{"id":26,"date":"2025-05-13T08:14:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"?p=26"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:40:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:40:43","slug":"georges-braque-citrons-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectoapp.com\/en\/blog\/georges-braque-citrons-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges Braque \u2013 Citrons (1939)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/collectoapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/videos\/Snap_Insta_to_AQN_Un_Gvd_CBL_1nhf7hm_M0_Lm_P_Xv_Plsbz7_IE_1_Ue_S_Mex_Ug_A_Cxq_B_Af_Zcex_H_Ce_Htz_Ay_H_Vuo_T_Gra1_O5_Ik_Ky_J_Ss_D8_X_9_KVO_Lzd_Ax_Cpv_H_Eg6_Bac_222cdc96a5.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a kind of beauty that doesn\u2019t shout. It doesn\u2019t seek to impress with theatrics but imposes itself slowly, with the depth of its presence. This is the kind of beauty that lives in the works of <strong>Georges Braque<\/strong>, and <em>Citrons <\/em>(1939) is one of its finest examples. In this small yet extraordinary oil on canvas, the French artist \u2014 Cubism\u2019s co-founder and a key innovator of 20th-century art \u2014 distills his pictorial research into a <strong>poetic and powerfully tactile composition<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Braque\u2019s mature language<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By the late 1930s, Braque had moved away from Cubism\u2019s early analytic deconstructions. His painting became more meditative, more intimate. <strong>Still life became his main field of exploration<\/strong>, a space for reflecting on form, light, and time. In <em>Citrons<\/em>, two lemons rest on a dark, nearly theatrical background, accompanied by sparse leaves and branches. The composition is essential, yet every element is precisely calibrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braque\u2019s <strong>thick, sculptural brushstrokes<\/strong> give body and density to the objects. The <strong>vibrant yellow<\/strong> of the lemons contrasts powerfully with the earthy backdrop, creating a striking sense of three-dimensionality. Braque invites us to<strong> see the everyday as eternal<\/strong>, the simple as absolute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Silent symbolism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The choice of lemons is anything but random. Braque often used <strong>ordinary objects<\/strong>, deliberately stripped of mythic aura, to create <strong>timeless icons. <\/strong>His painting doesn\u2019t aim to narrate but to evoke. <em>Citrons<\/em> does not describe a story \u2014 it <strong>builds a presence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This transformation of the ordinary into the absolute is precisely what makes the work resonate with such <strong>timeless power.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prestigious provenance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Citrons<\/em> boasts <strong>exceptional provenance:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Paul Rosenberg &amp; Co.<\/strong>, one of the most influential galleries of the 20th century, closely linked to Cubist and Modernist masters like Picasso and Braque.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <strong>important Italian private collection<\/strong>, confirming the enduring relevance of the work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The painting is also <strong>listed in the catalogue raisonn\u00e9<\/strong> by Nicole S. Mangin (1961), providing essential authentication and documentation within Braque\u2019s body of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A rare piece in a rising market<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Braque\u2019s market has grown by <strong>+56% over the past three years<\/strong>, with particular interest in his mature-period still lifes. Comparable works have achieved impressive results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Les Citrons (1955)<\/em>, sold by <strong>Christie\u2019s<\/strong> in 2021 for <strong>\u20ac279,492.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Les Citrons (1952)<\/em>, sold by <strong>Grisebach<\/strong> in 2022 for <strong>\u20ac290,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These figures confirm a <strong>strong, sustained interest<\/strong> in Braque\u2019s still lifes, especially those that balance <strong>formal refinement with emotional weight.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why collect <em>Citrons<\/em> today<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Acquiring <em>Citrons <\/em>is not just about owning a painting \u2014 it means engaging with a crucial moment in 20th-century European painting and one of its greatest masters. It is a work of <strong>formal precision, conceptual depth, and strong market appeal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With <strong>Collecto<\/strong>, you can access this masterpiece through a model of <strong>shared and sustainable collecting<\/strong>, allowing you to participate in the preservation and appreciation of a historically documented, high-quality artwork with long-term value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/collectoapp.com\/en\/how-collecto-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discover how Collecto works and <strong>start collecting in an innovative way.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citrons (1939) by Georges Braque, co-founder of Cubism with Picasso: dense and poetic still life, rare and sought after in a fast-growing market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":25,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-artworks-collecto","primary-category-art"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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