Georges Braque
"Le poète", from: "Cinq poésies en hommage à Georges Braque"
Lithograph in colours, 1958, on Japan paper, signed in pencil and numbered in VI/XXV, printed by Mourlot, Paris, published by Edwin Engelberts, Genève. L. 20,3 x 55,5 cm. S. 54,8 x 69,2 cm.
Minor creases and minor paper rubbing in margin.
Provenance
Carl Axel Valén Foundation.
Literature
Vallier 131.
Designer
Georges Braque was a French artist and sculptor and is seen as a leading individual in modernism. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts i Le Havre. In the beginning of his career Braque painted in an impressionistic style and was connected to fauvism alongside other artists such as Henri Matisse, Emile-Othon Friesz and André Derain. In 1908 began Braque’s interest in geometric forms and perspectives, kickstarting a close relationship with Pablo Picasso. Together they developed a cubist style with monochromatic colours and multifaceted, complex patterns. The focus of his art was often centred on musical instruments and still life’s.
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