PIASA pays tribute to Victor Brauner (1903-1966), a singular figure of Surrealism, with a collection of works including early paintings, Surrealist drawings, etchings, exhibition posters and documentation.
Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
Lilith / Azoth / Raziel
Estimate: 1 000 / 1 500 €
Romanian-born Victor Brauner was a key figure in Bucharest's vibrant art scene in the 1920s. In 1933, he made the leap to Paris to join the Surrealist movement, where he remained until 1948, the year he was ousted from the circle. Navigating with ease between different avant-gardes such as Expressionism, Constructivism and Dadaism, Brauner's independent character gradually found its way to a Surrealist aesthetic during his peregrinations in Paris between 1925 and 1938, eventually settling there permanently. As soon as he joined Surrealism in 1933, he became fully involved in the activities of the group led by André Breton.
Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
Exhibition poster
Estimate: 1 200 / 1 800€
The loss of his eye in 1938 makes his self-portrait, painted seven years earlier, a premonitory work. Brauner explains: "My art has this characteristic that almost all these recordings sooner or later become precise future events that happen to me. Take, for example, the story of the loss of my left eye. It is painted more or less photographically in one of my first portraits, as well as in almost all my paintings dating from before my accident...". In 1945, he was exhibited in Alexandre Iolas' first gallery in New York, alongside other Surrealists such as René Magritte, Max Ernst and Giorgio de Chirico.
Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
Untilted, circa 1949
Estimate: 4000 / 6000 €