Georges Braque

Descente aux enfers

1961

Lithograph, 1961 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Publisher : Nouveau Cercle parisien du Livre (Paris) Printer : Mourlot (Paris) Catalog : Vallier 171 The work we propose is one of the four lithographs taken from the illustrated book "Descente aux Enfers" written by Marcel Jouhandeau and published by the Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre in 1961. The novelist retraces the itinerary of his return to his native town, Guéret, through encounters with the people he knew as a child. Anxiety intrudes as he ventures into this place, the first theater of his inspiration. Between nostalgia, melancholy and hope, the novel echoes the personal torments of the author, torn between his homosexuality and his Catholic education. If God seems to haunt him, introspection and morality obsess him: "If man does not understand hell, it is because he has not understood his own heart...". The image of a flight of birds as created by Braque might seem dissonant with Jouhandeau's text. However, for Braque the bird is not an imitation of the animal but a form that conveys a meaning, it is a sign, as he reminds us: "We must not imitate what we want to create. It is then that this bright orange bird flight...

Lithograph, 1961 handsigned by the artist in pencil 27 x 20 cm (image) - 32 x 25 cm (sheet) References catalogue Vallier 171 Mourlot 78 very good condition LCD2805

Lithograph, 1960 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : 80 Publisher : Louis Broder, Paris Printer : Desjobert, Paris Catalog : [Vallier 153 p.219-220] 17.00 cm. x 11.00 cm. ...

Lithograph, 1961 Catalog : Vallier 171 Mourlot 78 32.00 cm. x 25.00 cm. 12.6 in. x 9.84 in. (paper) 27.00 cm. x 20.00 cm. 10.63 in. x 7.87 in. (image) Handsigned by the artist in p...

Georges Braque Si je mourais là-bas (If I Died There) (Vallier 181), 1962 Wood engraving printed in blue, on Japon paper Hand signed lower right Edition IV / X lower left Printed by...

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Lithograph on vélin pur Chiffon Moulin à papier Richard de Bas paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Le Tir à l'arc mis en lu...

Braque Oiseau dans son nid (Bird in its Nest) from Août (August), 1958 is an exquisite work that revisits Braque’s beloved bird motif. Beautifully inspir...