Georges Braque, l'Aquarium Multicolore, Une Aventure Méthodique, Georges Braque, 1950

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Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Une … more Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Une Aventure méthodique, 1950; published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, and André Sauret, Paris; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, February 25, 1950. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Pierre Reverdy's text, Une Aventure méthodique, is decorated with twenty-six original lithographs by Georges Braque who also executed the cover and color lithography for the frontispice of this album. Printing was finished on February 25, 1950 in Paris on the presses of J. Dumoulin, H. Barthélemy director on behalf of Fernand Mourlot and André Sauret. The original lithographs of Georges Braque and the reproductions were drawn under the supervision of the artist by Mourlot Frères. Justification of the draw this book was shot on vélin d'Arches, two hundred and fifty examples, numbered to the press from 1 to 250, more than fifteen non-trade examples marked in roman numerals. All [album colophons] signed by Georges Braque and Pierre Reverdy.

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