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Modern and Contemporary Art Classical Modernism – Braque, Ge…
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932
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Modern and Contemporary Art Classical Modernism – Braque, Ge…
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Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
Modern and Contemporary Art
Classical Modernism –
Braque, Georges
3 works: *Oiseau sur fond de 'X'*, *Les Fleurs* & *Tartuffe*. 1958–1963. 2 lithographs (partly in colour) on vellum and 1 woodcut on handmade paper. Approx. 24 x 35.5 cm to 43.5 x 33 cm. 1 sheet numbered. 1 sheet with a deckle edge on the right. - One sheet slightly browned in the former passe-partout cut-out. Some mounting marks on the reverse. Overall, very good condition. Magnificent, expressive prints.
Cf.: Mourlot 55, 105, Vallier 181. - ‘Oiseau sur fond de “X”’. One of 150 copies. Original colour lithograph. Printed by Mourlot Frères for Éditions XXe Siècle (No. 11, ‘Noël 1958’). ‘Conception de costumes, Tartuffe’ (Costume design for Molière’s *Tartuffe*). Colour lithograph from the series *Regards sur Paris*. Published by André Sauret, Paris 1963. Printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris. *Les Fleurs*, first published in *Si je mourais là-bas* by Apollinaire. Illustrated with 18 woodcuts by Braque. Published by Louis Broder, Paris. Printed by Féquet et Baudier, Paris. Includes: a portrait photograph of Georges Braque. - This collection provides a striking record of the artist’s late lyrical phase. During this period, Braque devoted himself, amongst other things, to motifs from nature and historical theatre designs.
3 works. 2 lithographs (partly in colour) on wove paper and 1 woodcut on handmade paper. 1 sheet numbered. 1 sheet with a deckle edge on the right. - 1 sheet slightly browned where the mat used to be. Verso partly showing traces of mounting. Overall in very good condition. Splendid, powerful impressions. – *Les Fleurs*: One of 150 copies. *Oiseau sur fond de 'X'*: Printed by Mourlot Frères for Éditions XXe Siècle (No. 11, “Noël 1958”). ‘Conception de costumes, Tartuffe’ (costume design for Molière’s Tartuffe). Colour lithograph from the series ‘Regards sur Paris’. Published by André Sauret, Paris 1963. Printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris. Accompanied by: A portrait photograph of Georges Braque. - This collection impressively documents the artist’s lyrical late period, during which Braque devoted himself to nature motifs as well as historical theatre designs.
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