Herman BRAUN-VEGA (1933-2019) Witness to... - Lot 164 - Crait + Müller

Herman BRAUN-VEGA (1933-2019) Witness to an Attack (Poussin), 1974 Acrylic on panel, signed and dated on the back 85 x 84.5 x 8 cm PROVENANCE: Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, exhibition Herman Braun, Peintures, January 31-March 1, 1975 (work reproduced on the exhibition presentation brochure) We thank Mr Eric Braun, son of the artist, for the information he gave us about this painting. Herman Braun-Vega was born in Peru and moved to Paris in 1968. His work, important, unfolds in a figuration of accessible appearance, while presenting different levels of reading. levels of reading. Rich in quotations and references to the history of art, it intends to activate the memory of the spectator. The five paintings that we present belong to a suite painted in 1973 and 1974, after the work of in 1973 and 1974, after The Abduction of the Sabine women by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), a painting executed in 1637-1638 and today. in 1637-1638 and now kept in the Louvre Museum. deconstructed Poussin's work, technically and iconographically, bringing together the warmth of the 17th century the warmth of the 17th century tones with the coldness of those of the 1970s and playing with thematic, political and social counterpoints. thematic, political and social counterpoints, referring to the events of his time. This brilliant, ironic and visionary painting constitutes one of the most relevant and intelligent aspects of the Figuration Narrative, which he. This brilliant, ironic and visionary painting constitutes one of the most relevant and intelligent aspects of the Figuration narrative, which the critics of the time had perfectly pointed out.