Lot 70
  • 70

Georges Braque

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Georges Braque
  • L'oiseau et son ombre II (Vallier 157)
  • Etching and aquatint
  • plate: 330 by 580mm 13 by 22 7/8 in
  • sheet: 527 by 750mm 20 3/4 by 29 1/2 in
Aquatint and etching printed in colours, 1961, a bright impression, signed in black crayon, numbered 32/75, on BFK Rives wove paper, published by Maeght, Paris, framed

Provenance

Acquired by Lord & Lady Attenborough in 1982

Condition

With full margins (a deckle edge at each side), in good condition, very pale light-staining, a very soft crease at lower left margin, some minor handling creases, framed.
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