{"id":3058,"title":"The Viaduct at L'Estaque","medium":"Oil on canvas","classification":"Paintings","dimension":"25 5/8 x 31 3/4in. (65.1 x 80.6cm)\r\n25 x 31 in. (63.5 x 78.74 cm) (sight)\r\n36 x 42 x 4 in. (91.44 x 106.68 x 10.16 cm) (outer frame)","object_name":"Painting","continent":"Europe","country":"France","nationality":"French","dated":"1907","room":"Not on View","role":"Artist","inscription":"LL in purple: [G.Braque]; \r\n\r\nThe work appears to have been signed in the LL in green, just below the signature in purple, but painted over. [these inscriptions do not appear in photographs of the painting prior to 1980]","signed":"on verso: [G.Braque 1907]","markings":"Labels on verso:\r\nMIA label: [L82.4.1 Lent by Thaw Gallery]\r\nShipping label: [Eagle Transfer Corp., New York, New York, Ref. No. A-1310; item #14]\r\nDealer label: [Eugene Victor Thaw/726 Park Avenue/New York (printed); Braque/Le viaduc de l'Estaque/1907/oil on canvas/25 5/8 x 31 7/8 inches (typewritten)]\r\nLabels from original strainer: [5306]; [82]\r\nLoan label: [Museum of Modern Art Loan P/B/ Minn. Inst./89.765]\r\nLoan label: [fondation maeght, 06570 saint-paul (printed); Georges BRAQUE/ LE VIADUC DE L'ESTAQUE 1907/ Huile sur toile/ 65 x 81 cm/ Collection E.V. Thaw and Co., New York (typewritten); 16 (in red marker)]\r\nLoan label: [The Tate Gallery (printed); Inst. of Arts, Minneapolis/ Georges Braque/ Landscape at L'Estaque/ The Essential Cubism/ 27 April - 10 July 1983/ cat. no. 1 (typewritten)]\r\nLoan label: [Kunstmuseum Basel, Ausstellung (printed) Picasso-Braque 1990/ Georges Braque/ Viaduct at L'Estaque. 1908/ Romilly 1 Poel/Lw. 65, 1 x 80, 6 cm/ Minneapolis I.Art, Minneap. (typewritten); sticker attached to label: [K61].","text":"Between 1906 and 1910, Georges Braque made several trips to the south of France and the port at L'Estaque, just west of Marseilles. There, he found the new landscapes to paint using the nonnaturalistic colors of the Fauves. \r\nDuring his 1907 stay, Braque also became influenced by the art of Paul Cézanne, who had painted there earlier. Like Cézanne, Braque reduced the site to simple geometric forms. Moving beyond Cézanne's solid masses, however, Braque made the tilting planes obey his own--rather than nature's--laws. Two years after finishing this picture, Braque abandoned Fauvism for Cubism.","provenance":"The artist until sold to Kahnweiler; [Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris, 1908–before 1914]. [1] ?Antonie Albert (1854–1942), Wiesbaden, Munich, and Zurich. (Sale, Galerie Neupert, Zurich, April 4, 1936, no. 38). Countess Angiola Maria Approsio, Sanremo. [Galerie Berggruen, Paris, by 1979]. [E.V. Thaw & Co., New York, by 1980-82]; sold to Mia\r\n\r\n[1] This painting does not appear in any of the sequestered sales of Kahnweiler stock seized in 1914 and sold through Hotel Drouot in four sales between 1921–23.","creditline":"The John R. Van Derlip Fund, the Fiduciary Fund, and gift of funds from Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Butler and various donors","Catalog_Raisonne":"Romilly, 1.","accession_number":"82.22","artist":"Georges Braque","life_date":"French, 1882–1963","image_copyright":"© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris","department":"European Art","rights_type":"In Copyright","image_width":6032,"image_height":4843,"recent":0,"see_also":[],"sort_number":"82    22","image":"valid","public_access":1,"curator_approved":0,"highlights":0,"Cache_Location":"003000\\000\\50\\3058","Primary_RenditionNumber":"mia_5023972.jpg","Rights_Image_Display":"Limited","TitleAlt":"Viadukt bei l'Estaque, Paysage, View of the Viaduct, Der Viadukt von L'Estaque","restricted":1,"related:audio-stops":[{"title":"Braque, The Viaduct at L'Estaque","_id":"3058","objectId":"3058","link":"http://audio-tours.s3.amazonaws.com/p389.mp3","number":"389","type":"audio"}],"mtime":"2026-02-15T06:00:50.993Z"}