Georges Braque, Composition, Lettre à Mon Peintre Raoul Dufy, 1965

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Lithograph on vélin d'Arches Arjomari paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Lettre à mon … more Lithograph on vélin d'Arches Arjomari paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy, 1965. Published by Librairie académique Perrin et Cie, Paris; printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, July 22, 1965. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), The typography of this book is due to L'Imprimerie nationale. Mr. André Brignole being Director, and Paul Lajun as head of typography. The composition was made with the Garamont corps 20 propriété exclusive du grand Établissement d'État sur les presses. The printing was completed on July 22, 1965. Color lithographs and black drawings as well as manuscripts were pulled on Fernand Mourlot's presses. Henri Jadoux was the director in charge of the work. It was taken from this book XXXV examples on vélin B. F. K. de Rives numbered from I to XXV, accompanied by a suite of lithographs and an original etching signed by Jacques Villon; CMLXXV examples on vélin B. F. K. de Rives numbered from XXVI to M, accompanied by a series of lithographs V̅ examples on Arjomari vélin numbered from MI to V̅I̅, and finally CC examples out of trade.

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