Georges Braque
"L'oiseau et son ombre I"
Lithograph in colours, 1959, on BFK Rives paper, signed in pencil and numebed 21/75, printed by Mourlot Paris, published by Maeght, Paris. I. 59 x 84 cm. S. 64,8 x 91 cm.
Time and mat staining, tear, residues of old tape alongside edges of sheet, crease to lower edge of sheet.
Provenance
Collection of Sydsvenskan, Malmö.
Literature
Vallier 141.
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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