Georges Braque, Oiseau Au Couchant, Georges Braque Le Solitaire, 1959

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Lithograph on vélin papier d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Georges Braque le … more Lithograph on vélin papier d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Georges Braque le solitaire, 1959. Published by Editions XXe Siècle, Paris and the New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Connecticut; Printed by L'Imprimerie Union, Paris, 1959. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), From this volume it was printed XXX examples on papier d'Arches containing an original engraving by Georges Braque numbered from I to CCC examples constituting the original edition, including CCC for Mr. Hazan, publisher in Paris; CCC for A. Zwemmer, published in London; and, CCC for the New York Graphic Society. LX examples of hors commerce. brands are reserved for the author and the publisher.

GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963) was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. His most notable contributions were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1905, and the role he played in the development of Cubism. Braque's work between 1908 and 1912 is closely associated with that of his colleague Pablo Picasso. Their respective Cubist works were indistinguishable for many years, yet the quiet nature of Braque was partially eclipsed by the fame and notoriety of Picasso. less