, Paris, 2008, color illustrated, p. 38
Promenade à Paris , Galerie Elegance, Taipei, 2011, color illustrated, p. 35

This piece is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by Arman Israël.

Georges Braque’s early creation was originally inspired by Henri Matisse, the Fauvist artist with the emphasis on bold usage of colors and vivid colors. Braque exhibited his Fauvist paintings at the Salon des Independants with Henri Matisse in 1906. The following year, when Braque visited Pablo Picasso’s studio and saw the avant garde painting technique implemented on the painting of “Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Braque was fascinated by it. Soon afterwards, Braque and Picasso forged an intimate friendship, then discuss with each other over the works of the counterparts. They work in collaboration and for med the revolutionary art movement of Cubism.

Both the grandfather and the father of Braque worked as a house painter and decorator for contractors, Braque was trained to become a house painter. He continued to explore innovative techniques such as mixing the use of dust, sands then pasted on paper, in which he called papier colles. From 1961-1963, Braque worked with jeweler Heger de Loewenfeld in which he was in charge of jewelry and Loewenfeld would turn them into beautiful jewelry. The jewelry included a series of design such as a series of bird design, and “Circée.” “Circée” accounted for one of the finest jewelry collection created by Braque, with a total of 113 jewelry made in collaboration between Braque and Loewenfeld, they were exhibited in the Louvre, and received compliments. Braque has been revolutionary his entire life looking for ways to breakthrough the current artistic expressions, as he continued to do so, he was challenging himself. “Circée” can be said to be the essence of Braque’s lifetime creation, for its geometric shape, abstract in elements, in addition to the layers of texture and the use of ruby mounted on top of the eye. The face is projected in profile as if it is suggesting we are only seeing a small part of this great artist’s creativity.