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This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “G. Braque” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 75, at the lower left margin.
It was printed and published by Maeght Éditeurs, Paris in a limited edition of 75 signed and numbered impressions in 1960.

Note:
The bird is a recurrent motif in Braque’s oeuvre being a symbol of freedom and peace, especially after the Second World War.
At the very end of his life, the artist painted birds repeatedly, as the perfect motif of his obsession with space and movement.

Literature: Vallier D. (1982). Braque: The Complete Graphics Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Alpine Fine Arts Collection.
Reference: Vallier 167.

Condition: Very good condition.

Georges Braque

French artist Georges Braque was born on 13 May 1882 in Argenteuil, Val-d’Oise and grew up in Le Havre. Braque was a major 20th Century collagist, painter, printmaker, sculptor and draughtsman. Braque studied painting and decorating like his father, and grandfather before him, but soon found an interest in more serious painting, studying it in the evenings alongside his work at École des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre.