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Georges Braque
Descente aux enfers

1961

$4,548.05
£3,343.25
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CA$6,222.59
A$6,950.06
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Lithograph on Japan Paper, 1961 handsigned by the artist in pencil 23 x 19 cm (image) - 32 x 25 cm (sheet) very good condition LCD2804
  • Creator:
    Georges Braque (1882 - 1963, French)
  • Creation Year:
    1961
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12.6 in (32 cm)Diameter: 9.85 in (25 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Paris, FR
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: LCD28041stDibs: LU106624030392

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Descent into hell - plate 3
By Georges Braque
Located in Paris, FR
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...
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Descente aux Enfers sheet 2
By Georges Braque
Located in Paris, FR
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
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Le tir à l'arc (Frontispiece)
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Located in Paris, FR
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. ...
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Descente aux enfers planche 2
By George Braque
Located in Paris, FR
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...
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Lithograph, 1959 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 265/275 Publisher : Maeght (Paris) Catalog : [Maeght 1033] (Vallier p.295) 48.00 cm. x 33.00 cm. 18.9 in. x 12.99 in...
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