Georges Braque
"La musique", from: "Si je mourais là-bas" (page 54)
Wood engraving in colours, 1962, on Japan paper, signed in pencil and inscribed HC. L. 21,5 x 31,5 cm. S. 37 x 46,7 cm.
Mounted with paper tape alongside edges on verso.
Provenance
Galerie Leandro, Genève (purchased 1972).
Literature
Vallier 181.
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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