Georges Braque

Georges Braque

1882 - 1963

Oiseau bleu (Oiseau IV) (Vallier 77)

signed in pencil (lower right); numbered 3/8 (lower left)

etching printed in blue and black on handmade Auvergne wove paper

plate: 7½ by 11½ in. (19 by 29.3 cm.)

sheet: 9⅜ by 12½ in. (23.7 by 32 cm.)

Executed in 1952; this impression is number 3 from the edition of 8 plus a few unsigned, unnumbered artist's proofs, published by Maeght.