GEORGES BRAQUE. 1882-1963

267 THE NEW CASTLE AT LA ROCHE-GUYON

Oil on canvas. 92 X 73 cm. Inv. No 3258 Signed on the reverse: Braque

In 1909 Braque worked on his series of landscapes with views of the castle at La Roche-Guyon. The Pushkin Museum picture was apparently painted at the same time.

Provenance: The D. H. Kahnweiler Collection, Paris (No 342); until 1918 The S. Shchukin Collection, Moscow; 1918—48 The Museum of Modern Western Art, Moscow; since 1948 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibitions: 1967—68 Odessa, Kharkov, Cat. 3; 1973 Washington, Cat. 1

Bibliography: Кат. собр. С.Щукина 1913, No 2, pp. 2—3; Перцов 1921, No 2, p. 107; Тугендхольд 1923, ill. p. 103; Ternovetz 1925, p. 487; Кат. ГМНЗИ 1928, No 32; Reau 1929, No 719; Cahiers d'Art 1950, p. 338

267 THE NEW CASTLE AT LA ROCHE-GUYON