Master Art

Date:  1961
Period:  20th century
Origin:  France
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 130 x 162 cm (51¹/₈ x 63³/₄ inches)
Provenance: Jacques Putman collection, Paris
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Stéphane Janssen, La Hulpe, Belgium, acquired from the above in 1967
Christie’s London, 30 April 1999, lot 20
Private collection, Europe
Christie’s London, 8 February 2001, lot 15
Private collection, Paris

Literature: J. Putman & C. Juliet, Bram van Velde, Paris 1975, n° 48, p. 197 (illustrated p. 85)
Exhibitions: - New York, Knoedler Gallery, Bram van Velde, October-November 1964, n° 17 (illustrated)
This exhibition later travelled to Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, December 1964 – January
1965 ; San Francisco Museum of Art, February-March 1965 and Colorado Springs Fine Arts
Center, April-May 1965
- Cologne, Wallraff-Richartz Museum, Bram van Velde, March-April 1966, n° 29
- Turin, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Bram van Velde, November-December 1966, n° 62
- New York, Knoedler Gallery, Bram van Velde : Paintings 1957-1967, April 1968, n° 5
(illustrated p. 14). This exhibition later travelled to Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, May-June 1968
- Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Bram van Velde, December 1970-January 1971, n° 66 (illustrated p. 51)
- Basel, Kunsthalle, Bram van Velde, April-May 1971, n° 62 (illustrated)
- New York, Lefèbre Gallery, Bram van Velde 1895-1981, February-March 1982
- Genève, Musée d’art et d’histoire, October 2006-January 2007

Categories: Paintings, Drawings & Prints