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Artists›Georges Braque

Georges Braque

Georges Braque

French, 1882–1963

WA-00000516

Argenteuil-sur-Seine, France

SculptureCubismImpressionismPost-Impressionism

Representation

None documented

104

Institutional Exhibitions

239

Works in Collection

423

Assets Indexed

12

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ153793

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints: Proofs and Variants

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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The Cubist Imprint

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

No image

Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Iliazd and the Illustrated Book

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Naked/Nude

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

Field Verification (6 fields)

5 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%✓
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/georges-braque
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/georges-braque
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/744
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata Patch
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Georges Braque yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Cubism

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (239)

Les Fils d'Eos

Victoria and Albert Museum

Plate (page 59) from DESCENTE AUX ENFERS

irreg. composition 10 9/16 x 7 7/8" (26.8 x 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 49) from DESCENTE AUX ENFERS

irreg. composition 9 1/2 x 8 11/16" (24.1 x 22 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

DESCENTE AUX ENFERS

1961 · 4 lithographs, printed in color

page 12 13/16 x 10" (32 x 25.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 9) from DESCENTE AUX ENFERS

irreg. composition 9 3/4 x 7 13/16" (24.7 x 19.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 77) from DESCENTE AUX ENFERS

irreg. composition 11 1/16 x 8 3/8" (28.1 x 21.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 45) from LE TIR À L'ARC

1960 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 5/8 x 4 3/8" (16.8 x 11.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 21) from LE TIR À L'ARC

1960 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 3/4 x 4 13/16" (17.2 x 12.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 53) from LE TIR À L'ARC

1960 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 13/16 x 4 3/4" (17.3 x 12 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from LE TIR À L'ARC

1960 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 3/4 x 4 1/2" (17.2 x 11.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (interior wrapper) from LE TIR À L'ARC

1960 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 8 3/4 x 13 3/16" (22.3 x 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 37) from LE TIR À L'ARC

1960 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 8 1/8 x 5 15/16" (20.7 x 15.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Wrapper front from LE TIR À L'ARC

1960 · Etching and lift ground aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 9 1/16 x 4 5/16" (23 x 11 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 13) from LE TIR À L'ARC

1960 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 15/16 x 4 9/16" (17.6 x 11.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Le Tir à l'Arc

1960 · Illustrated book with eight lithographs and one etching and aquatint

page (irreg.): 7 7/8 x 5 7/8" (20 x 15 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 29) from LE TIR À L'ARC

1960 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 7 x 5 1/2" (17.8 x 14 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Stars

1959 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Comp: 32.3 × 37.3 cm (12 3/4 × 14 11/16 in.); Sheet: 48 × 63 cm (18 15/16 × 24 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Galerie Maeght - Exposition - G. Braque

Galerie Maeght - Exposition - G. Braque

1959 · Lithograph

28 3/8 x 19 3/4" (72.1 x 50.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Exposition, Galerie Maeght

1959 · Lithograph in six colors

28 1/2 × 19 3/4" (72.4 × 50.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Black Chariot

1958 · Etching and aquatint on paper

image: 236 x 295 mm

Amaryllis

1958 · Color lift-ground aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 54.2 × 44.8 cm (21 3/8 × 17 11/16 in.); Sheet: 74.6 × 56.8 cm (29 3/8 × 22 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

At Sunset, Bird XVI

At Sunset, Bird XVI

1958 · Color lithograph in seven colors on ivory wove paper

48.5 × 65.4 cm (19 1/8 × 25 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Black Chariot

The Black Chariot

1958 · Color etching on buff wove paper

Plate: 237 × 29.5 cm (93 5/16 × 11 5/8 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 45.4 cm (15 3/8 × 17 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate (page 43) from Août (August)

Plate (page 43) from Août (August)

1958 · Aquatint and etching from an illustrated book with four aquatints (three with etching)

composition (irreg.): 4 1/8 × 5 5/16" (10.4 × 13.5 cm); page (irreg.): 9 13/16 × 13" (25 × 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

239 published of 415 catalogued · 171 with image

MoMA
176 publishedof 352 catalogued115 img
Art Institute Chicago
41 published41 img
Tate
14 published14 img
The Met
7 published
Victoria & Albert
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 9)

9 entries · 1 sources

Glass and Plate of Apples
1925 · Tate · 1 prov
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Guitar and Jug
1927 · Tate · 1 prov
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The Billiard Table
1945 · Tate · 1 prov
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Profile with Palette
1953 · Tate · 1 prov
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Still Life
1924 · Tate · 1 prov
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Bather
1925 · Tate · 1 prov
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Mandora
1909 · Tate · 1 prov
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The Bird
1949 · Tate · 1 prov
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Woman with Mandolin
1945 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Relationships

16

Influence1

Paul Cézanneinfluence

Peers & Context2

Pablo PicassocontemporaryFernand Légercontemporary

Movements5

Cubism Impressionism Post-Impressionism Fauvism Abstract Art

Collections8

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

In collection

Tate

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Beaux-Arts de Paris

Visual Arts

École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen

Visual Arts

Network

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